Choosing Your Picture


More often than not, when you're choosing your picture for your Home Theater setup, you're going to be looking at a T.V. set. Usually your choice of television is dictated on how much you're willing to spend on it. Putting all that aside for the time being, we are going to briefly present to you the pros and cons of each type of television choice. If you want a lot more information, go ahead and skip on over to our television section!

Let's begin with HDTV. We all want the best kind of picture available and currently, that it through HD technology. As such, those are going to be the only kinds of televisions that we will consider. If you've forgotten already, HDTV stands for High Definition Television. Most of your favorite stations now already broadcast channels in HD and all are supposed to broadcast an HD signal by 2006. What does this mean for you? Well, if you're buying a TV, make sure it's an HD one. Now that we got that out of the way...

There are generally 4 types of HDTV, the first two of which are below:

Tube TV
Tube
Description : Usually this your "standard ol' tv" and are called CRT because of the technology they use to display images, CRT or Cathode-Ray Tube. They are relatively inexpensive and offer decent picture quality but can be bulky compared to other tv types such as LCD and Plasma TVs. While many of these tv's can accept HD and progressive scan pictures, they really don't have the resolution to display them as true HD programs. So beware : Even though they are commonly advertised as "digital tv's", they are not going to be able to display digital signals nearly as well as other types of televisions. These sets are generally used by people who simply are not willing to donate a lot of money towards their home theater setups. Or those who don't have a home theater setup at all.


Rear Projection
Rear Projection
Description : We're talking about CRT, LCoS, LCD and DLP here. These sets start at about 45 inches and go up from there. You have pros and cons based on what technology you're talking about. There are numerous differences between the technologies...Some have richer blacks than others and some you can see the individual pixels that make up the screen if you're close enough. For a FAR better description, read up on television technology! These sets are great in a wide variety of situations. Analyze yours and see if this kind of TV will fit your needs!





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