Let The LCD TV Detectives Help You Make Up Your Mind.
LCD TV is a flat-screen color TV featuring extremely flexible placement and mounting capabilities thanks to the LCD TV’s  fantastically slim profile.  With bright, precise colors produced by a flat panel of “liquid” crystals, rather than a cathode ray tube which shows a picture made from electrons shot at phosphors on a screen, LCD TVs are lighter, take less room, are cooler and use less power than CRTs.   Many LCD TVs feature High Definition picture resolutions and are ready for the upcoming Digital TV standards.
They are rapidly becoming the television of choice for the 21st century.
What really sets the LCD TV apart from the standard tube TV is its thickness, or more specifically, its lack of it.
The ultra-slim profile of the LCD TV means that despite the screen sizes exceeding 30 inches, it’s never more than a few inches thick.
This allows it to be hung from a wall or even the ceiling, both of which are fashionable installation methods.
This opens up more space in your living or bed room for other electronics, furnishings or toys.
With the LCD TV’s perfectly flat screen, picture distortions owing to screen curvature are a thing of the past.
DTV (Digital TV) is poised to gradually replace standard analog TV.

The LCD TV can support DTV signals with a built-in or external digital tuner
Most LCD TVs can support at least EDTV (Enhanced Definition TV, 480p), which provides superior picture quality to regular analog TV.
The majority of new LCD TVs will easily display an HDTV picture as they are designed to be HDTV compatible or HDTV ready by featuring a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio and very high native resolutions.
Larger screens (30-inches or more) generally provide more immersive, theatre-like viewing experiences, and are great for larger rooms such as the living room where your family or guests can watch a movie or be entertained together.

Although many of us hope to purchase the largest TV we can afford, this isn’t necessarily recommended.

The proper size TV to purchase should be a function of the distance you sit from the TV screen.

For example, 1 to 3 feet between you and a 40-inch LCD TV will most likely feel very uncomfortable, not to mention confusing.

The response time measurement is the speed at which an LCD TV’s pixels (the smallest unit of display on the LCD TV) are able to change from displaying full black to full white and back again.

Brightness is defined as the emitted luminous power over a specified area, often measured in cd/m2 (candela per square meter) or nits (they are equal).

The viewing angle refers to the maximum horizontal and vertical viewing angles from which an LCD TV screen can be viewed at acceptable image quality.

Most LCD TV’s offer several types of input connector allowing signal sources such as a TV antenna, cable TV line, and DVD player, or gaming console to connect and provide a picture.

If, for example, you want to output your PC’s picture to your LCD TV, you will need your LCD TV to come equipped with either a DVI or D-Sub port.

For DVD players you can work with composite connectors, but component connectors are recommended for better image quality.

For in-depth information, please see our LCD TV Connector Guide.

This means that they are able to display HDTV resolution images, but do not feature an HDTV tuner – this requires owners to purchase an external HDTV tuner separately in order to provide the TV with an HDTV picture signal.

HDTVs that are built with internal tuners are able to accept HDTV signals directly over the air (by connecting an antenna) without the help of an external tuner.

These LCD TV sets are able to receive over the air HDTV programming, but more importantly, they are used to tune into digital cable programming by inserting a CableCard from the cable provider.

Important note: Certain LCD TV sets do not feature built-in speakers and may require the purchase of optional external speakers.

In addition to displaying HDTV programming, movie buffs also want to be able to connect to future HDTV movie players, such as HD-DVD or Blu-Ray disc players.

As smaller sized LCD TVs often come at less cost, the recommendations made here may also be considered by those who are currently on a limited budget.