I dont remember how i stumbled upon this forum, but over the last couple of years, i have found it extremely helpful and no other A/V or HD forum even comes close. Everyone seems to be very helpful with others and i dont think you can find any better information. After trying to ask employees at the electronic stores, i quickly realized they have no clue about the industry they work in or how complicated all this is. But i just wanted to say thanks to the people who run this forum and all of the forum users who have educated me on HD. I was beginning to think every forum was full of 12 year old boys who like making fun of people who post or morons that like to hear themselves talk. Just my 2 cents.

I agree!! I bought my televison about 3 years ago not knowing anything. I originally went into the store to buy a nice Sd 36". I was looking at Hdtv for the first time, i said "I have to have this". Well i bought a 4:3 32" Samsung and i still have it. I got the bug and i wanted to learn more! I did a google search and i found this website. I have learned so much from all of you in the past couple years. The bug was so so bad i had to say hdtv in every other sentence when talking to someone! Well i have relaxed a little on that giddyness. I have been concentrating on receiver and speakers which i am fairly happy with for the past year. Next stop will be a Dlp in the near future. Thanks to all especially Mark, Richard and Ken!

ME THREE!!!...I didn't know JACK till I joined this forum about 4 years ago...I want to thank everyone on here...[especially Richard]...for enlightening me on the in's and out's of high definition...there is "ALOT" to it...I am now realizing just how important the sound system is!...(I call my new system, "high definition suround sound!"...All I have left to do is get Richard over here to calibrate my 2 Toshibas and 1 Panasonic...(BTW, Richard...I live in Acworth...so I'm not that far away...{maybe he'll give my a deal on three???...hint, hint...

I agree this is a great place to get help. You should also check www.avsforum.com . That is another good resouce for audio/video help. AVS has many different forums seperated by topic to make things easier to find.

While I've only had an HD television for 2+ years, the company I work for has been producing HD content for over 5 years. This forum has given me an invaluable perspective on how the end user views the HD experience.

While in the midst of figuring out "how" to produce HD material, it was hard to understand the intricacies of how HD is received and considered. This forum let's me know what is important to all of you, the early adopters. Your views, opinions, and even your questions, provide me with great data to integrate into our workflow.

For the last 2 years, I have been relating the info available in this forum to my co-workers. They listened. While we can push the technology to the limit, what's really important is what the HD experience means to the real viewers like the participants who frequent this board.

So, thanks for letting me sound like a market research genius at work. All I really do is listen to all of you.