Yes, SD TV especially CRT tubes are slowly dying out. I still have a tube SDTV but it gets turn on less.   I know  someone who gave away a 52" CRT HDTV for free to replace it for a LCD. The main reason it takes up a lot less space. HDTV are cheaper than ever as now we even have one hang up on the kitchen wall.

^^^true, but i refuse to believe that no one has at least access to 1 SD Tv they can stick their Wii on. Even a small piece of crap. And when Wii launched HDs were still a little expensive so those early adopters< what the hell were they complaning about (if they were)

if it isn't 3-4 times as powerful as the current gen ps3 and 360 nothing, but the vast majority of the wii's fanbase could care less about HD

What? That makes no sense, I do have an SDTV, but I would prefer to play on my HD projector rather than a 20" SDTV somewhere else in the house....

But I agree, HD Wii is a silly concept unless it is a proper Wii 2

I think it will be more then just a wii HD. 

Nintendo won't be releasing a basic upspec Wii so they can market it as "HD" as HD isn't a marketing bullet anymore but rather the industry standard. Just try to buy a CRT SD TV at any major retail outlet if you disagree.

The main reason for having a console that maintains rough parity with the PS3 and 360 is for the purpose of cross platform development. As long as Nintendo has a standard controller available that doesn't require a complete retooling of the user interface, then cross platform ports won't require a great deal of effort.

While that may not matter to the big time Nintendo fan that has convinced him/herself that all the major franchises that have been selling on the PS3 and 360 don't matter, to the average gamer they do and if you have to be a single platform gamer, most will want those games without having to hope for a late or downscaled port that in most cases won't even be developed.

As for whatever else Nintendo decides to throw into their next platform is anybody's guess if you're not privvy to that insider information. They won't abandon motion controls, but expect to see a fair amount of refinement in the motion capture system they implement that will likely combine technologies utilzed by Kinect and Move. The controller itself should bring back dual analog sticks for the purpose of cross platform compatibility.

Spec-wise, it will be dependent upon available parts at current market cost in order to offer a competitive price (under $300) while maintaining decent profit margins on a per unit basis. At minimum 1GB main system RAM, 512MB VRAM. At minimum. It goes without saying that they'll be using a multicore CPU with an AMD derived GPU based off their current designs being the most likely.

As people have said, we aren't going to get a Wii HD.  If the rumours are to be believed we are getting Wii 2 and there are plenty of reasons, beyond mere PS3 standard graphics, to get excited about that.

Nintend o franchises in HD would be cool