When shopping for your electronics, here are some guidelines to keep you within your spending limits, while still getting the features you need and want.
HDTVs
Budget
$105 - $859
- LCD
- 15 - 27 inch screen
- 720p resolution
- 800:1 contrast
- 1 HDMI connector
Mid-range
$748 - $2,708
- Plasma, LCD, Rear Projector
- 27 - 52 inch screen
- 720p - 1080p resolution
- 1300:1 contrast
- 3 HDMI connectors
High-end
$1,877 - $19,495
- Plasma, Plasma, LCD, Rear Projector
- 52 - 84 inch screen
- 1080p resolution
- 4000:1 contrast
- 4 HDMI connectors
Home Theatre Systems
Budget
$65 - $339
- Dolby Digital
- Speakers
- Remote Control
Mid-range
$289 - $999
- 5.1 Surround Sound
- Subwoofer
- DTS decoder
- Plays MP3 Files
High-end
$768 - $3,499
- Progressive scan
- DTS decoder
- Plays MP3 Files
- Optical Digital Input
Laptops
Budget
$269 - $979
- 900 Mhz- 1.9 GHz processor
- 2 - 3.5 hours battery life
- 60 - 200 GB hard drive
- 802.11b,g
Mid-range
$856 - $1,899
- 1.6 GHz - 2.2 GHz processor
- 3.5 - 5.5 hours battery life
- 100 - 250 GB hard drive
- 802.11a,b,g,n
High-end
$1,659 - $4,369
- 2 GHz - 2.5 GHz
- 4 - 11 hours battery life
- 160 - 320 GB hard drive
- Bluetooth
- Fingerprint Reader
- 802.11a,b,g,n
Digital Cameras
Budget
$16 - $168
- Basic Digital Camera
- 5.0 - 8.1 Megapixels
- 1.5 - 2.5 inch screen
- 3X optical zoom
- 2 - 1/2000 sec shutter
- 64 - 1000 ISO
- Up to 15fps
- Up to 320 X 240 - 30fps
Mid-range
$159 - $484
- Point and Shoot
- 7.1 - 10.2 Megapixels
- 2.5 - 3 inch screen
- 3X - 6X optical zoom
- 30 - 1/2000 sec shutter
- 80 - 3200 ISO
- Up to 5fps
- Face Detection
- Optical Image Stabilization
- Up to 640 x 480 - 30fps
High-end
$369 - $6,559
- SLR or Ultra-zoom
- 10.0 - 16.7 Megapixels
- 2.5 - 3.5 inch screen
- 3.7X - 20X optical zoom
- 60 - 1/4000 sec shutter
- 50 - 10000 ISO
- Continuous Shooting
- Optical Image Stabilization
- Up to 848 x 480 - 30fps
- Optical Viewfinder
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