Best Big Screen Value-Rear Projection 3D HDTVs
Once upon a time, all big-screen TVs were RPTVs. If you wanted something bigger than a tube TV, projection was your only choice. With the advent of flat panels, the reign of RPTVs was clearly at an end. Except, it wasn’t. Not completely. So the…
Great Last Minute Gifts
With just two days left till Christmas, we here at HDGuru figure some of you could use a few last minute gift ideas. We’re certainly covered enough TV deals over the past few weeks, so here are some gift ideas for someone who already has…
Name Brands in Name Only
Updated November 25, 2012 Consumers trust well known brand names. Retailers and TV marketers know this and use strategies to take full advantage of this trust. HD Guru wants readers to be aware that some of the well known TV brand models you may be…
Should You Buy an HDTV Online or From a Brick and Mortar Store?
Buying a TV is an expensive proposition, and there is nothing worse than knowing that you’ve gotten a bad deal. And buying online from sites such as Amazon will usually give you the best price. But for many people, the service angle should be just…
Extended Warranties – Total Ripoff or Partial Ripoff?
Buy a TV from pretty much any store these days, and at the end of the sale they’re going to push an extended warranty. Promises of unicorns and elves appearing if there’s a problem are likely fabricated. But for the more down-to-Earth claims, and those…
WTF Is A THX Certified Display?
(May 4, 2010) Director George Lucus created the THX Certification program in 1983 to institute audio and film reproduction standards for movie theaters. Later, THX began an audio certification program for home theater. More recently, THX introduced new standards for home HDTV certification (for more…
CEDIA 2009 Report and Analysis Part 2
(Sept. 28, 2009) Samsung chose CEDIA to unveil the remainder of its 2009 HDTV line to its dealers. The showings included Samsung’s new 2009 LED backlit LCDs, the B8500 series (bottom photo) and a new 65″ CCFL (cold-cathode fluorescent) backlit LCD (top photo). The 8500…
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