Here's another kinda-personal-finance sort of thing -- but one that fits well within the "news you can use" focus of Getting Ahead.
With the number of options and technological changes in television sets, simply buying something to zone out in front of in the evenings has become ever more complicated. To that end, Technology360 offers a primer on how to buy a television.
TV buying is much more complicated than it used to be.In the past 50 years, there haven't been many features to pick from, and once optional things like UHF tuners, remote controls, color, stereo and cable channel tuning have all become standard. The main constant over the years was a choice of picture size.
Now, there are SIX different decisions to make and the choices within decisions keep changing. This confounds even the experts. So don't feel alone in your quest!
I find it somewhat ironic that the big box electronics retailers have all moved to non-commissioned -- which often means not as well trained -- sales staff at a time when the products they sell have gotten more complicated.