Top 5 mistakes

Top 5 mistakes you should avoid when buying a new television by Robin Chung
Top 5 mistakes you should avoid when buying a new television
A lot of people are upgrading to new LCD screens lately. This includes computer screens and televisions. Here are 5 things you shouldn't do deciding your next purchase.
5. Quality of design. Some people only look at the display quality when they're getting a new screen. Standing in the shops and reading a few reviews before choosing the screen that has the best display. While this is okay to do I think you should always consider the design too. Remember that you are probably looking at it for 5+ years if it's a television and maybe 3+ years for a computer screen. And if the design is ugly and clumsy then you might want to stay away.
4. Shop impressions for the win. Another thing you shouldn't do is buy a new screen based solely on what you saw at your local electronic store. Because the settings can be set wrong or it can be a movie which the screen just happens to excel in. Some screens are perfect when the movies are slow paced but experience major issues with fast moving images leading to ghosting. So always read a few reviews besides your store experience before buying.
3. Contrast/brightness figures say it all. False! This is where companies try to fool you. They spend lots of money trying to get these figures as high as possible sometimes even compromising true display quality. On top of that every company has their own way of calculating these figures. So they're often not reliable. However you can always take the figures into consideration when you have trouble deciding between several displays.
2. Let the store employees have a say. Try not to listen to store employees about what screen to choose. They're likely not qualified to give you proper advice and often lack the knowledge to even attempt to. They will try to set you up to the most expensive LCD display because they need to sell. You can however ask them to help you or listen what they have to say but take everything they say with a pinch of salt.
1. Limit your choices. We all have our brands. We all have our little preferences when it comes to settings, design and such. But you should never limit your choices on forehand. A lot of people say: well I want a Sony. Before they have even looked at any displays or figures out what they want. You should always be open minded at forehand and let the perfect display introduce itself to you. However after doing some research of course you should slowly make choices what you want from your LCD display. And in this process a lot of LCD screens won't match your needs and wishes. It natural to stop considering curtain LCD's in this process, just don't do it before you start your research.
Normally I would now wrap up this article but I think you should all know a few things you should allow to play a factor in your decision:
Resolution. Full HD is better than HD ready. It simply displays more dots thus a better and more future proof display.
Connectors. Try to get as many HDMI's as possible on your screen. Blu Ray players, HDD recorders, TiVo and other digital television devices will all use HDMI in the future. Speaker quality. Most people are going to use external speakers which are almost always better. But if you are going to use the television speakers then this is something you should consider