I bought a TV a couple of weeks ago.

Now, I don’t actually watch that much TV, but it’s just one of those things you get for your new house, right? (How else would you distract your relatives when they visit and ask awkward questions?)

You’d think that buying a TV should be relatively simple: Search the internet, narrow down a couple of options, pick the one with the best price, and boom! You’re done.

Nooooooo. It was one of the most harrowing, confusing experiences of my life. I mean, NO ONE TEACHES YOU THIS STUFF. There wasn’t a “How to choose a TV” module back in school – we had to learn it through our own slow, painful experience.

So allow me to walk you through mine, and hopefully you’ll take away a few lessons for your own TV hunt (or even apply it to learning ...