Yeah, the fact that NFL sunday ticket and a lot of other sports programming is only broadcast on SD channels made it more important to me.
I also liked the fact that my set does resolve all lines of a 1080 test pattern where many of the others did not at this time last year. I'm all about getting the best performance for a reasonable price and the Sony XBR2, JVC HdILA, Panny Plasma, Sammy DLP all fit that bill.
The pioneer plasmas are beautiful, but I'm not paying the premium for black laquer finish.
