HDTV Info

The purpose of this site is to help you quickly and easily find the HDTV items you’re looking for. As you will soon see, as you navigate the pages of this site, there is a almost unlimited assortment of items available to meet your needs. Save time, save money, find the largest selection of HDTV here, and soon you’ll be enjoying your new purchase.

The newer HDTV, or High Definition Television has resolutions of 1 million, and 2 million pixels depending on which type you get, 720p or 1080p. This is quite an improvement over the 210,000 pixels of standard television we are all used to. These HDTV’s also come in different types, such as tube, LCD, Plasma, projector, or DLP (digital light processing). There are pros and cons to each type, but as their respective technologies advance, the cons begin to diminish.

Before upgrading to HDTV, it is important to make sure that High Definition TV is available to your home, either over-the-air, through digital cable, or via satellite. You must have a HDTV tuner, either one that is built into the TV or is provided by the cable or satellite company.

If you are going to receive HDTV channels over-the-air, then you may need to purchase an HDTV antenna. If you already have a standard television antenna, try receiving the signal with that first, before spending the extra money for an HDTV antenna. HDTV antennas have the advantage of being highly directional in order to reject signals that bounce off of buildings, towers, and other objects. However, many standard TV antennas also have this directional property, so if you already have one installed, why not try it first? The signal will either be received or it won’t. There is no in between with digital.

Of course, the benefits of HDTV are lifelike and more colorful images, 3d sound, 16:9 theater-like aspect ratio, and less interference such as what you might see on a conventional TV screen.

Even though you can get a tube TV that is HDTV capable, screen size is the limiting factor due to the dimensions and weight of a cathode ray tube. The advantage is a lower price.

With plasma HDTV, you can have a much larger screen size, even more than 50 inches, but plasma is also susceptible to burn-in, where a repetitive image is gradually burned into the screen. This usually happens with gaming applications where the same graphics are continually displayed, or with cable channels that have a permanent logo image on the screen.

With LCD HDTV, the screen sizes are usually smaller than with plasma, but there is no burn-in. The main issue with LCD is the limited viewing angle. As you move from being directly in front of an LCD screen to being off to the side, the picture brightness and color fades. For LCD, 32 and 42 inch screen sizes are common, but as this technology improves, the screen sizes get bigger.

DLP HDTV or Digital Light Processing HDTV is a newer technology developed by Texas Instruments. DLP is less expensive than LCD and produces a better picture quality for watching sports. It also has a life span comparable to tube televisions. LCD, however, has better contrast and range of colors.

Choosing which HDTV is right for you can depend on many factors such as budget, size of your media room, viewing angle, type of programming (sports action), and more. Take your time to browse the different options on this site and make the right choice for you.

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