By Louis Merz
 Plasma TV's first entered the United States market towards the end of 1999, and have become commonplace in households today. Compared to the conventional CRT TV screens, Plasma display devices quickly became recognized for their much improved digital image quality.
Conventional CRT's use a electron beam to scan the picture from top to bottom at different intervals, which cause the phosphors to light thus creating the image. Unlike convential CRT screens, Plasma screens have a transistor electrode for every single pixel which more evenly lights the image across the entire surface of the display.
Plasma televisions allow you to see movies in the format the director intended it to be viewed. With a 16:9 aspect ratio, it was designed to match the natural field of view of the human eye. With billions of colors displayed resulting in smoother picture and detailed shading the picture quality is truly lifelike and amazing.
One important thing to consider when purchasing a Plasma television is what is the preferred resolution of the unit you will be purchasing. Some common questions asked are whether |
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By David Thomas
 The standard theater arrangement is of course a screen at one end of the room, with one central speaker, one speaker to each side of the screen, two speakers providing surround left and right, and sometimes a speaker providing surround rear. If you have your room arranged this way, chances are good that you call it your home theater, and speaker placement is fairly straightforward for you. The ideal placement has the front speakers at the same height from the ground, usually either slightly above or slightly below the display, and the surround speakers at least 60cm above the heads of the viewers.
The front center speaker should ideally be in the same position as the screen; the front left and right speakers should be placed approximately 25 degrees to the left and right of the direction the viewers face, and about the same distance from the viewers; the surround left and surround right speakers should be 90 degrees to the left and right of this direction, and, again, about the same distance from the viewers; and the surround rear, as its name suggests, should be |
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