You may want a TV in your office to keep up with stock prices or current news events. You may need one in your conference room for meetings, conferences or training sessions. A television in your waiting area can occupy clients and customers while they wait. Whatever the reason, you'll find plenty of television distributors to help you buy the right TV.
With so many options to choose from, take your time selecting the right television. As you shop at various television wholesalers and distributors, keep the following in mind:
1. As you budget for your new television, ask TV dealers or TV wholesalers about pricing for a wall mount and installation charges.
2. Ask television distributors about a specific TV, but generally speaking, a plasma TV provides a better picture in a dimly lit room, and an LCD TV picture looks better in a room with more light.
3. Enhanced Definition TVs (EDTV) may prove a cost-effective alternative to High Definition TV (HDTV) if your audience sits more than 8 feet away from a 37" to 42" plasma TV.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Shop television dealers for a smaller TV to put in your office
In your office, you likely won't need a large television. To spend as little as possible, go with an old-fashioned cathode ray tube (CRT) TV. One downside to these TVs, however, is that their depth sometimes makes it difficult to find a good place to put them. The price of plasma and LCD TVs keeps going down, so it would be worth your while to consider plasma or LCD wholesale televisions before you spend any money. They generally look better, and you'll appreciate the significantly enhanced picture quality.
I recommend: If you stick with a CRT television, buy the 20"
Samsung at Best Buy. Consider the
Sceptre 32" LCD wholesale TV or the
Sony Bravia 32" LCD wholesale TV at Costco. Sam's Club offers smaller wholesale televisions like the 26"
Viewsonic Widescreen LCD TV at Sam's Club.
Check prices with several wholesale tv distributors for the best conference room TV
Don't forget the size of your conference room, how far away the audience sits from the TV and how wide a viewing angle your seating arrangement dictates as you search for the right TV.
I recommend: Before you visit any TV distributors online or in person, answer the questions at
My Product Advisor, and you'll end up with recommendations tailored specifically to your needs. If you want to go directly to a TV distributor, consider the 42"
Sony PlasmaPro, Plasma Display at Newegg and the 50"
Samsung plasma television at Crutchfield
Ensure TV distributors stock TVs with the features you want for your waiting area
The size TV you buy will depend partly on the size of your waiting area. If your business caters to children and you expect children in your waiting area, consider a television with a built-in DVD player to play kid-friendly movies. The DVD player can also play product promotion videos for your business. If you're considering hanging the TV on the wall, consider an LCD TV, which is typically lighter than a plasma television, uses less power and is less susceptible to glare.
I recommend: Check out the
RCA 32" LCD HDTV with a built-in DVD player at Wal-Mart. For a TV you can mount on the wall, look at the
LG 42" LCD HDTV at CompUSA.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- If you live in a high-altitude location and want to buy a plasma television, make sure it will have a good picture at or above altitudes of 5,500 feet. At high altitudes, some plasma televisions emit an audible noise called mechanical buzz that can occur as your plasma display panel works to equalize pressure and cool itself, so have the tv distributors guarantee that you'll have no problems with the picture.
The official source of Television Distributors is
the Television Distributors page at Business.com
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