PCs are all digital now (except for the sound signal path, much of which is analog). I think you mean "solid state", implying Solid State Drives (instead of hard drives) as John describes above. SSDs are a novelty now. They're useful when space or power consumption matter (like a laptop) but the speed they offer is mostly not useful. Like driving a Ferrari in downtown rush hour traffic. Much of what I've been reading suggests that SSDs won't be supplanting hard drives or optical media anytime soon. Each of the approaches is superior in different applications.

You may want to look into a HDTV instead of just a tuner. Not all HDTV's are thin and lightweight like the LCD and plasma TV's of today. For example, Sony still makes the same bulky TV's (screen with a big back), except that you can buy them at great discounts even though they are HDTV. You have to be careful, of course, and make sure that these are HD TV's before you buy. However, even the HDTV's like those I told you about will be phased out by buyers, but at a later date than the analog TV's. Keep in mind that a LCD TV that is expensive this Christmas won't cost as much by Spring time. In fact, a 25% price drop will more than likely happen by summer. Some (not all) of the LCD and Plasma TV's of today include a HD tuner. It means that if you live in a place where the local TV stations transmit free digital signals, such a TV can display these digital images without you having to pay for a cable box. You only need cable for the pay-channels. The analog signals are also displayed on these TV's, but analog transmissions are not the best. Even so, you still can improve the roof antenna to somewhat clear the analog signals. You can read about it online at Crutchfield. To watch movies at home (if you don't have cable, nor over the air digital transmissions), nothing beats a HDTV that has a HDMI port on the back. All you need for this set-up is a DVD/CD player that has a HDMI jack on the back. Just connect a HDMI cable from the DVD player to the TV, and adjust the player's settings to take advantage of the HDTV display. The TV may be expensive, but you can get an excellent DVD player with HDMI fro around $99.00. The cable costs from $14.00 to $60.00 depending on the vendor.

1. not all stations are making the switch to digital. low power stations are not required to do it, though many will jsut because a lot of their viewers cannot pick them up anymore with the digital boxs. you may need to run a splitter so you can tune the tv itself to the low power analog station if the convertor won't support it. 2. picture size depends on how the station formats their digital picture. some stations will be one way during a show, another way during network commercials, and a 3rd way for local commercials. one of the kinks that needs to be worked out by a federal standard.

If you could find a shop with cnc milling the can do what you want. Just remember that this is a stamp for steel and requires a reverse image and must also be hardened and tempered. Saying that when done it should last a lifetime but the cost will reflect the complexity of the design a small shop with a like minded owner would be the answer as all the design is computer generated and once that is done programming is a cinch lots luck but just keep trying