[Darkwolf377]

I have a good 34-inch plain ol' TV, 3 years old. Not a fla screen or anything fancy, just a good color TV.

I shouldn't bother with HD or Blu-Ray until I spring for a more expensive set, right?

[Las Vegas Dave]

If the 34 in TV is a SONY XBR HDTV (like my bedrooom HD set), you may wish to go Blu-ray.

If you have a 480i tv, don’t waste your money on a Blu-ray, wait for the big HDTV set. (HDDVD players are no longer being made by Toshiba)

If you purchase a HDTV sometime down the road then you may wish to consider one, but a good upconverting player will give you very good picture on an HD set without the extra dollar$ for a Blu-ray disk.

[SampleMan]

Right

[AFreeBird]

I shouldn't bother with HD or Blu-Ray until I spring for a more expensive set, right?

Pretty much. Just make sure if you buy DVDs, to buy widescreen versions. I've been doing that since they first came out in anticipation of WS displays in the future. And really, unless they're really old DVDs from a crappy print, an upconverted SD WS DVD looks just fine on a HDTV. And as they start to "remaster" movies for HD (even old films can be remastered for HD) those SD discs should look even better.