subject: Up Grading your Home Entertainment System [print this page] Up Grading your Home Entertainment System
Home entertainment systems used to be rare however now more and more families are bringing the movie theater to their own living room. Now that home theater systems have been around for a while those who had them early on are now most likely looking for an upgrade if they haven't gotten one already. Are you one of those people thinking of upgrading your home entertainment system? Why not get rid of that old projector television and upgrade to a nice Plasma flat screen. Simply upgrading your TV rather than purchasing an entire new system can save you thousands of dollars.
Plasma flat screen televisions get their name from the use of plasma to seal gas in between small glass panels during the manufacturing process. The plasma helps electronically charge the gas to project red, blue and green phosphors, or pixels creating a television picture. Other benefits of choosing to purchase a plasma flat screen television are a better picture contrast, better color accuracy, and better motion tracking ability and comes in a wider variety of larger size screens compared to old projector TVs.
If you are not sold on the Plasma then you may prefer looking into purchasing an LCD TV. LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display and these televisions use a completely different technology than Plasma screen TVs. LCD televisions contain panels that are made from layers of a special polymer that holds individual liquid crystals. A separate light source is then used to pass through the crystals to create a television picture. Benefits from owning a LCD television include requiring less power to work, therefore usually have a long life span. They also have a high brightness in images, so they are visually better suited for well-lit rooms or homes and are light in weight.
By upgrading or purchasing your own home theater system you will be able to bring the exciting experience of going to the movie theater right into your own home!
