(July 22, 2010) The best selling HDTV screen size in America is 32″. Almost every TV maker offers models in this class, which creates stiff competition that drives prices down to record low levels. A number of name brand entry models can be found for under $400, though you can also spend over $900 for [...]
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How To Pick The Right 32″ HDTV
July 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Blu-ray Players, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Reference Materials
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Choosing The HDTV That’s Right For You
November 17th, 2009 · 23 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, Plasma, Reference Materials
By Gary Merson Edited by Michael Fremer 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 gift giving [...]
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Best Buy’s Sunday Circular: Pre-Holiday Price Premium?
November 7th, 2009 · 15 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, News, Reference Materials
By HD Guru Edited by Michael Fremer (November 7, 2009) Best Buy’s November 8, 2009 weekly advertising circular boasts that 32 HDTVs are “On Sale!” But of the 32, only four of them (12.5%) are at their lowest price of the year. The others, supposedly “on sale,†are either priced the same as they were [...]
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120/240 Hz LCD Problems Exposed
November 5th, 2009 · 29 Comments · Blu-ray Players, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Product Reviews, Reference Materials
120/240 Hz LCD Problems Exposed Uploaded by exploretv. – Technology reviews and science news videos. By HD Guru Video Edited by Al Caudullo/Article Edited by Michael Fremer All display technologies combine a variety of strengths and weaknesses. Whether its excess power consumption, limited viewing angle or washed out black levels, over time, engineers work to [...]
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How Retailers Use Lighting To Confuse HDTV Buyers
August 6th, 2009 · 40 Comments · LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, Plasma, Reference Materials
Value Priced LCD HDTV With 50 lux Home Light Level (Above) Same LCD HDTV With 500 lux Retail Store Light Level (Below) (August 6, 2009) It may be difficult to believe, but just a decade ago cathode ray tube-based TVs (CRTs) were the biggest sellers. CRTs have excellent viewing angles, outstanding black levels and high [...]
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Are You Ready for the End of Analog Broadcast TV?
June 12th, 2009 · 8 Comments · News, Reference Materials
Photos – WNBC4 (top) WPIX11 (bottom) Today, June 12, 2009 marks the end of over sixty years of regularly scheduled analog TV broadcasts. The remaining 974 full power TV stations will switch off their analog transmitters. Here are some last minute tips and info for you, your friends and family members that have not prepared [...]
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US Gov’t Rules Vizio Must Stop the Importation of its HDTVs
June 10th, 2009 · No Comments · LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, Reference Materials
(June 9, 2009) The US International Trade Commission ruled today Vizio Inc. must stop importing all HDTVs into the USA for continuing to refuse to license patents pertaining to digital TV reception owned by Funai. The initial April 9, 2009 order was delayed by a 60 day presidential review. The office of President Obama ruled [...]
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Burn Your Own HD Content To Blu-ray Disc
May 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Blu-ray Players, Blu-ray Titles, Reference Materials
Article and Videos by Al Caudullo ExploreworldTV.com So you’ve seen the demos in the store, read the reviews, found the best price. You are the proud owner of a brand new High Def video camera. You’ve even shot some video of the wife and kids and watched it on your Panasonic TC-50G10 50†Plasma that [...]
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