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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Is there any reason whatsoever to purchase the costlier "HDTV built-in" over the "HDTV-ready" television, since to get the HDTV signal you still have to pay the cable company an extra charge, which includes a decoder rental?
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Well, to the extent you want to put a separate over-the-air antenna in your attic, and get local channels in a digital OTA broadcast, it might make sense. That way, you could pare back your monthly expenses by relying solely on local broadcast channels (HAHAHAHAHA!). Even if you have cable, you could always use the built-in tuner as a second tuner for picture-in-picture, which does, after all, require two tuners.
As someone who's had a Tivo for almost four years, I'm having trouble understanding why anyone watches anything live, so I'm not your best advocate for the position I'm describing. I've said for a while* that TVs will eventually become like monitors, sold separately from video sources (OTA, cable, satellite, Tivo, DirecTivo, Replay, DVD, computer). That way, when the satellite company changes its compression technology (for example), you're not stuck with $6K in obsolete equipment.
*Yay me.
I said it on the old Gadgets Board, where no one is impressed.
Edited to add linky. 
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