by Owen Jones

When it comes to deciding on a projection or TV screen, the first consideration is the type of screen you want or even may need. If the room where you are going to set up your home movie theater is large, then you will need to have a home theater projection screen or maybe you just want to go down that route anyway.

Personally, I like the idea of having a drop-down screen, but sometimes you have to have one anyway even in a modest-sized home movie theater. It would convert your living room into a home movie theater at the click of a remote. Imagine: you lie back in your chair; click the remote and the screen drops down; click another time and the lights dim; click another again and the movie begins!

However, if you prefer a television screen, then you might be considering buying a new one. They say that a 27 inch screen is big enough, but I do not think it is. I think you need 48-60 inches, but then I’m a baby-boomer and my eyes are definitely not what they were.

If you are buying a new TV for your home movie theater set-up, I think you should get the best you can afford. HDTV is already here and since February 2009 the United States is committed to High Definition. So, I would ensure that your new television is capable of receiving it. Then I recommend that the new home movie theater screen be a flat one in order to reduce the annoying reflections that could ruin your experience, which is another reason for opting for a drop-down projection screen.

Then you should ensure that the new television has enough input and output sockets for the equipment you plan to use and youre done. So, to summarize, I would go for:

More than a 27 inch screen

A flat screen

HDTV compliant

Enough input and output plugs and sockets

Satellite enabled

I would definitely recommend satellite compatibility for the TV receiver because it is the future or even the near future. If you get a satellite television connection you will be able to store HDTV downloads which you can watch on your new home movie theater set-up whenever you like.

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