Home Theatre
Like to watch TV on something bigger than a postage stamp? How about the ultimate, a Projector?
Projector - for those who have
projectors, anything else seems second best. A projector is generally installed and is about the size of a large phone book. It requires a power point
and cables back to the picture source, which can be a Set Top
Box, DVD Player, VCR recorder, DVD recorder or Satellite Television Decoder - or you can
even use a computer or games
console (X-Box, Playstation etc) for Gaming.
You will also need a Home
Theatre Sound System to make sound.
A projector screen is not essential - a white painted wall works remarkably well.
Plasma - once very expensive, they are now very attractive price-wise though still not cheap. Plasma TV's give exceptionally detailed, bright pictures and are available up to a massive 103 inches (measured diagonally)! That's almost 9 feet or about 2.5 metres. Plasma screens have a "half life" which is the point when you will refuse to watch the picture anymore - the screen will have been deteriorating for some time before this. Half life is measured in thousands of viewing hours - when purchasing a Plasma, ask about the half life of the screen. Plasma TV's are very thin compared to a standard CRT (cathode ray tube) TV.
Liquid Crystal Display LCD - still very expensive for a large screen and resolution is still a bit of a problem (in my view). They are, like the Plasma, very thin. LCD screens are susceptible to Pixel Failure - and a missing pixel will annoy you to distraction and cannot be repaired.
