Best Big Screen Television Sets

The best big screen television sets are like bringing a cinema screen into your home. The clarity of the picture now that we have digital television transmissions has to be seen to be believed! If you'd like to know a bit more about them, and maybe find the one that is best for you, read on.

Modern big screen television sets are all flat screen now, so you can hang it on a wall with a special bracket, else sit it on a TV stand or table in the corner of the room.

You have the choice of LCD or plasma screens.

Plasma screens are generally reckoned to be better for watching fast moving action, like sports. From all accounts, they have a shorter life than an LCD screen.

LCD TV screens use less electricity to power, and are longer lasting. The clarity is slightly lesser than that offered by plasma screen TVs, but the difference is minimal.

The Toshiba TALEN 65HM167 65-Inch 1080p DLP HDTV is a fabulous buy at the price!

With a massive 65" screen, it is made by Toshiba who these days have an excellent reputation as quality television makers at affordable prices.

• Unit Dimensions (WxHxD): 58" x 37" x 21.69"
• Unit Weight: 85 lbs.
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Display Area: 65"
• Input Video Signal: NTSC

Word of warning: this television is HUGE!

You may find it difficult to watch at distances closer than 9 feet as everything will also seem huge on it. If you have a large lounge or other area suitable for a such a big screen television, then by all means go for it.

On HDTV (if you receive it) the picture clarity is simply astounding.

The Samsung PN50C430 50-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV is a fabulous television. With a massive 50" plasma screen, it comes with an in-built digital tuner.

Key Features

• Screen Size: 50 inches
• 600 Hz subfield motion: Clear crisp plasma screen for perfect footage. Great for sports or fast scrolling.
• E3-panel single filter design delivers fantastic performance in the areas of color saturation, contrast and energy efficiency.
• Mega Dynamic Contrast ratio: An unparalleled Mega Dynamic Contrast ratio brings together the deepest blacks and brightest whites.
  
• Response time: A lightening fast .001ms response time optimizes fast motion video content.
  
• Built-in digital tuner: no external box needed.
• Exceeds ENERGY STAR Standards: PDP Energy saving, up to 43% less than our similar 2009 Plasma TV in standard mode.
• Clear Image Panel: Samsung's new single-filter clear panel design ensures perfect picture and text clarity at any angle. 
  ConnectShare JPEG: Connect a thumb drive or digital camera quickly and easily. Userfriendly interface allows access to videos, music playlists and pictures via the remote.
• Game Mode: Enhances dark areas, sharpens the picture, speeds up the image processing response and enhances the sounds of your games. Picture and sound quality optimized for the special needs of gaming systems at the touch of a button.
• BDWise: Automatically adjusts all your components for the best picture and sound quality.
• 10 Watts x 2 audio power stereo broadcast reception: Supports multichannel sound (MTS)and second audio program (SAP) with 181-channel capacity.
• Warranty: 1-year parts and 1-year labor warranty (90-days parts and labor for commercial use), with in-home service, backed by Samsung
  toll-free support.
  

Connections

• HDMI: 2
• USB: 1

The Mitsubishi WD-73737 73-Inch 1080p 120Hz Home Theater DLP HDTV is superb!

With a massive 73", the DLP (digital light processing) television is just like bringing the cinema into your home.

Technical Details

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• Smooth 120Hz Film Motion eliminates motion artifacts for smooth, crisp, fast and slow action content
• 6-Color Processor for a wider range of colors, brighter colors and whiter whites
• Three HDMI inputs and three Component inputs
• Displays all images at 1080p; converts lower-resolution signals with Plush 1080p 5G technology
• Energy Star 3.0 Qualified for high energy efficiency

DLP televisions use the new technology where the picture is projected onto the screen from the rear. They require a special light bulb that will periodically need changing. Each bulb is reckoned to last anywhere between 1000 and 2000 hours.That disadvantage asides, the picture quality on DLP television is astounding! The depths of the colors are simply amazing and hard to beat - in fact no other technology matches it.

Watching the Toshiba 50A61 50-Inch Projection TV is an amazing cinematic experience.

This is a Theatreview projection TV with wide screen, 1600 viewable area with vivid, detailed and true-to-life video and audio.

Technical Details

• Power focus lens system for maximum sharpness and brightness
• Built in high-contrast TheaterSheild minimizes reflections while protecting the screen
• Dual-tuner Picture-in-picture lets you monitor two programs at once
• Backlit universal remote control
• 2 sets of component-video inputs for DVD player or gaming console hookup

This one is so worth writing about! The TCL L40FHDF11TA 40-Inch 1080p 60 Hz LCD HDTV with 2-Year Warranty is such a good buy, and at a great price.

• 3D Y/C digital comb filter
• 178° viewing angles
• High brightness (500 cd/m²)
• 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution
• Premium Sound
• 40" flat LCD screen