Technology regarding home electronics has indeed come a long way, be it the fields of need like washing, heating and cooling or the needs of entertainment like a home theater for instance. A home theater system consists of a combination of well placed speakers and an appropriate video display unit. In order to choose the appropriate video display unit that will be perfect for your home theater, you would need to know a little about the options of televisions that you have at your disposal today. Your choice may vary from the others because not all consumers prefer their electronics in the same way. Some may opt for the technology which is the simplest to maintain and operate while the other may only go for the best picture that can be bought from the market, irrespective of the unit’s complication.
Although big screen televisions simply serve the best as home theater video display units, there used to be a problem regarding the quality of the picture seen. What happened before HD technology solved this problem was that on the bigger screens, the broadcast picture got overstretched and thus the pixels went visible which marred the picture quality when compared with a smaller set. This is a thing of the past though, as High Definition DVDs and HDTV broadcast has almost solved this issue.
Plasma televisions perhaps will look the best in your home theater drawing room as they are slim and good looking, capable of producing the deepest levels of black. Earlier, plasma screens used to be the best and the costliest, but poor visibility under the light and short lifespan along with huge power consumption has brought down its price significantly. A CRT TV is hardly the choice for a home theater these days, but these boxy televisions have some power packed models as well. If you are on a budget, then buying a big screen CRT TV might not be a bad idea.
1080p is the highest and best progressive scan that you can get from your television and that is one place where LCD TVs are ahead from plasma. If you are looking for a big screen television which is the most popular these days, then LCD is probably the answer. Although not capable of producing levels of black as deep as a plasma screen would, a LCD TV will give you better visibility under light, as well as lower electric bills. With technologies like LED coming in the picture, LCD TVs are certainly the order of the day. You can count on a LCD television to be just as attractive as a plasma TV but with a longer lifetime. Projection screens are not appropriate for every household as it requires a huge room. Although these can give you the largest pictures among home theater contemporaries, they are not nearly as popular as plasma screens and LCD screens.
The important thing is to realize what your requirements are and match the requirements adequately with the availabilities such as room size and budget in order to end up with the perfect big screen television for your home theater.