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Everything You Need To Know About Buying A HD TV
Walk into a mass retailer to buy a HD TV and I assure you, you will come out more confused than when you went in. HD TV is a brand new concept that allows you to see more of a picture and a significantly better quality picture. To make purchasing a HD TV easy I have set out below a guide to buying HD TV.


Where To Place Your Home Theatre
So you want a home theatre but are not sure whether you should have a dedicated space for it or set it up in your living room, or master bedroom, or games room. Never fear - SmartHouse has all the ideas you need.


How To Get The Best TV Picture
We reveal how installers and dealers can help you get the most of an ISF-certified display. You can enjoy footage as close to its original colour, contrast and brightness as possible, so you can watch the footage as the original filmmakers intended.


Get A Better TV Picture With HDMI
The big buzz with sellers of HD TV is the need for HDMI .The High Definition TV “experience” they claim is better by using HDMI cables. But the problem is that a lot of devices only come with one HDMI input and the cables are expensive, however HDMI connectivity is getting cheaper.


Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About LCD TV
LCD TVs are hot. But do you know anything about the technology behind the screen? Later this year we will see the first of 100HZ LCD TVs along with a dramatic improvement in performance.


Everything You Wanted To Know About HD TV
We’ve all heard that high-definition TV is just around the corner. We explain exactly what it is and take a look at some of the best products to bring high-definition to your home.


Get More From Your DVD Recorder
If you have binned the old VCR and fancy a shiny new digital video recorder – here’s how to get picture-perfect recordings every time.


HD TV Buyer's Guide
In the market for a new TV, but not sure where to start? Here are our top 10 tips when shopping for a new screen.


DVD Recorder Buyer's Guide
Is one brand of DVD recorder better than another? Certainly, yes. But overall we advise you to ignore the brand but focus instead on buying the best technology.


How To Upgrade Your Home Cinema
Fancy a better home cinema experience? Instant improvement is just 20 tweaks away. SmartHouse shows you how.


Which Cable Cat 5 Or 6
Picking the right cable is essential as viewing habits change along with the way we store content.


How To Understand DLP TV
We look at the what, the where and the WOW of the revolutionary display solution - digital light processing - that makes rear-projection TVs bigger, sharper and surprisingly lighter.


How To Optimise Your Home Theatre
We take you through the steps to design and plan for home theatre acoustics.


Neat Belkin Cable Idea
Neat Cabling ideas can save time and money and Belkin has come up with a good one. When it will be available in Australia is unknown.


Get Great Sound From Your Home Theatre
Admit it. There's a kind of precision about audio/video components, home theatre and sound reproduction that's downright addictive, similar to the appeal of other technical hobbies like cameras, cars, boats and aviation.


Home Theatre Simplified
Home theatre is far simpler than you think. Sure, it can be a lot more complicated, but it needn’t be.


Automate Your Home Theatre
Lighting, control systems and motorised window treatments can make your home theatre sizzle.


How To Turn Your Mac Into A Home Theatre System
Many People have asked us how to turn a Mac into a Home Theatre System. Now with the help of the geniuses at www.pure-mac.com we have listed below 33 ways for you to do it.


How To Buy a Big Screen TV
It’s not easy buying a big screen TV these days. The era when you could simply ponder whether you wanted a 28-inch or 32-inch widescreen CRT and then nip off to a local retail store have long gone.


How To Buy A Home Theatre System
Mass market resellers are 9 times out of 10 bullshit artists. They will only sell you what they make the most margin on not what is best for you and that applies to selling you a home theatre system that does not necesarily perform. Here are some tips to help you.



 



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