Super Bowl XLVI will be here before you know it and if you can't be at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Feb. 5, then hopefully you'll be watching the game on a TV that will make the experience the next best thing to being there.

If you were holding out to buy that new TV until now, consider these tips from Consumer Reports before making that big purchase before the big game.

Some suggestions [if you can afford to make the buy] include, going bigger, getting connected and don't skimp on the sound.