Every TV has one: a button that zooms in on the picture, or changes the aspect ratio. Sometimes called View Mode, Format, Size, Zoom, or something similar, these modes have a variety of names, but all have the same purpose. In reality most of the time there is only one “correct” mode, the other modes [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Laser HDTV'
Is Your HDTV Under Performing? Here’s a Fix
May 11th, 2012 · 3 Comments · 3D HDTV, DLP, Laser HDTV, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, OLED, Plasma
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How to Pick the Right HDTV
December 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · 3D HDTV, Laser HDTV, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Plasma
click chart for larger version Holiday HDTV sales have heated up. According to marketing research firm NPD, “nearly 6 percent of all Black Friday shoppers walked out with a new TV, a 36 percent increase from 2010.” Why? TV prices are at their lowest level ever as set makers try to salvage nine months of [...]
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Gov’t Now Requires HDTV Energy Guide Labels -Explained
June 30th, 2011 · 3 Comments · 21:9 3D LED LCD Flat Panels, 3D HDTV, Connected TVs, DLP, Laser HDTV, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, Microdisplay Rear Projection, News, OLED, Plasma
All TVs manufactured after May 10th (that’s now!) are required to prominently display one of the Federal Trade Commissions’ stylish new Energy Guide labels. Starting July 11, websites that sell televisions will be required to display an image of the full label as well, given that you can’t, you know, see the TV. More info [...]
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Mitsubishi’s 2011 HDTV Line and New 3D Glasses Announced
June 2nd, 2011 · 8 Comments · 3D HDTV, Laser HDTV, Microdisplay Rear Projection, News
Mitsubishi’s TV division, now called Mitsubishi Electric Visual Solutions America introduced its 2011 line today consisting of four model series of rear projection DLP HDTVs with screen sizes from 73″ to an all new whopping 92″ model. Included in the new series is its 3rd generation LaserVue TV using a new light engine which incorporates [...]
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Best Big Screen Value-Rear Projection 3D HDTVs
March 1st, 2011 · 13 Comments · 3D HDTV, DLP, Front Projection, Laser HDTV, Microdisplay Rear Projection, News
Once upon a time, all big-screen TVs were RPTVs. If you wanted something bigger than a tube TV, projection was your only choice. With the advent of flat panels, the reign of RPTVs was clearly at an end. Except, it wasn’t. Not completely. So the question is, with today’s cheap flat panels, is there any [...]
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Extended Warranties – Total Ripoff or Partial Ripoff?
November 30th, 2010 · 8 Comments · 3D HDTV, Blu-ray Players, Connected TVs, DLP, Front Projection, Laser HDTV, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, OLED
Buy a TV from pretty much any store these days, and at the end of the sale they’re going to push an extended warranty. Promises of unicorns and elves appearing if there’s a problem are likely fabricated. But for the more down-to-Earth claims, and those who know the value of a buck, are extended warranties [...]
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How To Pick The Right HDTV
October 29th, 2010 · 7 Comments · 3D HDTV, Connected TVs, DLP, Laser HDTV, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels
Click On Chart to Enlarge (October 29, 2010) Whether the day after Thanksgiving is called “Black Friday†because of the day’s heavy traffic or because it signals the beginning of the selling period when most retailers go from being in “the red†to being “in the black,†it unofficially marks the start of the holiday [...]
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Mitsubishi’s 2010 HDTV Line
July 8th, 2010 · 10 Comments · 3D HDTV, Laser HDTV, LED LCD Flat Panels, News
(July 8, 2010) Earlier this month, Mitsubishi introduced its 2010 HDTVs to the press at its New York City line show.  For 2010 Mitsubishi is offering a its 2nd generation 3D capable laser powered 75″ Digital Light Processor (DLP) rear projector, 6 LED LCDs in three series and 13-3D capable DLP rear projectors in four [...]
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