First Review Of Sony’s Latest Blu-ray Player-Exclusive Sony BDP-S350 vs.Panasonic DMP-BD50
Although it’s been more than two years since the U.S. introduction of the Blu-ray high definition disc format, until recently, none of the free-standing players have been capable of handling all of the features included in the Blu-ray standard. Panasonic’s first 3rd generation player, recently…
Swelling Inventories Force Another HDTV Price Drop Updated July 16, 2008
July 16, 2008 Addendum: LG Price Drops Included Below This week, in a move designed to counter sagging sales, major TV manufacturers significantly lowered large screen plasma and LCD HDTV retail prices. With the recent economic downturn causing inventories to swell, set maker were forced…
Pioneer Elite Kuro PRO-111FD- HD GURUâ„¢ First Review How It Compares With The Panasonic TH-50PZ850U
Many reviewers, including the HD Guruâ„¢, rated Pioneer’s 2007 Kuro plasma line as the year’s best. Now, the 2008 models have finally begun shipping to dealers. Are they as good as last year’s? Are they better? According to a Pioneer press release, all 2008 Pioneer…
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…
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