Home Theater: 4 More Ugly Secrets Revealed

Secret #4: EVEN IF YOU GET A DEAL ON THE TVTHAT SAYS "...READY" THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T
FOR YOUR HOME THEATER, THEY WILL HOSEHAVE A TUNER. YOU NEED A TUNER. THEY WILL
YOU ON THE STAND. MOST ARE WAYSELL YOU A SEPARATE TUNER. YOU ARE
OVERPRICED!What you should do about it:ShopBUYING A MONITOR.Monitors don't have tuners.
around. Find one that isn't the one that is designed toSince so many sets were being sold in a way that
put more money into the dealer's pants. Look offmay be politely called MISLEADING, somebody
brand (not the same manufacturer as the TV.)Thischanged the regulations - now it has to be disclosed.
obviously assumes you are looking at a Hi-Def TVThe picture may not suck, but just know a monitor
that goes on a wall, or more likely, on a stand. Big CRTshould be a lot cheaper than a true complete TV.What
rear screen projectors are all in one box.You wantyou should do about it:Just know this. It can save you
something that brings the set to seated eye level.money and SHOULD.Secret #7: SOME PLASMAS
Stand in front of a TV and move up and down andAND LCD DIRECT VIEWS LOOK LIKE HI-DEF BUT
side to side. The picture will change some. Try toAREN'T.The PICTURES don't look like High Definition
approximate the angle you'll sit and see how it looks tobecause they aren't. The screens, when OFF, look the
you.Don't forget you can also shop at a furnituresame. What they ARE are wide screen EDTVs -
store.Stands are usually overpriced.Secret #5: IF YOUEnhanced Definition - better than old analog sets but
BUY A PLASMA OR OTHER "HANG ON THEnot HIGH Definition.What you should do about it:IF YOU
WALL" SET, YOU STILL HAVE WIRES THAT WILLWANT HDTV, Pass.These sets were put out into the
DANGLE UNLESS YOU RUN THEM IN THEmarket as bait. Often thousands less than the original
WALL.The ads all show the screen, but not the wire.run of HDTVs, their pictures were better than you had
At minimum you have power and signal wires (cablebeen used to, but can't stun you like true HDTV
or satellite). By the way, these babies are heavy. It'scan.There. Now you know 4 more Ugly Home
not at all like hanging a picture.What you should doTheater secrets.
about it:Plan ahead.Secret #6: IF YOU SEE A TV