Panasonic TH-50PZ850 Exclusive HD Guru First Review
Panasonic’s feature packed top-of–the-line 2008 50†plasma HDTV has even better specs than last year’s highly rated 750 series plasmas. Some of the new specifications for 2008 are: contrast ratio of 30,000:1 (up from 5,000:1 from last year’s 750 model plasma); home energy saving mode…
Verizon FIOS Announces Many New HD Channels
Verizon will significantly grow its national high definition channel line-up next month, increasing its regional and national HD network count from 23 to 44. The new channels include: TBS HD, Lifetime HD, Animal Planet HD, Science Channel HD, TLC HD, Bravo HD, Smithsonian Channel HD,…
Getting The Best HDTV Price
Readers often ask how to obtain the best price on a new HDTV. The HD Guru shares his retail secrets here based on his vast national and regional consumer electronics management experience. Among the differing types of stores that sell consumer electronics are 1) those…
Sony XEL-1: Finally A Critical Review
New display technologies don’t often come along. In the late 1980s Sharp introduced the first LCD flat panel TV. It was standard def, 4:3 and had a screen of just 14â€Â. To boot, the image did not look nearly as good as the direct view…
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Confirms HDMI Cable Scam!
The HD Guruâ„¢ has been warning readers since November 2006 about false claims made regarding the superior HDTV performance of expensive name brand HDMI cables when compared to a cheap ones. Canada’s public television network, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) has extensively tested a brand…
The Ten Worst HDTV Scams, Lies and Video Ripoffs Explained
Last week the HD Guruâ„¢ posted his top 10 HDTV Scams, Lies and Video Ripoffs. As promised, here is a more in-depth look at the issues. 1-HDMI The worst connector design since S-Video and the most unreliable interface ever foisted on the buying public. It…
Hitachi Announces Details of its 2008 1.5†LCD Flat Panels and More
Kenji Nakamura, President and CEO of Hitachi Home Electronics (America), shows its UltraThin 1.5 display to Andy Oroz of Home Entertainment Source at the Hitachi Annual Dealer Show. At its dealer it show in California, Hitachi announced details of its 2008 HDTV product line. Hitachi…
Psst- Want a New TV , Wait Until May
In a few days the price of flat panel TVs will drop considerably. Why? Because Sony wants to regain its number one market share, so its drastically dropping the prices of its first new 2008 1080p flat panel models in order to pick up more…
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