How To Avoid Online HDTV Dealer Scams-HD GURU Investigates
credit: istock photo Online HDTV shopping can save you time, gas and money, provided you choose the right dealer. Picking the wrong dealer can be a disaster. HD Guru investigated online HDTV complaints to uncover the awful tactics employed by bad online dealers. Before…
IKEA To Enter The US HDTV Market
IKEA just announced it is throwing its unassembled hat into the ring with four TV’s with 2.1 sound systems, disc players, all in an integrated cabinet. The cabinet is designed by them, the TVs, on the other hand, will be supplied by Chinese electronics…
Is Best Buy On Life Support? An Analysis
The once great and expanding Best Buy (BB) has begun a path to self-destruction, with a recent quarterly loss of $1.7 billion. Circuit City, Silo, Crazy Eddie, Incredible Universe and the Good Guys have already passed on as US consumer electronics chains. This Best Buy…
Are OLED and LED TVs The Same?
Ever since the LED TV was introduced 2009, TV makers promoted and advertised it as a new technology. They do appear different than plasmas or LCD HDTVs. The cabinets are far thinner and the pictures are brighter, especially when in the dealer showroom picture setting….
Latest LG 2012 HDTV, Blu-ray Prices and Discounts Revealed
We’ve compiled a finalized listing of LG’s 2012 HDTVs model line. The models include LED LCDs, CCFL LCDs, plasma HDTVs and Blu-ray players. We’ve included major features, prices and shipping dates. The only omissions are the upcoming 55-Inch OLED and its 4K 84-Inch LED LCD,…
Vizio Drops from #1 to #3 US HDTV Brand
Though 2011 was a rough year for all HDTV makers, Vizio had a worse year than most. On one hand, there’s Samsung, LG and Sharp, who were rewarded by an increase in US market share of 17.9%, 35.2% and 60.09% respectively (Q4 2010/Q4 2011). Vizio,…
Snooping HDTV? Samsung Responds To Criticism
HD Guru recently published an article entitled “Is your HDTV watching you?” In it, we discussed the fact that new features in Samsung’s top 2012 LED and plasma models — including built-in microphones, HDTV camera, wireless and wired Internet connection, built-in browser with voice to text conversion,…
Latest HDTV News: LG OLED, Panasonic Plasma and LCD
Yesterday, Panasonic provided a press demonstration of its new 2012 plasmas and LCDs. The big news: a dark room, side by side comparison of the new VT50 against the 2011 VT30 plasma; other new plasma tech demos and a new white 32-inch LCD. News out…
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