Yeah, it's sad gaming in 480i :(
And the screen is like the size of my bedside table.
I have 52 inch 1080 goodness.
A while back I was visiting my grandma and watched some TV on her 32 inch CRT, it was... saddening.
On topic: HA! and Sony swore up and down that they'd never lower the cost. I guess it takes a few years of not selling a system to make someone pull their head out of their ass.
In related news I just bough a PS2, for the hell of it.