Audio/Visual (A/V) and Home Entertainment
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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 thinks to be aware of. To start, the broadcast standards are changing, and in a couple of years, over the air stations will broadcast only digital signals. If you are buying a new television, you want to make sure that you get one that is digital. All of the HD sets available in the US are digital, but there are for the smaller televisions, there are still models that are analog and will require use of a separate converter in a couple of years. Note that many of the larger TV's available today are monitors only, which means that they are not really televisions, but must be connected to a cable box or separate tuner to bring in a picture, so you will want to be sure that you are getting what you expect. If you have cable and the right functionality in your cable box, then a monitor might be all that you need, but if you want to get off the air signals, you need a tuner, either built in to the television, or as a separate box that can be connected to a monitor.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. 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.