So far so VERY good!

The Toshiba arrived before the High Def cable. As it turned out, the pictures looked great anyway. Apparently this set "upconverts all video signals to 1080iHD." That claim sounded ok in the store, but it turned out even better. Just about anything we watched looked great, even without the HD cable feed!
The HD cable folks did finally show, and added the new HD motorola box (with DVR). The new HD channels are up in the 700's. As it turns out, however, I have rarely tuned up there for long because everything looks great anyway. I'm very happy without the Fuzz of my old Zenith, and can now read the CNN news ticker and the CNBC financial info from across the room. Of course, I now have two new, slightly intimidating remotes to deal with, with lots of new features, but I'm getting the hang of using them.