Common Television Types for Home Theater System

By Leonard Wolowitz


When picking elements for your house theater you will come to a point when you should decide on which scale and type of TV you'll need for the best possible viewing experience. There are plenty of types of TVs on the market today and technology is constantly evolving and emerging so as to bring more recent, larger, and better TVs to a market that one would think is already saturated.

The better news is that the very nature of this market makes yesterdays cutting edge technology today's bargain of the day. The brevity of leading edge technology in the electronics industry works in favor of shoppers by driving prices down rather quickly. Nothing is entirely beyond reach for the typical customer for too extraordinarily long. For this reason you can afford to be reasonably selective when choosing components for your house theater. This selectiveness just so happens to extend to TVs sets too.

There are basically 3 kinds of television sets burning up the home theater market today. Those sorts of TVs include the following: plasma, rear project, or front projection television. Each of these have distinct benefits and drawbacks when it comes to home cinema.

Plasma Televisions

These televisions often provide the best quality when it comes to picture. Their designs make them excellent for watching pictures that are formatted for wide screen viewing and they have a much larger viewing area than traditional televisions and they also come in a wide selection of sizes so as to conform to many types of home-based cinema needs. The single largest difficulty with these types of televisions is the price, which can sometimes be quite excessive, especially as you consider the larger sized televisions.

Rear Projection Televisions

Rear projection TVs offer a great deal of quality at a much lower price than plasma televisions. With these sorts of televisions the image is projected and reflected from the back of the television. One of the major disadvantages for rear projections televisions is the proven fact that they're quite large so as to house the elements obligatory for a high quality picture onscreen. Another distinct drawback is the fact that there's a great deal of competition that varies in quality and you really need to observe the varied TVs prior to settling on any one in particular.

Other important downsides to rear projection TVs are the facts that the lighting in the room is affecting the standard of the picture onscreen and you have a narrow viewing range. Otherwise, the low cost concerned is a huge bonus to many and makes the purchase of this kind of TV (especially for a home theater) the absolute best choice. It mostly comes down to a matter of preference.

Front Projectors

These are not exactly TVs in the conventional sense of the word but they work well for this particular purpose and are perfect solutions for many home theaters. The technology for this sort of viewing medium in addition has evolved over the past couple of years. Gone are the days of huge cumbersome boxes that sat on the floor of your living space and that nobody could walk in front of without seriously distorting the television view. Today's front projectors are located on the ceiling and provide a nice quality of picture rather you are employing a screen that is designed to maximise the standard of the picture or just projecting onto a blank wall.

As I mentioned before there isn't any universal wrong or right when it comes to selecting the best TV for your home theater. The thing you need to give careful attention to is which screen or which view you like best. Which type of television will be offering you the most bang for your house theater buck? You need to also ask which level of quality can you and can you not live without? These are crucial questions that should help you cut down your hunt for a TV for your house theater.




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