Should You Buy an LCD TV?

When faced with the need to buy a new television, one of the first questions that may come to mind is, "Should I buy an LCD television?" There are pros and cons to this decision, including issues of size, clarity, space, and longevity of the product. Can I use it with my current auxiliary devices like my CD player and VCR?

Exactly what is an LCD TV? LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display. This is the same technology that has been used for some time for camera screens and cell phones. It is constructed of two panels of glass-like material, which are bonded together. One layer is coated with a special polymer which contains the liquid crystals. An electrical current is run through the crystals which can turn dark or allow light to pass through, thus creating the picture.

The difference between LCD TV's and plasma TV's is not readily apparent. They look quite similar, but use entirely different technology. A plasma TV is made up of cells, which have been injected with a gas called neon-xenon. When electricity is applied to the cell, red, green and blue phosphors are struck. Each of these is called a pixel, and together they comprise the picture.

Until recently, LCD TV's have been more popular in the smaller sized televisions. This is partly because technology caused the prices of the larger screens to be much more expensive than the smaller sets. However, technology is constantly improving and now there is less of a price difference, making the large-screen sets more available to the average consumer.

Many consumers wonder if they can use their LCD TV as a computer monitor. Most of them can be, due to the fact that LCD TV's are an outgrowth of the LCD computer monitor. The majority of TVs have the VGA input connections necessary to be integrated into a PC. Gamers like to integrate their PC and game systems in order to have a large screen to play their games on.

You may have older auxiliary devices such as a VCR, and wonder if they are compatible with the LCD televisions. They will work together, since most LCD televisions have standard AV connections. However, a VHS tape, with its lower resolution and poorer color quality, will not look as good on an LCD TV as it did on a smaller analogue television.

Although LCD TV's have internal speakers, many buyers prefer to integrate their TV with a home theater system for the best all-around experience. Decide ahead of time where you would like to place your new TV in order to purchase a stand or cabinet. Ensure that you have the correct cables and a surge protection device to guard against a power surge.

An LCD television is a wise choice. The LCD panels are quite thin, and take up little space. They use less power than a conventional or a plasma TV. In addition they have a bright, clear image, and a long-life expectancy of 60,000 hours or more. 

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Tom Verdi is a well known author and has written articles on TVs, Hifi, Home Cinema, online shopping and many other subjects. For more information and great low priced deals click LCD TVs and LCD Televisions.

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Review Grease [VHS]

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The Original Grease (Aniv) [VHS] (1978)
John Travolta (Actor), Olivia Newton-John (Actor), Randal Kleiser

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Riding the strange '50s nostalgia wave that swept through America during the late 1970s (caused by TV shows like Happy Days and films like American Graffiti), Grease became not only the word in 1978, but also a box-office smash and a cultural phenomenon. Twenty years later, this entertaining film adaptation of the Broadway musical received another successful theatrical release, which included visual remastering and a shiny new Dolby soundtrack. For its video and laser disc re-release, Grease lovers can also now see it in the correct 2:35 to 1 Panavision aspect ratio, and see retrospective interviews with cast members and director Randal Kleiser. All these stylistic touches are essential to the film's success. Without the fabulously choreographed, widescreen musical numbers; vibrant colors; and unforgettably campy and catchy tunes (like "Greased Lightning," "Summer Nights," and "You're the One That I Want"), the film would have to rely on a silly, cliché-filled plot that we've seen hundreds of times. As it is, the episodic story about the romantic dilemmas experienced by a group of graduating high school seniors remains fresh, fun, and incredibly imaginative. The young, animated cast also deserves a lot of credit, bringing chemistry and energy to otherwise bland material. John Travolta, straight from his success in Saturday Night Fever, knows his sexual star power and struts, swaggers, sings, and dances appropriately; while Olivia Newton-John's portrayal of virgin innocence is the only decent acting she's ever done. And then there's Stockard Channing, spouting sexual double-entendres as Rizzo, the bitchy, raunchy leader of the Pink Ladies, who steals the film from both of its stars. Ignore the sequel at all costs. --Dave McCoy

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We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To Anyone!

