I have never been very pleased with our NTSC in the US but now I am getting to see it with OTA ATSC broadcasts on an HD set. With my low-budget, direct-view, HD sets' line doubling, it looks better than I ever imagined they could be. You do not see the scan lines at all, the color balance is good, and the detail level lets you tell a good tie from bad.

The worst HD broadcasts are about equal to a DVD at 480p and the best ones (OTA & Voom satellite for me) have the "WOW" factor. The PQ has made going to the movies disappointing lately. Granted, reducing the picture size from 50' to 30" should help but I don't feel like I am missing anything to watch a movie on the tube anymore. Other countries will likely improve on our HD system but you would not be too disappointed with the same specs. Problems on some stations include over-compression, cropping 2.35:1 films to 16:9, and having pixelization with fast motion. Its still better than I ever thought TV could be.