During the holidays one has more time than usual. Time to research the current state of the nation in terms of high speed internet and digital HD TV. I find that current state mostly very difficult. From where I'm standing my requirements seem reasonable. I need access to the nation's common free-tv programming (preferably in HD and in some sort of recordable digital format), I want to be able to play divx / h.264 encoded videos (from all sorts of containers and without horrible lag or a horrible non-functional interface), and I hate cables and I would like to have one tiny energy saving box that does it all. There we have it and the industry has no good answer for my wishes. Follow my quest to find the perfect home-theater.