Well it turns out that Tokyo already has digital high definition signals going everywhere through the airwaves. It also turns out that the 30 inch LCD that my grandparents recently bought can recieve and display these signals just fine. Watching the news in HD is pretty ridiculous. Foreign shows allow you to switch audio streams and display subtitles just like DVD’s.
Getting my grandparents to understand the difference between analog and digital broadcast — and between standard and high definition for that matter — is an entirely different ordeal.