Televisions

Home Theater Overview:

If properly designed, a home theater can be a special place. A place to laugh, relax, and enjoy. A haven from the outside world. A welcome respite from your busy lifestyle.

A variety of components are needed to make up a superior home theater—some more obvious than others. However, in the context of this website, we can't provide in-depth coverage of all the products. So here are a few to whet your appetite.

In a great theater, the sound and visual experience are critical elements. That's why we discussed the top projectors, flat screen televisions, and speaker systems. And to help you keep control of it all, we've recommended the best remote controls.

The areas that we haven't covered are equally as important to designing a custom home theater. These areas are seating, projection screens, acoustical treatments, surround sound receivers and separates, and complements such as Blu-ray and high-performance media servers.

Flat Screen Overview:

When it comes to home entertainment, there's only one thing better than watching a great movie. And that's watching it on a large, high-quality, flat-screen TV. So here's my Best of the Best flat panel-displays. They're all top-of-the-line, of course, and they offer picture quality that makes movie watching more intense and satisfying.

For the world's best black levels, the Pioneer Elite Kuro Plasma 60” is the obvious choice. Panasonic's Plasma 103” dominates the huge-screen category, while Sharp's LC-65SE94U LCD 65” offers built-in Internet, high contrast and stylish design. LED backlighting makes Samsung's LN-T5781F a clear standout, while Runco's SP-60DHD has an edge with its all-digital DHD controller featuring advanced Vivix processing.