Buying the Right Television - Part 2 - Options

Television Technologies

Different types of TV receivers are available, each with upchecks down and checks:

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube is the standard of the older generation grew up watch. It's like a big light bulb, the screen is coated with phosphorescent pixels end and the other with an "electron gun", which, when charged with electricity, emits electrons, the electrons to the pixel, the pixel light up. Older CRTs a curved screen, but newerModels are "flat screen TV 'not - confusion with" flat-panel TV will be the "importance of the entire TV is thin. Upchecks: As a well established technology, it is the least expensive to buy and repair. CRTs project really dark black . Down checks: larger and heavier than others. If you do) something (in the vicinity with a large magnet, like a great speaker, you can affect the image.

DLP TV

Digital Light Processing are projection TVs, they shine light through aColor wheel on a semiconductor chip with microscopic mirrors. The light is reflected through a projection lens onto a large screen. Upchecks: Clear images with seamless clarity in any size, beautiful, bright images with rich, dark colors, light in weight, quite robust and not affected by heat, moisture or vibration. Down Checks: Available only in the big screen. A DLP TV is flat screen, but needs about as much space as CRTs, because they require goodVentilation and must sit away from the wall. For a DLP TV wall mount is not an option, and they do not produce sharp text. They have a very hot light source lamp, must be really cool, or it will not as long as it should be. Viewing angles are not as wide as the other types.

LCD TV

Liquid Crystal Display or LCD television, were initially used as a computer screen. They have tiny crystals on the screen glow red, green or blue when hit by an electrical EmbeddedCharge. By varying the charge varies, the color intensity; different crystals, which are charged, depending on the color comes. Upchecks: Images are very sharp and very bright. If the set is near a window, are affected by LDC TVs less glare. LCD TV for TV wall big shock. Down checks: LCDs do not really dark black, and if you want a really big screen, you will not be on an LCD flat screen TV.

Plasma TV

Plasma TVs are like a neon sign by a computer program.Two sheets of glass have microscopic bubbles of neon and xenon gas and pixel between them. If this gas is excited by electric charges, it is plasma, emission of photons, which bring the phosphor pixels to light up. Upchecks: High resolution, a smooth, uniform image over the entire screen, plasma TVs are capable of millions of colors for a very realistic image display, a distortion-wide viewing angle, a plasma TV is also easy enough for a TV wall mount. Down checks: BlackLevels are only okay if they long for the same image on the left screen burn can occur, ie a permanent 'ghost' image is visible (bigger problem) with video games than movies or TV, Plasma TVs are heavier and more delicate than LCD TVs of comparable size.

TV Features

Aspect

Two numbers that describe how the screen width to height applies to the screen. Standard screen is 4:3, ie, a 480i screen resolution is 640x480 pixels. Wide screen is 16:9, ie, a 1080iScreen is 1920x1080 pixels. The wide screen if you - you can thank us later.

Cable or Dish TV

If you have satellite or cable TV sign, your service provider, you get a satellite dish or cable box to decode their signals.

Closed Captioning

The text appears at the bottom of the screen to the hearing impaired - also useful for learning a language aid - it is a built-in feature of most televisions and DVDs.

Contrast Ratio

TheDifference between the brightest and darkest colors, the quantity can be shown that the higher the ratio, the better the picture - 5,000:1 is good to 10,000:1 is fabulous, 15,000:1, good, very expensive!

HDTV and HD-ready TV

An HD-ready or HD monitor can not display high-definition pictures when the signal is processed through an external HD tuner, before they set in the. A true HD television has a factory-installed HD receiver.

Picture in Picture

A small secondImage appears in a corner of the screen so viewers can see two programs at once. The woman can see her reality show, and the man can be a game, or you see the reverse.

Response time

The amount of time, go for a pixel from black to white and back again. It is like a camera shutter speed, the smaller the number, the faster the speed, the better the picture.

Screen size

For a number is more convenient to have the screen size measured diagonally - a32-inch LCD TV screen is a little high below 28 cm wide x 16 inches. How hard it is to believe there is such thing as a "too big TV (well, that's what they are) say to us. Film and sports fans, especially, want the biggest TV screen, they get able, but they also want to clearly see the whole picture. Choose an image that fits your room. If you go to sit 5-7 meters away, up to 41-inches, 8-9 feet, up to 44 inches, 10-11 feet, up to 50 inches, 11-13 feet, up to 60 inches, 13-14 feet, up toto 70 inches, about 15 meters, over 70 inches. Of course you have not really seen the opening of the first Star Wars
've Watched film until it sits 5 cm from the 50-inch TV!

Mounts

TV wall mounts to hang your set on the wall like a picture - ideal for establishing clear systems. A few sentences include a TV wall mount, but most must be purchased separately. If you go this way get a television set with a wide viewing angle so you can see it from the side and straight ahead. Besure you put the TV mount securely and directly to the tunnel - a flat-screen TV is not all that light. A TV shelf is another great wall option.

Last thought: Buy a combo box instead of eating a sandwich.

If you have a TV, you probably also have a DVD or VCR or both. You can save money and space by a TV / DVD / VCR combination. The choices are "TV-VCR, TV, DVD, DVR, VCR, etc. Whatever your record of choice, they are especially good for dorms,Apartments and other small spaces.