HDTV: Too Many Choices?

USA Today ran a piece this morning asking the question of whether consumers are overwhelmed by the choices in size, technology and brand when they are shopping for HDTVs.

To me, that's like asking if there are too many choices when you're buying a car or a cell phone. It's true that it makes consumers do more research initially if you want to avoid buyers' remorse, but the wide array of choices leads to lower prices and better features. Even if the average consumer doesn't want or need all of the funtionality many HDTVs offer, you will need some of it and you might find that a year or two down the road you need more of it than you initially thought (an HDMI connection for a PS3 or Blu-ray player, for example).

So if I could offer some advice, it would be to do your homework before you go down to your local electronics store to educate yourself as much as possible on what's available. You wouldn't rely on a car salesman for objective advice, so apply that same mentality to your HDTV purchase and you'll be fine.