Television
Buying an HDTV: Wrap-up
Over the past few weeks, we’ve look at a lot of different things revolving around purchasing a high definition television. We looked at LCD and Plasma technologies to help you better understand the differences between the two. We also looked at what the difference between 720 and 1080 and how it can effect your viewing [...]
Buying an HDTV: Cables
So you’ve got an HDTV, you have some HD content, now you need to hook it all together so you can enjoy it. You are going to need some cables. But what kind of cables? There are a lot of different cables out there, some transmit high definition signals while others do not. Also, some [...]
Buying an HDTV: High Definition Content
So you’ve got your nice brand new (or slightly used) high definition television to your home and you’ve got it turned on. What in the world are you going to watch? What high definition content is out there in the world? How do you get it onto your television?
You do have a few options when [...]
Buying an HDTV: DLP, OLED, & Projectors
Last week, we took a look at the LCD and plasma display technologies and weighed the pros and cons of each. This week we’re going to take a quick look at some other display technologies that are available today: DLP, OLED, and projectors.
DLP Televisions
The abbreviation DLP, stands for “Digital Light Processing” and was invented by [...]
Buying an HDTV: LCD & Plasma
Last week we looked at 720p versus 1080p resolutions with regards to high definition television (HDTV). This week we’re going to look at the two more popular display technologies available to the consumer today. Yep, today’s discussion is going to be about LCD and Plasma technologies.
Plasma
We will start with the plasma technology since it is [...]
Buying a HDTV: 720p vs. 1080p & Seating Distance
Today I want to look at the concept of resolution. What is resolution? It is the number of pixels on the screen. A pixel is a little dot of color that is part of a larger picture. The general rule of thumb is that the more pixels you have in a certain amount of space, the better the detail you will see.