Picking out a new display for your home theater can be a difficult task. There are so many different displays out there to choose from. You can get a basic old fashioned tube television or one of the flat panel types. To make things even more difficult there is a huge range of sizes as well as the option to have a projector that will give you huge movie theater type images. The first thing that you must determine when picking out a display is whether to go with a projector or a TV. There are benefits and drawbacks to both of these options.
A projector has fewer connections available than a standard TV does. It will be more difficult to hook up all of your home theater equipment on a projector. They also don’t come with antenna or cable connections which will make it more difficult funnel broadcast or cable signals to your projector.
While it will be more difficult to hook that projector up you will be able to get larger images than any TV you could realistically afford. The drawback to that large screen is the poor image quality that you will get on it. HDTV and Blu-ray movies will look pretty good but anything less than that will be much worse quality than a television picture. With a projector you also have to worry about replacing the bulbs every few years and they can be expensive.
If you are trying to build a home theater, a television will be a better value than a projector. You can use it more often without having to worry about replacing bulbs. You can also hook up your components more easily. If on the other hand you already have a room for normal television watching and you just want a room for special occasions like the Super Bowl then a projector might be the way to go. You will be able to have the largest possible screen size for the money and it might be more affordable than buying a huge TV just for those occasions.


If you’ve done any shopping at all for home theater systems, then you’ve probably seen a few wireless home theater setups. They have become increasingly popular, especially when it comes to home-theater-in-a-box type systems. What are the advantages of wireless home theater systems, and is there anything you should watch out for if you’re thinking of going wireless?