Jul 28 2010
Basically what are you going to need
Basically what are you going to need to
connect this television to your existing cable or satellite receiver or over the air
antenna. Do you have a audio system you are going to want to connect? What
connections do you desire such as HDMI? Component VIdeo? and so on. You should
always look for the highest quality connections for video if you can. Video
connection quality from highest to lowest is HDMI, component-video, S-Video,
composite-video (white and yellow A/V cables) and antenna/cable inputs. Remember you will need enough inputs for everything you are going to connect to
the television such as a DVD player, DVR, satellite, cable, computer and other
devices. Also the cables that come with most displays or devices (if they even do)
aren’t of the greatest quality and I would suggest getting a high end cable such as
those made by Monster Cables.
5. Picture Quality. I feel this is the most important deciding factor when purchasing
a Plasma, LCD or rear projection TV. The only way to determine this is to actually
compare displays side by side, read reviews and specifications. If you are going to
compare displays at a store bring a DVD alone to use as a reference when judging
between different displays.