E-House

I sometimes read the Electronic House blog so as to astonish myself with what people will consider necessary to have a properly equipped house. This is from a current entry:

For specs, the TV features a native resolution of 1920x1080 (1080p), ATSC, NTSC, and QAM tuners, 8ms response time, 550 cd/m² brightness, 1,000:1 contrast ratio (not so good), and four HDMI, VGA, component, S-Video, and RCA video inputs. It has automatic source detection and switching, which in my experience is both a blessing and curse. The rear ports are conveniently placed in a sideways formation, making wall-mounting a snap.

A built-in 5 ban equalizer allows you to customize the 2 down firing 10 watt speakers and 10 watt subwoofer to match your room or content source.

This is the kind of thing that drives me to go find a good book to read.