Remember when choosing a television was an easy decision? All you can to do was decide which size you could afford and which manufacturer you liked. Then came Hi Definition TV with LDC, Plasma, DLP, 720i and 1080p… and the decision became much more difficult.

The new TVs being shown at CES this year have great new technologies, but these will make choosing a TV more difficult than ever. The bottom line, however, is that if you stick to the major manufacturers, you are sure to get wonderful picture quality as well as newly found connectivity.

First you will find a new type of television in the LED backlit LCDs and DLPs that offer better picture quality. You will also find a new category of LED televisions and in the near future ODED TVs. Both of which offer less power consumption and better picture quality.

Toshiba, Panasonic, and other major manufacturers each have introduced their own proprietary ways of improving television….and each use a unique name for those features. For instance you will find Panasonic talking about energy efficient Neo LCDs and Toshiba promoting Resolution+which upscales the picture from standard inputs like regular old DVDs, and Auto View which automatically adjusts the brightness and other picture qualities depending on the ambient light in the room.

CEs announcements also include partnerships to bring Internet content to the television world. TV manufacturer are partnering with the likes of Netflix and Yahoo to marry the television to the Internet. Again, each manufacturer has their own proprietary methodology. Panasonic will have Vieracast IPTV which will give you Internet content from their own servers. Toshiba will integrate the Yahoo and Intel-developed Widget Channel to get Internet content to the television.

In any case, as 2009 progresses, you will see many different new TVs with great picuter quality and you will be watching Internet content on just about all new televisions.