“You mean jacks in the back? Should they be USB jacks?”
You want HDMI jacks, at least two, better three.
You also want a home theatre controller. This is like a multi input amp, so that all your inputs can go into your sound system. Then you only need one input into the screen - from the controller/amp to the screen.
I’d also recommend a Seagate Home Theater Plus or the equivalent unit fro Western Digital if you don’t have a direct connection to a computer. These inexpensive units let you access content off the web, or from a small portable hard drive, which can store tons of stuff, by the way - movies, TV specials etc.
I would also stay away from power-hungry, heavy, plasma. LCD has improved to the point that it is almost always the best, least expensive choice.
I second the recommendation about LCD. It gives the most bang for the buck in a HDTV.
I could not disagree more strongly.
The new Panasonic plasmas I looked at still had the most outstanding picture, was still hundreds of dollars less than comparable performing LCD (and there still is not an LCD that can go as black as plasma) and was shocked to see just how much depth and weight had been trimmed from older versions of plasma.
When the salesman walked me up to the new Panasonics I said, "No....not LCD, I asked you to take me to the Panasonic Plasmas".
He was nice enough not to call me stupid.