Choosing An LCD Widescreen Television

Are you setting up a home theatre? Are you going through the whole process of selecting a LCD Widescreen Television, woofers, surround sound system and other essential items? Well, then you must be thoroughly confused and astonished by the wide, varied range of equipment!

When it comes to selecting a LDC Widescreen Television, one does need to be a tad careful. There are various aspects that affect your choice and you might have to consider them all. One such important aspect is the screen aspect ratio or simply the horizontal length of a television with respect to the vertical height.

This measure in a traditional TV is 4 x 3. This means that for every four units of length of the TV, there are 3 units of vertical height. LCD widescreen Television sets today do not have this simple ratio. The screen aspect ratio of a widescreen LCD TV is 16x 9. This means that, according to this ratio one can obtain LCD Widescreen Televisions which are in the ratio 32 x 18 or 64 x 36 and so on. Widescreen LCD TVs produce far clearer and more accurate images. This means that you can have your own theater like experience right at home!

Today, consumers prefer a 16x9 TV to a normal 4x3 television set. There is large demand in the market for these with the LCD version of the TV being one of the most popular. There are lots of advantages that widescreen television sets have to the normal TV. Firstly, most of the movies that are shown on a normal TV are Pan-and-Scan versions. That is, the movie has to be edited before being fit for the normal TV. A normal movie is made to fit into a widescreen TV set and if the same version is shown on a regular TV, nothing would fit in properly. Even the Pan and Scan version does not show all the details of the movie as it is impossible to fit everything into the screen.

An LCD widescreen TV also performs better than the regular widescreen TV. Many of the broadcasts today, are in the form of 4x3 screen aspect ratio so as to cater to the general public. Therefore, due to the letterboxing (or the black bars that appear on the top and the bottom of the screen) after some time, a normal widescreen television will appear to have fain black lines on the top and the bottom. However, with an LCD widescreen TV, this problem does not occur. This problem is generally called burn-in. Thus, a LCD Widescreen TV would be a better option.

Also, today, the LCD widescreen TV is a very practical choice. DVD and HDTV's invention has resulted in more and more televisions that come in the form of a movie screen as seen in theaters. Therefore, more broadcasts today are leaning towards the 16x9 aspect ratio. These sets are also best when watching sports as they give the user a clear shot of the game and the entire game can be watched in a close, wide shot. So, if you're on the lookout for a good TV, keep your eye on that LCD widescreen television set!

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