Realize your HDTV's potential.

Regular television is to HDTV as a Big Wheel is to an X-wing, but if you want to fly with Luke Skywalker, you'll need more than just a big HDTV. You'll need the high-def sources and channels that'll finally put that big screen through its paces.

It's cheaper than you think.

Yes, you paid big money for that big HDTV. But if it has a built-in tuner, a $30 antenna is often enough to tune in free local high-def broadcasts. If not, your cable company will usually charge as little as $10 per month for a high-def package and box.

Standard-def just doesn't cut it.

If you have a big-screen HDTV, then you already know the ugly truth: good ol' standard-definition television programming expanded to 60 inches looks like a train wreck. Do your eyes a favor and treat them to some actual HDTV.