I recently got a new set. didn't go with the cable box and HD upgrade. we get hd on some channels like the major networks. we had a crapp walmart crt that was only 13 inches and the remote died so we were changing the channel 1 click at a time and only in one direction! so really any tv would be a major step up. everything was fine until comcast wrote to tell me that we need to get the cable box _no charge_ in order to keet the current channel selection we have 1 step up from basic. without the box everything goes to basic in january or february. not sure what to do about the other 3 tvs we have ...