LCD HDTV

A Clearer Picture Of HDTV
by Eli Yuliani (OurHdtvs)

HDTV has considerably improved the viewing experience of viewers across the US. The new technology enhance the quality of broadcast television and offer lifelike pictures and heart-thumping sound. One way of truly maximizing the HDTV experience the by using LCD TV’s that are designed to handle the vibrant images of HDTV. The following are some of the best selling HDTV LCD products in the market.

Westinghouse LVM-42w2

The Westinghouse LVM-42w2 features full 1920 by 1080-pixel resolution. This 42” LCD TV also has the ability to receive 1080p signal and is more appropriate for HDTV compared to other flat-panel screens. The Westinghouse LVM-42w2 will show each detail from 1080i HDTV broadcast and preserve the clarity of pictures. Its 1080p-ready inputs also makes it compatible to the new high-definition disc technologies: Blu-ray and HD DVD.

Specifications:

» HDTV monitor

» 42" flat-panel LCD screen

» 1000:1 contrast ratio

» 176°(H) x 176°(V) viewing angle

» 1920 x 1080 pixels

» 8 milliseconds pixel response time

» built-in stereo speakers

» remote control

» 16:9 widescreen

» Picture-in-Picture allows for connection of 2 video sources

» 6 A/V inputs

• 2 component video

• 2 DVI digital video inputs

• 1 composite video

• 1 S-video

• 1 HDMI digital audio/video input

» wall-mountable

» Dimensions: 41-1/4"W x 25-3/4"H x 4-7/8"D

» 1 year parts & labor warranty

Toshiba 23HLV85

Space will never be a concern if you purchase the 23HLV85 from Toshiba. This TV features a 23” LCD screen and a built-in DVD player to complete your HDTV viewing habit.

High-Definition image will look amazing the 23HL V85’s high-resolution screen and it also features regular appropriate for cable viewing or standard broadcasts.

Specifications:

HDTV LCD TV

» HDTV monitor

» standard TV tuner

» built-in stereo speakers

» 1280 x 720 pixels

» 3D digital comb filter

» widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio

» multibrand remote control

» 3 A/V inputs, including:

• 1 S-video

• 1 component video

• 1 HDMI digital audio/video input

• 2 composite video

» PC input: analog RGB (D-Sub 15-pin)

» detachable tilt/swivel stand (stand "footprint" is 11"W x 11-1/8"D)

» wall-mountable (without bracket)

» RF input for antenna/cable signals

» Dimensions: 24-3/8"W x 16-7/8"H x 5"D (18-5/8"H x 11-1/8"D on stand)

» weight: 29.7 lbs. (with stand)

» 1 year parts & labor warranty

DVD Player

» plays digital photo CDs (JPEG)

» optical digital audio output for Dolby® Digital/DTS®/PCM

» plays DVD-Video, DVD-R & DVD-RW, and Video CD

» plays CD, CD-R & CD-RW, MP3 and WMA CD-R & CD-RW

» designed for use with "Region 1" coded DVDs

Westinghouse HDTV LTV-27w6's

Faded and fuzzy pictures will become a thing of past when you upgrade to the Westinghouse HDTV LTV-27w6's. Boasts of 27” LCD screen and reproduce crisp, high-definition pictures with attractive colors. Watching DVD movies and HP programs will be much more enjoyable.

The Westinghouse HDTV LTV-27w6's also has a built-in tuner that can receive both analog and digital over-the-air broadcasts from local channels. Digital programs are free from snowy and ghost detail common with non-digital programs.

Specifications:

» ultra-fast pixel response time (8 milliseconds)

» Picture-in-Picture for use with two video sources

» built-in stereo speakers

» 176°(H) x 176°(V) viewing angle

» 10-bit video processing

» 1366 x 768 pixels

» 3D digital comb filter

» widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio

» 1000:1 contrast ratio

» remote control

» 5 A/V inputs, including:

• 2 component video

• 1 S-video

• 1 HDMI digital audio/video input

• HDCP copy protection from the single DVI digital video input

• 1 composite video

» PC input: analog RGB

» RF input for antenna/cable signals

» Dimensions: 27-5/8"W x 19-3/4"H x 4-1/2"D (21-1/2"H x 8-1/8"D on stand)

» 1 year parts & labor warranty

Check out my other guide on Plasma HDTV

HDTV Receiver

The HDTV receiver
by Eli Yuliani (OurHdtvs)

High definition television or HDTV is the more popular and emerging TV technology that is making the market anticipating and longing nowadays.

The reason for such warm perception for HDTV lies on its ability and feature that is far more superior compared to its earlier counterparts in the TV manufacturing industry.

HDTV is becoming too popular that a recent poll of TV viewers in Europe and also in the United States show that televiewers prefer to buy HDTV on teir next purchase of TV sets.

The survey can be very insightful and interesting. With the current tag prices for HDTV units, purchasing HDTV set will be very costly and expensive.

On the average, marketers and sales men estimate that the price of an HDTV is about 15 to 25 times more o above the price tag for the regular and conventional TV sets currently out and released in the market.

Superior quality

One of the added and most breath-taking feature of the HDTV sets is its superior image and picture quality. It ins understood that the screen of HDTV is far ore better than the screen quality of the analog TV.

There is no denying to that fact. It is also very obvious and very logical. HDTV images are incomparable to the usual images and screen quality you probably are accustomed to using your well-loved and almost obsolete analog TV set.

