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