This collection of pages provides information on television, home entertainment and audio/visual technologies, paying particular attention to those technologies that I have personally deployed.

Television

Discussion of television services and how to chosse from among cable, satellite, and over the air programming can be found on the television reception page of this site. Information on over the air receiption of digital television can be found on the digital television converter page of this site.

Choosing a Television

When considering the purchase of a new television there are several things to be aware of. To start, the broadcast standards have changed and full power over the air stations now broadcast only digital signals.

When considering the display technology, your main choices are CRT, Plasma, LCD, and projection varieties. For smaller TV's, CRT or LCD is probably the way to go. CRT will be less expensive, but takes up more space and uses more power, and in new sets they are now almost impossible to find. Larger LCD TV's (e.g. 40 inches or lager) will be the most expensive. Plasma tends to be cheaper than LCD for these large screens, but suffers from burn in (over a long period of use) and uses much more power. For very large TVs (e.g. 50 inches and larger), projection technologies (e.g. DLP) are economical and give a very good picture.

Home Theater

A few additional source of information on advanced home theater technologies are:

Home Theater

A few additional source of information on advanced home theater technologies are:

Karaoke

If you like Karaoke, consider some of the portable systems such as Magic Sing and LeadSinger. See the pages with Karaoke system reviews for more information