Friday, June 27, 2008

How to find an HDTV

By Steven Milstone

If you are in the market for an LCD TV at a bargain price search the internet. Don't be in a hurry, wait for a deal to pop up. Around any holiday, especially Father's Day, stores will seize the opportunity get you that new LCD TV at just the right price.

Some internet sites and stores will offer "out of the box" deals. LCD TV's that have been used a displays sold at a discount. They are brand new but without the box and sometimes the paperwork. The price may be so far below the retail price it may be worth missing the box or paperwork.

Another option for discount LCD TVs is of course to buy last season's model; make sure that the features you want are all present in the model you've been eying up at your local electronics shop. For instance, it is important to remember that not every large screen flat panel unit is necessarily high definition. The consumer should carefully check specifications of each model before buying. These models may in fact be high definition, enhanced definition, or neither of those things. The common assumption is that if it walks like a duck does not always hold true here.

You have read a few ideas on how to save a few dollars on your next LCD TV. Maybe you are putting the cart before the horse, and you should actually decide which model LCD TV you want first and then search for the best LCD TV price. Read online about all the features and think about which of these is important to you.

A few questions to ask yourself when deciding on which LCD TV to choose: What will you be using the TV for? Will you be playing a lot of video games? Will you use it also as your computer monitor? Also a few things to look for: How sharp is the LCD TV display? Compare the darkness of black, the darker the black the more contrast there will be in the color.

Regardless of which model you're looking for, a LCD TV is almost certainly in your future. The cathode ray tube based television is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Due to their high quality, sharp pictures and lightness (a great thing, anyone who has ever struggled with an old console TV set up several flights of stairs will tell you), they are certainly the wave of the future for home entertainment systems.

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