Originally posted by: mcfly89
The FCC is forcing television stations to conform to HD standards, and over the next several years, all stations will comply to these standards [...].

I don't think that's right. What the FCC is mandating is that all over the air TV stations conform to a (the ATSC?) digital standard. ATSC covers both SD and HD digital resolutions. So SD could be with us for quite some time to come, and TV stations will not be forced to upsample SD to HD.

And of course all bets are off when it comes to cable or satellite or IPTV. Although I guess of those, only cable still has a large analog subscriber base.

Edit: Ha, ha: I said "us," even though I'm Canadian, and therefore the FCC has no (direct) power over me...