I just wish ABC had better shows because then this would be pretty awesome news. They just released an internet episode player that can stream you full episodes in HD. Hopefully, the other networks will follow suit. I already loved the fact that if I missed an episode of 24 or The Office I could watch it online last season as they started putting them online. To have them in HD would be amazing.

Shows that are available on the ABC player (it's not clear if all will be in HD):
According to Jim, American Inventor, The Bronx is Burning, Brothers and Sisters, Day Break, Desperate Housewives, Ex-Wives Club, Grey's Anatomy, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Knights of Prosperity, Lost, Men In Trees, The Next Best Thing, GH Night Shift, October Road, Shaq's Big Challenge, Six Degrees, Traveler, Ugly Betty, Voicemail, What About Brian

If this trend keeps up, DVRs and cable companies are going to need to watch out. If you can get whatever shows you want in HD online for free, what's the reason to keep subscribing to cable? Granted some people like being able to flip through the channels and see what's on without planning it ahead of time. But between the networks doing this, and companies like Joost popping up (I was just watching some episodes of NewsRadio on it last night), it's getting easier and easier to get all kinds of free content. And when the networks take part, you'll get fresh content too (most of the stuff on Joost is older and limited...there's only 6 or 7 total episodes out of NewsRadio's 97-episode catalog). The only problem I've noticed is the networks only tend to keep the episodes up for a week, and then the following week they replace it with a new episode. So there's no way to go back and watch older seasons, which is disappointing.