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"   Zenith&amp;#039;s new C34W23 34-inch direct-view wide-screen HDTV, $2,299, has a built-in tuner, so there&amp;#039;s no need to buy a separate set-top box.   Do you still own an analog television? Do you know what an analog TV is? Well now&amp;#039;s the time to find out\u2014because by 2006, television shows will no longer be broadcast via analog waves; they&amp;#039;re all slated to be transmitted and received digitally by then. What does this mean to you? It means it might be time to upgrade your TV. The newest sets on the market have extremely crisp pictures and sound, with sleek flat screens. Some TVs can even hang on the wall. But they&amp;#039;re served up with a perplexing alphabet soup of terms\u2014LCD, DTV, and HDTV, to name a few. To help you shop around, we&amp;#039;ve answered the TV technology questions most likely to be on your mind.  Panasonic&amp;#039;s new PT-60LC13 60-inch LCD, $3,999, is the company&amp;#039;s largest rear-projection set.  Q: What&amp;#039;s the difference between a flat-screen TV and a flat-panel set? A: Flat-screen TVs have flat screens as opposed to standard curved screens. Flat screens reduce glare\u2014and look great. Any type of TV can have a flat screen. Flat-panel TVs also have flat screens, but they&amp;#039;re ultrathin (2 to 3 inches deep), and save space, because they can hang on the wall; there are two types: LCD (liquid crystal display) and plasma. Plasmas come only in large sizes, from 32 inches to 61 inches, so they&amp;#039;re best for large rooms. And they&amp;#039;re pricey\u2014from $3,000 to $25,000 or more. Two drawbacks to plasma TVs: In extreme instances, they&amp;#039;re prone to burn-in, also called phosphor wear. That happens when a static image (like the NBC logo shown on the bottom right of your screen during Law &amp;amp;amp; Order) is displayed too long and gets permanently &amp;quot;burned&amp;quot; into the screen. LCDs cost $900 to $5,000 and run 13 to 40 inches, although larger ones (up to 60 inches) are starting to enter the market. The smaller models are great for tight spaces, such as kitchen countertops. Typically, LCD images are brighter than plasma, although plasma units offer more true-to-life color. LCDs don&amp;#039;t suffer burn-in.  Sony&amp;#039;s new Grand WEGA KDF-60XBR950 60-inch LCD rear-projection HDTV, $5,500, with a built-in HDTV tuner, offers a decorative twist\u2014the top of the screen extends above the rim of the set.  Q: Should I buy an HDTV set, even though I don&amp;#039;t have HDTV service yet? A: Yes. That way, you&amp;#039;ll be prepared for HDTV service, if your cable or satellite provider offers you a deal you can&amp;#039;t refuse. (And since all broadcasting is supposed to be digital by 2006, you&amp;#039;ll need to upgrade your analog TV anyway by purchasing a separate set-top box\u2014about $600\u2014to receive the digital signal. Even then, the picture won&amp;#039;t be HDTV quality.) You can either buy an integrated HDTV, or an HDTV monitor. Integrated HDTVs have built-in tuners that can receive HDTV programs, so no extra equipment is needed. Most sets are simply HDTV monitors. They&amp;#039;re less expensive, but you&amp;#039;ll need to buy a separate set-top box to watch HDTV programming. Either way, you&amp;#039;ll love what you see: HDTV is immune from analog TV&amp;#039;s static and has a much sharper, prettier picture. At its very best, HDTV looks like you&amp;#039;re peering through a window into a garden, where every blade of grass is clearly defined. Q: Why would I want a wide-screen TV? A: Ever watch a DVD and notice black bars on the top and bottom of your screen? That&amp;#039;s because more and more programs are being filmed or taped in a wide-screen format, but traditional TV sets aren&amp;#039;t sized that way. Wide-screen TVs, which are essentially wider than they are tall, stretch the frame so you see the image without the black bars. Widescreens are available in analog and digital types and are great for movie buffs, because movies are shown in the wide-screen format, as the filmmakers intended them to be viewed. And if you have HDTV service, widescreens make HDTV programming look better than if you were watching on a standard-size screen.  Fujitsu&amp;#039;s new P50XHA30 50-inch Plasmavision SlimScreen plasma HDTV, $10,999, is less than 4 inches deep.  Q: What are projection TVs? A: There are two types. The most popular, rear-projection TVs, are best for big pictures (from 40 to 80 inches) and don&amp;#039;t have the high plasma pricetag. Rear-projection TVs display the picture on a screen located on the front of the television. Most of them are wide screen and can display HDTV programming. Front-projection TVs look like movie theater projectors and can sit on a table or be mounted on the ceiling. They project huge images (up to 200 inches) on a separate screen or just a white wall\u2014great for movie nights. And most are so lightweight, they can easily move from room to room. But since front-projection TVs were designed for showing movies, most don&amp;#039;t come with built-in TV tuners. To watch TV, you&amp;#039;ll need to hook up the unit to a separate tuner. Most are compatible with HDTV set-top boxes, so you can still enjoy HDTV broadcasts. And although front-projection images are susceptible to washing out if there&amp;#039;s a lot of light in the room, the wall-size appeal is one that no other type of TV can match.  Know your TV types  - Analog TV The good ole &amp;quot;tube&amp;quot; TV we&amp;#039;re used to. It uses magnetic waves, an old-fashioned technology, to transmit and display TV shows. - DTV (Digital TV) Converts digital signals, a newer technology, into your favorite TV shows. - HDTV (High-definition TV) The most advanced form of digital TV, it provides pictures with the highest resolution (sharpest image). - LCD (Liquid-crystal display) One of two types of thin, flat-panel TVs that can hang on the wall (plasma is the other). It shows an ultrabright picture. - Plasma The largest flat-panel TV (screens range from 32 to 61 inches). It features extremely realistic color. - Projection TV There are two types: rear projection (image is projected onto a screen located on the front of the TV) and front projection (image is projected onto another surface, such as a screen or wall). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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