Television Buying Guide 8

Things to Consider

• Every floor model television is set its brightness to maximum. Try and ask the salesperson to reduce the brightness of the television you are comparing.
• Display floors are well-lit. Few living rooms are lit that much. See if you can ask them to reduce the light shedding on the picture.
  
• Blu-ray. If you have a disc that you are familiar with, see if you can use it instead of the TV signal that is normally shown. Blu-ray provides the best picture a television can display, so it makes for the best reference from which to judge. And if you are used to the look of a particular DVD, use it instead.
• Televisions come with many picture presets such as movie, sports, etc. Try all of them to see which is best.
  
• It is strongly recommended to protect your television with some sort of surge protection. Do not believe the hype that a better protector will somehow improve video quality, but do choose a model with coaxial inputs and outputs for your cable or antenna.

This concludes the series on television buying guide.