You've seen this sign, especially in restaurants:

We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To Anyone!

In the restaurant world, a patron who is banned for life is said to have been "86'd." I have no idea where this came from, but it means don't you dare step foot in that eatery again!

I learned it as a worldly-wise busboy, 15 years of age.

But I don't think I've ever seen someone else being 86'd, but the other day it happened to me.

I asked a video place to transfer a European video I had, with a non VHS format, to DVD. They did it--sort of. It couldn't play on my TV's, so I asked them to try again, or give me a refund.

The proprietor flipped out, saying I had an obsolete machine, but heck, it's a two -year old Sony, so he was wrong. Anyway, we settled on the idea of him putting it on VHS, instead, and he said a condition of doing so is that I never darken his doorstep, again.

With glee, I agreed! No problem, I thought.

Anyway, I was 86'd.

Which brings up this question: should we be able to get along with everybody, or are there acceptable levels of interpersonal communication failure that we simply must tolerate?

I made a sales presentation the other day, and from the minute I said hello, I felt one guy was simply gunning for me, waiting for a chance to torpedo my proposal. Call it bad vibes, intuition, a gut feeling, bad karma, messed up chemistry--whatever--we did not hit it off.

I blame myself, because I want to get along with everybody, but again, is it possible, or just too darned perfectionistic?

In other words, can we, should we, or must we all 86 certain prospects?

I want to say, no, we shouldn't. It's a bad practice, and certainly a self-defeating practice.

I look at it this way. If car dealers, who by tradition and perhaps temperament, are hagglers over pricing, should they pity themselves because their prospects gun for them, seeking bargains, and perceiving them as liars, and crooks?

If car dealers insisted on being loved by everybody, while rejecting those who were treating them obnoxiously, they'd go broke in less than a month!

So, why should anyone else, like me, be less thick-skinned?

I don't have an answer to that, except to say, hey that's business.

Toughen up, or hang it up!

Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of Customersatisfaction.com, is a popular keynote speaker, management consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books, including Reach Out & Sell Someone® and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing Customer Service. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, worldwide. A Ph.D. from USC's Annenberg School, Gary offers programs through UCLA Extension and numerous universities, trade associations, and other organizations in the United States and abroad. He is headquartered in Glendale, California, and he can be reached at (818) 243-7338 or at: gary@customersatisfaction.com

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Review That's Life [VHS]

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This film was something of a movie stunt: writer-director Blake Edwards cast his friends and family, gave them a structure, then had them improvise the scenes before he put them into a script. The result is so amazingly flat that you'll be astonished that anyone would think they were actually doing something interesting. The plot centers on a writer (Jack Lemmon) who, in his anxiety about the onset of his 60th birthday, doesn't notice that his singer-wife (Julie Andrews) is going through a crisis of her own: a throat ailment that may be cancer. The cast, which includes both Edwards's and Lemmon's kids, flutters around them searching for a way to kick-start the plot, but we're left to watch Lemmon twittering about in the midst of a very late midlife crisis. --Marshall Fine

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Review Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever [VHS]

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From Wikipedia: Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever was a 1983 television special produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown Records, to commemorate Motown's twenty-fifth year of existence. (Motown was founded in January 1959, meaning that a twenty-fifth anniversary special should have aired in 1984, not 1983. One could argue that Gordy's vision of what would become "Hitsville U.S.A." was conceived in 1958, considering the month of Motown's founding.) The show was also co-written by de Passe along with Ruth Adkins Robinson who would go on to write shows with de Passe for the next 25 years, including the follow up label tributes-through "Motown 40," Buz Kohan was the head writer of the threesome. The program was taped before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983,[1] and broadcast on NBC on May 16. Among its highlights were Michael Jackson's iconic performance of "Billie Jean", a Temptations/Four Tops "battle of the bands", Marvin Gaye's inspired speech about black music history and his memorable performance of "What's Going On", a Jackson 5 reunion, and an abbreviated reunion of Diana Ross & the Supremes, who performed their final #1 hit, "Someday We'll Be Together" from 1969.

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