Sony may have lost the beta/VHS war but they prevailed in the Blu Ray/HD war... To my knowledge also there are no channels or cable/Sat that broadcast here in HD so the effect you are seeing is only from having a better quality TV.

"Your born, You Live, You Die, given this premise, one can conclude since we have no control over when we are born and when we die, the only thing that matters to us should be how we live, simple really?" Mis-Cat to her philosophy Lecturer.