I disagree. HDTV is a quantum leap over the old standard television signals. Any average Joe can see the obvious difference between watching a football game in HDTV vs. regular TV. But I agree, that most people scratch their heads at the quality difference between DVD and HD-DVD. It is very incremmental to the average consumer. I think DVD is good enough for most folks, and this pissing contest between formats of HD-DVD/BlueRay in the end will be meaningless. We will probably have players that play all three, and it will be transparent to the consumer. There will be no rush to upgrade their libraries like there was going from VHS to DVD's.
I guess I'm not very average. The most notable difference I can see is that the picture is wider, and slightly sharper. Big deal. That's great with movies, but TV is a waste. There isn't anything on T.V. that I care to see wider and slightly sharper, and precious few movies, either.
When the college football season is over, I'm canceling my HD service with Comcast and giving back the set top box I have to pay rent on. That'll save me $15 per month, for no loss.
As evidenced by all the "insect" noise, such as what surrounds titles and people's heads, it's still a moving .jpg.
Now when it gets to the quality of .tif's and/or png's, then we can finally say HD has arrived.