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2torial #0580:
Learn2 Buy a Home
Theater System (Continued)
 Choose your television
How big a TV do you want? And what quality would you like your
picture to be? Those are the questions to ask yourself. Just about
every TV under 30" (diagonal measurement) will be fine, as long
as you stick to renting tapes and watching cable (or broadcast)
channels. If you are a critical viewer and own a laserdisc player,
DVD or have the new Digital Satellite System, you should definitely
consider a better quality TV.
Better televisions have the ability to reproduce about 500 lines
of resolution (as opposed to 300 lines or less for a "regular" TV).
They also have a brighter picture, better contrast and less distortion
at the edges than less expensive models. These things become even
more important when the screen is very large or the picture source
is very high quality.
Don't worry about having a stereo TV. Your video source
will take care of the sound.
When comparison-shopping for a TV, make sure that one model doesn't
have its brightness or contrast controls turned up high while the
others are turned down low.
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