HD Chewers rejoice! Fox is going high definition!

[Angles]

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/25/business/media/25TUBE.html?ex=1057118400&en=2a3f8fe190b850b2&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE" target="_blank">NY Times article</a>

Great, great news. I can't wait for 24 and more NFL football in HD.

[NervousXtian, gonzo journalist.]

Sweet. Now if someone would just make an affordable sat HD box for me to purchase I'd be set.

[Angles]

I lucked out with mine. About two months ago, I picked up the last RCA DTC-100 in Miami. As late as January, they were widely available in Radio Shack, originally for $549, but they eventually dropped to $199 when that model was discontinued.

I called every Radio Shack in the city, until I finally found a store demo in a backwater store that the manager had thrown in his office. Considering that most STBs are $500-800, I thought it was a steal. It's a DirecTV receiver, but you can also connect an antenna to pick up local over-the-air HD channels.

The biggest drawback (which is probably why it was discontinued) is that it has a VGA output, instead of component. I paid an extra $50 for a VGA-to-component converter, and so far, it's worked flawlessly.

Aside from that hard to find gem, I think there's a Zenith OTA HDTV tuner that's recently dropped below $200, but that doesn't get you HD DirecTV broadcasts, which is about to double its HD channel line-up next week.