What more, with the excellent sound quality that comes along in the package with HDTV, nothing can beat it. At least not within this time frame.

HDTV signal

There is another downside though about Plasma HDTV. It is its signal or receiver capacity. Because HDTV uses the complex and sophisticated digital broadcasting technology, HDTV has a receiver or tuner that is not compatible to receive or accept signals from analog TV broadcast transmitters.

The current broadcast technology used by all TV networks around the world is still analog. It is estimated that a complete switch to digital TV transmission will be far costlier and more expensive for the whole TV industry.

In the United States, which is one of the countries to switch to digital broadcasting in 2007, legislators have acknowledged the expense and costs that will go along with the switch.

The US Senate is trying to pass a bill that will mandate the government to subsidize the common people’s purchase of converter boxes.

Because digital TV transmissions will never be received by analog TV receivers, the analog TVs will be forced out and dumped soon.

The HDTV with its superior and digital broadcast compatible HDTV receiver will be too costly for households with average and below average income. Ending TV entertainment for this demographic will also be very unfair.

That is what converter boxes are there for. Converter boxes contain HDTV receiver equipment inside them that will receive digital TV broadcast signals. Since the analog TV receiver can not do the work, the converter box will the task for it.

Thus, analog TVs will be eventually equipped with HDTV receiver externally, making viewing of TV shows still possible despite the potential of digital TV takeover.

HDTV receiver

HDTV receiver is the internal equipment or part of the HDTV that will set it apart from other and currently existing TV models and equipment.

For analysts and experts, HDTV receivers are the significant factor, or the key to the full-scale success and operation of digital HDTV broadcasts.

The superiority and excellence of HDTV viewing is out there, waiting for your indulgence. It is about high time you try and consider buying your own HDTV unit now.

Moreover, HDTV is the TV of the future. Getting one now will make you experience and get an initial test of the bright,  superior and excellent TV viewing experience to come.

As a TV addict, an video movie buff and a TV aficionado all at one, it is imperative you get hold of HDTV with HDTV receivers, not tomorrow, but now.

Check out my other guide on HDTV

Plasma HDTV

by Eli Yuliani (OurHdtvs)

High definition television sets or HDTV are now becoming very popular among TV addicts and TV buyers.

The HDTV was introduced to the market in 1998. It was one of the most outstanding innovations the industry has come up with since the invention of the TV in 1926.

HDTV pronounce a very far and positive advancement for the modern television viewing. HDTV somehow creates a new trend in the media equipment industry because of its high resolution and distinct features that set it apart and outstanding among all the TVs out in the market today.

Plasma TV

The plasma display TV set was invented in 1964. Plasma TVs started enjoying great attention and popularity in the 1970s when he television was starting to hook consumers and TV addicts.

Plasma TV is then the greatest TV technology with its resolution and color quality distinct and very popular during the time. Almost all the modern TVs in the past few decades were outpaced if not influenced by the distinct quality and performance of the plasma TV.

Plasma TV and HDTV

The mergence of plasma TV and the very chic and modern HDTV has somehow created a very distinct and exciting marriage of technology.

TV sets with the combined features of a plasma TV and an HDTV are now exciting major TV markets around the world. Although the complete switch of global broadcasting to digital network systems is still somehow far and needs further room for improvement, companies that pioneer in offering plasma HDTV to the market have all edged and gained market footholds.

The marriage between plasma TV and HDTV is very much anticipated with almost all TV aficionados putting the plasma HTV on their list of must buy items.

Costs of plasma HDTV

Just like all the other HDTV models in the market, plasma HDTV are so expensive that almost all the common people with average income may find it more of a luxury than a necessity.

In the United States, switch from analog TV broadcasting to digital will take effect by February 2007. In Australia, it will be on 2009. With all the other countries, switching to digital broadcasting will take effect within the next ten years, so it is expected.

With that kind of mandatory digital switch among all nations in the world, the emergence of plasma HDTV is expected to somehow be further accelerated.

The cost of purchasing a plasma HDTV is one downside, a complete takeover of the plasma HDTV in the global  market is somehow far from being achievable.

On the average, a typical plasma HDTV costs about 15 times more than the usual analog TV set. That is far more expensive. In other markets, the discrepancy can take up to 20 to 25 times more.

That would be a further and significant investment for the average-income TV viewer. No wonder, plasma HDTV is a thing or gadget for the more affluent rather than for the regular TV viewing citizen.

Advantages

The advantages of viewing movies and TV shows in a modern and costly plasma HDTV need not be enumerated, they are very obvious and apparent.

Plasma HDTV of course will give viewers superior TV viewing experience with the kind of resolution and sound quality only plasma HDTV could render. Thus, viewing shows and video movies themselves in plasma HDTVs are already luxury in themselves.

Getting plasma HDTV
Getting a unit of a plasma HDTV will never be hassle. I would not be, but on a very obvious and logical condition, that the TV shopper or buyer has the money to buy it, because it can be too pricey and expensive.

Perhaps, buying a plasma HDTV is already equivalent to buying food supplies that could last up to a year, for the average consumer. Now, you have the feel and idea how plasma HDTV can really be more of a luxury than a TV viewing necessity

But apparently, the costly sum will be far outweighed or offset by the superior quality that goes long with plasma HDTV. It is time you consider buying one.

Check out my other guide on HDTV