HDTV, Blu-ray and HDMI For Technophobes!

HDTV, Blu-ray and HDMI For Technophobes!
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Tim_L._Wood]Tim L. Wood

If your a bit of a techno-phobe then you'll be a bit puzzled by all the acronyms such as HD, Blu-ray and HDMI. However fear not as I'm here to unlock the puzzle for you in easy to digest chunks!

The age of the television has moved on and unless you've never been down the electronics aisle at your local grocery store you'll realise that TV's have moved on and no longer resemble boxes which require you to have a gold medal in weight lifting!

The HD Television, HD standing for High Definition, is now here in full force and we are bombarded with choice and brand, but which really is best?

If you're thinking of upgrading from your regular box style set to a flat screen HD TV then you've picked a great time! Of course your best deals are going to be online when it comes to price, but I would suggest checking out whichever TV you might be interested in down at your local electronics store just to be sure you are happy with all the features and connections.

HDMI stands for High Definition Media Interface which is just fancy lingo for a socket on your television which allows a cable to connect to other devices to show high definition content on your new HD TV. Basically if you buy a HD TV then you'll want to make sure that it has around 3 HDMI connections, no lower than 2, so you can connect a Blu-ray player and maybe that PS3!

So what about Blu-ray? Well Blu-ray has been around for around 3 years now but hasn't come into its own until about the last 6 to 9 months due to its highly publicized battle with HD DVD. Now that HD DVD is dead Blu-ray is the only high definition media that is readily available to buy pretty much anywhere you can buy regular DVDs.

Basically Blu-ray is DVD on steroids in that it shows movies in such a way that you might feel like you are on the actual set of the movie. The picture is so clear that you'll swear its the best thing you have ever seen! Now just to make things clear here, a Blu-ray player will only work with a HD-TV and just to complicate things a little further you want both your HD TV and your Blu-ray player to support 1080p.

Oh my god, whats 1080p you ask! OK the simple explaination is that 1080p is the number of lines vertically that run down your HD-TV and the 'p' stands for progressive which means the image is not interlaced. If you're not sure of the difference then don't worry, just make sure that both devices support 1080p. They may also support 1080i which is fine.

Hopefully this has given you some understanding of the new types of technology that we are now deluged with on a daily basis, however if you need some further buying advice then check out rel=nofollow http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Blue-RayReview where you can find links to several articles about the devices mentioned above!

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