Give thanks for talking points

What you’ll be talking about: The future of entertainment is now. Xbox 360 owners will have the ability to download HDTV shows and movies directly to their consoles -- one giant step toward the death of the DVD. The list of shows available includes contemporary hits such as “CSI” as well as remastered classic “Star Trek” episodes, indicating the immediate audience for this new feature: nerds. (Wednesday)

What you’ll be talking about if you live in West Hollywood: “So NoTORIous -- The Complete Series” DVD release. Could so many critics and gay men be wrong? Tori Spelling’s fake reality show was a hoot! So why did it last only 10 episodes? “It was too inside,” opined one fan. “People just didn’t get it.” Well, people, now’s your chance! (Tuesday)

What you should be talking about: What becomes a serial killer. In the series opener we learn that Dexter’s policeman father helped him channel his murderous tendencies toward only those who have already killed. So will Showtime finally give us a mass murderer we can relate to? (Sunday)

What you may not be able to avoid talking about: Pro football. There’s a good chance that somebody you celebrate Thanksgiving with will keep the television tuned to the Miami-Detroit game at 9:30 a.m. PST on CBS, followed by the Tampa Bay-Dallas game at 1:15 p.m. on Fox. And, if you are in a household with access to the NFL Network, you get a bonus game: Denver-Kansas City at 5 p.m. Hut! Hut! (Thursday)

What’ll make you cringe when your dad wants to talk about it: Forty years of the Doors. The L.A. band is celebrating a major anniversary and how better to capitalize on the occasion than with a major boxed set -- cleverly packaged to look like ... a door! It includes six albums, six DVDs, previously unreleased bonus tracks, photo galleries and videos. (Tuesday)

-- Deborah Netburn