(March 30, 2010) Samsung’s 55″ UN55C8000 ($3499 retail, $2849 Amazon) falls in the comfortable middle of its 2010 3D LED (LCD) line, though it has a higher rated contrast ratio than the upcoming more expensive, wafer thin (.3″) C9000 series. The C8000s are the only Samsung 3D LED models to feature “Precision Dimming”, (commonly known [...]
Entries from March 30th, 2010
Samsung’s 3D UN55C8000- HD Guru Exclusive First Review
March 30th, 2010 · 11 Comments · 3D HDTV, LED LCD Flat Panels, Product Reviews, Review
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Best Buy Responds To “3D Glasses Syncing Service”
March 23rd, 2010 · 24 Comments · 3D HDTV, Blu-ray Players, LED LCD Flat Panels
(March 23, 2010) We asked Best Buy’s media relations department last week why Best Buy’s Geek Squad offers a fictional 3D glasses syncing service? (link to our original story). Below is the corporate response. “I wanted to address any lingering confusion about the characterization of services support in the Best Buy Samsung 3DTV offer that [...]
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Best Buy Offers Bogus 3D Sync Service
March 19th, 2010 · 45 Comments · 3D HDTV, Blu-ray Players, LED LCD Flat Panels
UPDATE 3/21/10: You can now buy the Samsung 3D TV package offered by Best Buy from Amazon (55″ UN55C7000, BDC6900 Blu-ray and Free 3D Starter Kit w/2pr. 3D glasses and Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Disc) for $3328, a savings of $91.96 compared to Best Buy’s price. The Amazon package includes free shipping. Amazon is also [...]
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Panasonic TC-P50VT20 3D HDTV-HD Guru Exclusive First Review
March 10th, 2010 · 72 Comments · 3D HDTV, Blu-ray Players, Plasma, Product Reviews
(March 10, 2010) The 3D era arrives today with the first sales of complete systems that include a 3D display, a 3D disc player and 3D viewing glasses. Best Buy’s Magnolia stores offer an exclusive featuring the TC-P50VT20 and Panasonic’s DMP-BDT300 3D capable Blu-ray player. In TV industry parlance the TC-P50VT20 and DMP-BDT300 are referred [...]
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Legacy Samsung 3D TV Owners Will Soon Be Able to View 3D Blu-ray Discs and 3D DirecTV
March 7th, 2010 · 46 Comments · 3D HDTV, Blu-ray Players, DLP, News, Plasma
Update: Mitsubishi converter to be incompatible with Samsung TVs (link) Mitsubishi’s upcoming 3D converter box will be compatible with 2007 and 2008 Samsung 3D ready DLP rear projectors and plasma TVs, in addition to the Mitsubishi 3D compatible rear projectors, according to an industry source. Mitsubishi and Samsung previously sold about 4 million HDTVs in [...]
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Best Buy’s 3D Launch Details Include First Full HD 3D Disc Offerings
March 6th, 2010 · 9 Comments · 3D HDTV, Blu-ray Players, LED LCD Flat Panels, Plasma
Best Buy announced 3D TVs and 3D capable Blu-ray player sales and demos at over 200 stores  beginning on March 10, 2010. It will kick off the first Full HD 3D (FHD3D) sales at its Union Square store in New York City with an early morning press event. The March 10th 3D debuts take place [...]
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CNET Tests Point To Extent of Loss in Panasonic Plasma Black Level Performance + A THX Response
March 3rd, 2010 · 25 Comments · News, Plasma
(March 3, 2010)  Reports regarding a rise in the black levels of Panasonic’s 2008 and 2009 plasmas led CNET’s David Katzmaier to investigate the controversy. Katzmaier queried Panasonic. In their reply to CNET, a Panasonic executive confirmed: 2008 and 2009 model plasma HDTVs’ black level brightens as the panel ages to provide a 100,000 hour [...]
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