How To Choose A TV

Hello. My name is Andre Skepple. I am the TV and home cinema expert at Micro Anvika, Westwood branch.

I'm here to show you how to set up your home cinema equipment. Now we're going to talk about to look for your high definition sets. There are 3 types of sets in this day and age that you can go for.

You can go for a plasma, you can go for a LCD or you can go for one of the new LED backlit screens. The difference between the 3 is the plasma is the older technology so you find that's the better for bigger sizes and also for more cinematic feel. And also if you want to go for a big size, you've got a big room or got smaller budgets they can go for those televisions.

LCD and LED backlit televisions they are the new technologies. They are slimmer, they consume less power and also you can get them from a range of different sizes from very small to put into the kitchen or bedroom to even very large to put into your living room and to have a cinematic effect. And also you do get brighter images as well and you get a bit more sharpness with displays.

With the LED backlits now, you get the same aspects with LCD, you get bright display, less power and also they are incredibly thin. The next thing to look for now is whether or not the television is HD ready or full high definition. The difference between the two, HD ready means that it can take the lowest high definition signal possible which is 720 lines per frame also called 720p.

This standard is the broadcast standard for things like on Freeview, on cable or on Skype. If you do want to go for a full 1080 television, you only benefit the full 1080 if you are watching a blue ray or playing a game like on a PS3, on a Xbox and then also if you got your computer connected. Always be aware of the budget that you have.

Like I mentioned earlier, if you are looking for a big TV but a small budget, plasma would be the way to go. But if you are looking for the best and your budget is pretty unlimited, you can go for one of the slim led TVs and also the 3 new televisions that are coming out soon. And that is how to choose a high definition television. .