Young man, put that old TV down.
I said, young man, there's a new game in town.
It's the latest in fun technology
And it replaces your TV.

It will improve your favorite show.
But until now, wasn't ready to go
and although it still isn't quite done
You know that you want to buy one

That thing is called the new H-D-T-V.
It may cause problems for The FCC

Because the broadcasting width takes up lots of the band,
So it may not work out as planned ...

It runs on too large of A Frequency
That's one big problem with H-D-T-V

So unless they can use fiber-optics to send,
We may never see this new trend ...

Young man, are you listening to me?
I said, young man, don't get HDTV.
Because the price will be a couple grand
And that will cause lack of demand.

No man wants to pay all that dough
To watch reruns of a stupid old show
It's not worth it for the bit it improves
And the old system it removes.

It makes no sense to have H-D-T-V
Considering what we Have Already

It would only work if they sold it direct,
Like cable with one defect: ...

You'd pay much more for the H-D-T-V
Because high definition Just Isn't Free

People say it's so great, new channels will thrive
They say old TV won't survive ...

Young man, do not heed what they say.
I said, young man, our TV's here to stay
It works fine now, so just sit back with me,
There's one program that we must see:

Football, at the Foxboro dome
Because Bob Kraft took the Patriots home
So it looks like they won't be in our state
We'll just have to sit back and wait.

And just observe them from Our Old TV
A tiny difference in The Quality

For an extra few grand, it just makes no sense
The price difference is too immense...

H-D-T-V: We simply do not need HDTV!!!