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