A high-end TV used to be a simple purchase: pick the biggest screen that fits the wall and the budget. Now, it has two jobs: look great when it's on and look like it belongs when it's off. You can spend months getting the finishes and furniture right, then watch a big black rectangle take over the wall once the game ends.

The good news is that the latest home entertainment options go well beyond a single display in a plain frame. Some are built to hold their color in a sunlit room, and others disappear into the décor entirely. Picture quality still matters, but it's no longer the only thing to weigh when choosing a TV, since each type suits a different room and a different way of watching. Keep reading for a walkthrough of the main types and how to match one to your viewing preferences and design needs.

Frost is creeping onto the fairways, so you’re looking for ways to bring the fun indoors. But the Bruins are also back on the ice, and the room downstairs can only handle one of those well. Most homeowners who want a golf simulator and a home theater room think they need two separate spaces. That usually means giving up a guest room or having a living room with a simulator that looks like a garage project stationed next to your nice sofa.

It doesn't have to be that way. With the right layout and one control system tying it together, a single room can run full-swing golf on Saturday morning and a sharp, room-filling movie on Saturday night. Keep reading to see how we plan these rooms and what to consider before tearing anything down.

A home golf simulator solves a problem every New England golfer knows well: six months of the year, the driving range is buried under snow or closed for the season. Your swing gets rusty, and your short game slips. By the time courses reopen in spring, you're starting from scratch.

That's a long stretch to lose ground on a game you've worked hard to build, and waiting out winter shouldn't mean waiting on your golf.

A home golf simulator brings the course indoors, ready whenever you are, rain, shine, or six inches of snow on the ground. There’s no need to drive to an off-hours bay or share a time slot. Keep reading to learn more about this home entertainment upgrade. 

New Englanders develop a habit without realizing it. All winter, the sun sits low and the days are short, so leaving your shades open from morning until night doesn't cross your mind. There's just not that much daylight to worry about.

Then summer arrives. The days stretch to fifteen hours, the sun climbs higher in the sky, and those same open shades are now flooding your rooms with UV light for most of the day. Nobody flips a switch to change the habit. The shades just stay where they were.

That's where the damage happens.