Thanks Jim. I also noticed that the live stream news is at 300Kbps with very poor audio. I have a small TV (19inch LCD) and it still looks bad due to the very low bit rates.
Only when I'm working.
Could you not use a software upscaler for your pc like the ones which you can get for dvds and tv tuners for HD tv's
Your picture would be buffered and delay by a few seconds i presume but i very much doubt if you would notice that much.