Video reviewers may not agree on everything, but most of us will agree on the importance of calibrating your HDTV. Whether you pay a professional to do a full-scale calibration or simply make basic adjustments using a calibration disc, the...
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It's no secret that the global economy is located somewhere south of Hell these days, forcing the vast majority of us, present company included, to find ways to cut costs and make every dollar count. In light of these hard...
The first crop of HDMI 1.4-equipped HDTVs and Blu-ray players have begun to hit retail shelves, with A/V receivers and other products soon to follow. Chances are, if you've heard talk about HDMI 1.4, it involves the spec's support of...
A couple of years ago, wireless HDMI seemed poised to be the hot, new technology that would sweep quickly through the A/V industry. A number of technologies emerged that allowed for the wireless transmission of a high-definition video signal from...
Although the price of HDTVs is falling across the board, you'll still see large price discrepancies between models, even at the same screen size. At a big-box chain like Best Buy, for instance, the current price of a 42-inch HDTV...
Video-on-demand services are becoming quite the commodity in home entertainment products. Some people contend that VOD is poised to dethrone the physical disc medium as the go-to method for content delivery, at least in the world of video rentals. An...
In the plasma vs. LCD debate, LED backlighting could be the great equalizer for LCD. In the past, many theaterphiles considered LCD to be a fine technology for everyday-use TVs but felt it lacked the higher-end performance they craved for...
Many new LCD HDTVs offer a refresh rate of 120Hz or higher. The 120Hz technology is designed to accomplish two goals: to reduce motion blur in faster-moving scenes and to reduce judder in film-based sources. (See our article "Explaining a...
At the end of February 2008, I sold my first three online AV publications to a publically traded company which was without question - the deal of my life so far. My media broker warned me not to expect Berkshire...
Thin is "in" when it comes to today's HDTVs. The latest generation of HDTVs are no longer the McDonalds-eating fat-ass televisions that they used to be. Now you can (but we highly recommend that you don't) hang an ultra-slim HDTV...
