Consumer Watch: HDTV: Is Now the Best Time to Buy?
Illustration: Jack Black I’m going to get an HDTV set. The beautiful, detailed images and the Dolby Digital audio have me hooked. I’m going to buy–just not right now. I suspect others may feel the same. Why? It isn’t merely a matter of budgeting for a set. If it were that simple, I’d probably have jumped in by now. Yes, prices are still going down, but we’ve all heard that argument before for all manner of tech gear. If you hold off for a lower price (or faster/better/cooler models), you’ll probably wait forever. Rather, I’m holding off purchasing because I don’t want to lay out a significant sum of money for a set until I can have everything else I’d like to see in a home entertainment system. For instance, I want to be able to record the volume of high-def shows I currently record with my analog service and DVR. That’s only the beginning. Some people may be waiting for a resolution to the high-def optical disc format war between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, or for a greater variety of H
