HDTV is a new frontier. And as such, “facts” are bound to come up that aren’t really facts at all. You know the kind. “John Q. says that watching more than an hour of HDTV a day will make you impotent.” That kind of stuff. (Hey why didn’t PCWorld mention that one?) PCWorld has collected some HDTV myths and busted them up. Personally, I’ve never heard some of these, especially #4 or #6.

1. An HD set is all you need to get high-def programs.
2. The bigger your HDTV set, the better it will look.
3. The higher the screen resolution, the better the image quality of an HDTV.
4. You have to relinquish the fluid motion of a CRT screen when you move up to HDTV.
5. Burn-in will wreck your plasma HDTV within a year.
6. Bright LCDs look beautiful everywhere, and they use much less power than plasma or CRT sets do.
7. These pricey TVs look so great out of the box that it’s a waste to pay a small fortune to have a professional calibrate your set.
8. All true HDTV programming looks equally great.
9. Standard-definition TV is unwatchable on HDTV.
10. I’ll have to toss all my current analog sets when the digital conversion kicks in.

#2 - Yeah, but all things being equal, don’t you want it bigger?

#9 - This something I hear a lot, and I can attest that it is certainly not true. It all depends on the program, and how much your cable company compressed it, etc. I’ve seen some SD TV that looked very good on my HDTV, and some that looked like crap.

PCWorld.com - Ten HDTV Myths