This was true a week ago, but not any more. Bought a Toshiba 47" 1080P LCD and an HD-DVD player a few days ago, then watched 2001: A Space Odyssey after buying it for the third time (VHS, DVD, now HD-DVD). OMFG - the amount of detail, especially in the landscape with all the apes at the beginning and the starfields later on, is awesome.

I'll probably watch the Matrix trilogy that I also bought for the third time (the first movie anyway) next.