Hester - 11:49 am on Jan 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

Interesting thread. Regarding HD TV, two things will likely happen here:

1. Post-production artists will be employed to airbrush out spots and wrinkles etc. This could lead to the end of much live TV as broadcasts are held back until edited.

2. It'll mean the return of the horrid soft-focus image. Instead of 1 above, I'm sure there'll be a way to softly digitise a face in certain areas in real-time. Perhaps news readers will then have to stay fixed as they read the news!