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“For a big-ticket item like a TV, which is used seven hours a day for decades, let’s say you are going to save 10 percent on a $2,000 set by waiting,” says Jonathan Blum, host of the nationally syndicated radio show “Strange New World.” “Be rational. You’re forgoing the near-term experience of watching the Super Bowl in HD — very cool — for future savings that are almost impossible to measure.” HD is TV-speak for high-definition.

As always, there are some devils in the details. To get the true HDTV picture and sound that will blow your mind on that wonderful new TV, you’ve got to have access to HD content. Virtually all cable TV providers and satellite TV providers offer HDTV programming, at a price somewhat higher than regular cable programming.

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Charles Grodin isn’t just a storyteller, he’s a storytelling addict.- advertisement -

But when you’ve worn as many hats — actor, author, Broadway playwright, director and talk show host — and collected as many funny moments as Grodin has in nearly a half-century performing, it’s your prerogative to digress from time to time.

The son of a Pittsburgh shopkeeper, Grodin’s irrepressible personality seemed destined for the stage. For a decade he lived in New York City squalor, driving a cab and studying acting under Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen before getting his big Broadway break in 1962 opposite Anthony Quinn in “Tchin-Tchin.”

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