Sunday, January 3, 2010

Taking Time With Making A Decision On Your Home Entertainment

By Jason Thomas

Purchasing a television is a lot different now than previously. When shopping for a new television back in the day, you only had two basic decisions to make. The first being, how large of a TV you actually need or want. The second, being how much money do you have or want to spend on the television. If you were also in the market for a home theater set up, you still only needed to know how big your TV was going to be.

Compared to the past experience of purchasing a television, things are much more complicated. Technology is constantly improving, and you can possibly find yourself with a new, obsolete, piece of equipment if you are not properly informed. You should know how you are going to be using your television, primarily. If you are going to gaming or watching movies, or just watching television, are things to consider. You might want to think about buying a DVD player that can convert your TV to 1080p, or just go with BluRay.. Regardless, your first decision is the TV itself.

The first thing to decide is whether to choose plasma or LCD or DLP. There are pros and cons to all three choices. What type of entertainment your household will be partaking in will likely decide which way to go. Plasma TBS have a better contrast between colors, than LCD. Fast moving objects appear clearer with plasma, as well. On an LCD, this will appear as ghosting images. This dilemma is quickly being worked out, as the refresh rate on LCD's is getting faster, almost equaling that of the plasma. The cost of an LCD id less than a plasma TV of equal size. There is less heat emitted with LCD's as well as it being more energy efficient.

Plasma televisions, because of the way they are designed, look best in darker rooms where the colors can be more vivid and clear. LCDs work well in lighted rooms and are a little cheaper and can be in any room of the house. Now for DLP, you have another choice. The image is actually made up of tiny mirrors and the picture quality is nearly as good as plasma or LCD.

The main difference is the variety of sizes and cost and of course the DLP sets are much bigger than the plasma and a lot bigger than the LCDs. The LCD is also better for true HD on the smaller, under 42 sizes, so if you are wanting to go BluRay or true HD in a smaller set, it is the most cost effective way and also the most true.

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