The picture on a non digital set will be better with non HDTV signals. I just purchased a new house that had a built in cabinet for the tv and actually ended up getting one of Sony's last analog flatscreens and it was far better picture on Satellite non HDTV feeds than my 15k Seleco projector with DVDO line doubler, and my new Digital 53" HDTV Sony RPT. They both got smoked, frankly it's what I saw in the store, and the salesperson after I absolutely grilled him admitted that analog sets look best on analog and non HDTV pix. If you watch TV, then that's mostly what you're watching. I hardly ever use my Hidef receiver in HD mode. I guess it's a lot like audio, when you try to manipulate the signal digitally it entails making design/tradeoff choices and degrades the signal. What you really are doing is taking an analog signal, converting it to digital to send over satellite, then converting it from digital to analog at the receiver then your digital TV converting it to digital. Try that with an audio signal!
