Setting Up a High-Definition TV Isn't for Sissies

Quite funny article in the vein of flat pack furniture building. It takes a real man to purchase and set up an HD TV!
The images coming through TiVo looked horrendous. I quickly figured out how to change the aspect ratio from the native 16:9 to a standard TV-friendly 4:3.
That introduced two huge gray bars on either side of the image and improved the image a bit, but not much. My children sat on the couch behind me, aghast.
"It's official: I hate this TV," my son deadpanned.
My wife looked at the image and then at me, then back at the image. I stared down at the manual I had just flipped open.
"I'm working on it," I said tersely.
I tried switching inputs to the direct cable connection to see if that helped. Initially it did nothing — I couldn't even get a signal — but it turns out that was my fault.