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Reina Raine
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Home theater screens are a key consideration in any home theater system. This is the equivalent of a movie theater's viewing screen and is actually the main reason why you have a home theater in the first place. There are four major types of display screens that people have a preference for their home theaters, and each have their own pros and cons that you should take into consideration when picking one up.
1. CRT TVs
These are the old-school cathode ray tube TVs. They're cheap, reliable, easy to repair and maintain, and can be found most anyplace. On the downside, they are bulky, tend to run hot, and offer grainier picture resolution than the more modern LCD and Plasma Screen TVs. High definition CRTs are available that provide better picture quality than regular CRTs, but these are more expensive.
2. LCD Screen
LCD screens are based on computer monitors and use liquid crystal displays to create high resolution digital images. They are often flat screens and take up less space than CRTs, and also run much colder than either CRTs or Plasmas. On the downside, LCD screen images break up and refract when viewed from anything except a direct angle, meaning you get fuzzier images when watching the screen from the sides.
3. Plasma Screens
These offer picture quality equal to an LCD, but have a few differences. For one, plasma screens run hotter than LCDs and CRT screens. On the upside, however, they can be viewed from any angle and still maintain picture quality. Also, unlike CRTs and LCDs, they are less prone to light reflection, which is a common sickness of TVs where glare is generated by room lighting reflecting off the TV screen. Plasma Screen TVs can also come in models much larger by comparison to LCDs, because LCD technology limits the available screen sizes of LCD TVs.
4. CRT Projectors
One of the final derivatives of CRT technology are projector units that work like first generation "reel" projectors. These projectors are always sold with a seperate viewing screen that can be mounted on a wall where the images are displayed by the projector unit. CRT projectors are often more expensive than CRT screen TVs and also run just as hot. However, CRT projectors have one advantage over the other 3 types of theater screens above; the size of the display can be adjusted depending on the projector's distance from the viewing screen. Added to this is the nostalgic feeling of really being in a movie theater simulated by a projector.
Give a thought then to the types of home theater screens possible before you decide which is best for you.
Published by Reina Raine on October 26, 2007 03:16 AM
