Do all TV's come in HD now?

Question

We are looking into getting a 32in Flat Screen TV. I am looking at LCDs because Plasmas only come in like 50 inches and above. What are cheaper Plasmas or LCDs? And do all flatscreens come in HD beacuse we have no need for HD and if tvs are cheaper with out HD then we would like to go for that.

Answer 1

pretty much all of them come in HD now some have better quality then others

Answer 2

No, they do not.  But most flat panels do.

LCDs are cheaper if you are looking for a smaller TV.  Plasma is cheaper if you are looking for a really big tv.

The bigger the TV, the more likely it will come with HD built in.  This is because all LCDs and Plasmas can handle HD, it just depends on what kind of tuner and image processor they have to determine how well and at what resolution they will display HD in.

Answer 3

Yes most do and you'll find that you'll have no choice but to buy an HD TV. Both plasmas and LCD's tend to be around the same price although plasma's may be a little more expensive. Also not sure if you know but whether you're going to be hooking up your TV to an over the air antenna, a cable hookup or satellite you may need an HD signal or else you're gonna get a crappy reception.

Regular cable or satellite with no HD will give you a bad reception but some areas in the country have over the air HD for their local channels where you use a bunny ear antenna on your TV, you may want to look into that.

Answer 4

All TVs now sold in America are DIGITAL. You can still find non-digital TVs from old stock, but there are supposed to have a sticker on them to make it clear they are not digital.

Not all Digital TVs are HD (HD being defined as capable of displaying 720 or 1080 lines of resolution.)

But most TV manufacturers are going to include the receiver in the set, so you will be able to receive the HD signals and display them (though they may be greatly stripped down version of the original signal.)

If you have no need to view HD programming, You can look for older/used TV sets; or look for a digital TV "monitor" that does not have the receiver built in (this may say HD-ready).

As for the sizes, there are 32in plasmas available, but since the primary advantage a plasma has is a deeper dark level, and that is most advantageous while watching movies, and movies are best watched on larger screens anyway, and you can get a bigger one for about the same price, so why bother.

LCDs are cheaper, as LCD screens are everwhere (from your microwave to your car to your computer, the economies of scale dictate that LCDs will almost always be cheaper than most other options in a flat panel.