5 HDTVs with Great SD Picture If you already own an HDTV then this will not come as a big surprise. For those of you, like me, who are waiting for prices to drop, here is another added benefit of not buying expensive, infantile technology: Standard Definition television (the type you've been watching for decades) looks real crappy on many, if not most, HDTVs. This article goes into the reasons, and then reviews some new HDTVs that display "regular" SD television quite well.