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Toshiba 32AV502U

Photo gallery: Toshiba AV502U seriesWhen we say the Toshiba AV502U series can produce relatively deep black levels, the key word is "relatively." It's perhaps more accurate to say that its shade of black outdoes most other less-expensive, lower resolution small-screened LCDs we've seen by a narrow margin. It...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, menu system, Toshiba AV502U, Toshiba Corp., LCD

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Samsung SP-A900B

Samsung, with the help of video guru Joe Kane, again delivers outstanding performance in the high-end front projection DLP category with the flagship SP-A900B. This 1080p resolution, one-chip DLP projector sports the latest Dark Chip 4 chip from Texas Instruments, but otherwise appears virtually the same as the SP-A800B that...

Tags: Projectors, Network technology, picture menu, menu system, Samsung SP-A900B, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., projector

Product reviews 2009-09-14

Philips 47PFL6704D

Photo gallery: Philips PFL6704D seriesHaving the option to input the correct settings can go a long way toward improving the picture on an HDTV. Some TVs, such as the Philips PFL6704D series, have fewer settings than others, and despite relatively accurate picture quality after choosing the right presets,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, menu system, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips PFL6704D, picture quality

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Philips 32PFL6704D

Photo gallery: Philips PFL6704D seriesHaving the option to input the correct settings can go a long way toward improving the picture on an HDTV. Some TVs, such as the Philips PFL6704D series, have fewer settings than others, and despite relatively accurate picture quality after choosing the right presets,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, menu system, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips PFL6704D, picture quality

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Philips 42PFL6704D

Photo gallery: Philips PFL6704D seriesHaving the option to input the correct settings can go a long way toward improving the picture on an HDTV. Some TVs, such as the Philips PFL6704D series, have fewer settings than others, and despite relatively accurate picture quality after choosing the right presets,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, menu system, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips PFL6704D, picture quality

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Sony KDL-52V5100

Photo gallery: Sony KDL-V5100 series Sony's extensive LCD lineup includes a range of higher-end models, but the KDL-V5100 is not among them. This is Sony's least expensive series of 2009 HDTVs to include 120Hz processing, and it lacks the interactive extras and design complexities of its step-up brethren....

Tags: TVs, menu system, Sony Corp., V5100, Sony KDL-V5100

Product reviews 2009-06-19

Nikon CoolPix L100

A majority of megazoom cameras--at least those styled like digital SLRs--have advanced features such as shutter speed and aperture-priority modes, bracketed shooting, and electronic color filters. They also usually carry price tags upward of $300. Nikon took its budget-friendly megazoom--the Coolpix L100--the other direction by limiting shooting options and setting...

Tags: handgrip, menu system, Coolpix L100, camera, Nikon Corp.

Product reviews 2009-06-02

Dish Network DTVPal DVR

Photo gallery:Dish Network DTVPal DVRA lot of penny-pinching home theater enthusiasts get the same idea--free over-the-air HDTV looks great, so why not cancel my cable/satellite subscription and get a standalone HD DVR? The problem is that the only current consumer product that qualifies is the TiVo HD, which will cost...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, TV & Home Theater, TVs, menu system, DTVPal DVR, digital video recorder, Dish Network, electronic programming guide

Product reviews 2009-03-02

Samsung Delve SCH-r800 (U.S. Cellular)

Editors' note: Portions of this review were taken from the Alltel Samsung Delve review.With a gallery of such handsets under its belt, Samsung has gone a little crazy with touch-screen phones this autumn. And now with the arrival of the Samsung Delve, aka the SCH-r800, at U.S. Cellular, Samsung has...

Tags: Keyboards, menu system, Samsung Delve, U.S. Cellular, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone, U.S. Cellular Delve

Product reviews 2008-12-05

Samsung Delve SCH-r800 (Alltel)

Photo gallery:Samsung DelveAlltel may not be the largest carrier in the United States, but it is never one to shy away from a trend. And this time, the trend is touch-screen phones. The carrier's new Samsung Delve is a cross between Sprint's Samsung Instinct and T-Mobile's Samsung Behold. From the...

Tags: Keyboards, Alltel Corp., menu system, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Delve, Samsung Behold

Product reviews 2008-11-18

The best digital camera for kids (or, how to keep grubby hands off your camera)

All the inquiries I've gotten about a Canon EOS 5D replacement notwithstanding, one of the most frequent queries I've received of late has been regarding a good digital camera for kids. It may be the whole back-to-school thing, or maybe everyone's just getting tired of watching their own cameras get...

Tags: Digital Camera, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Janice Chen, Fisher-Price, LCD, Kid, Vtech Kidizoom, Menu System

Blog posts 2008-09-11

Samsung HL61A750

Rear-projection HDTVs, as a category, are on their way out, and DLP-based sets are the only microdisplay choice available, now that all manufacturers of LCD- and LCoS-based rear-projection displays have basically ceased production. Samsung and Mitsubishi are pretty much the only players left in this category--they're the only two...

Tags: menu system, Samsung HL61A750, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Warm 2, color temperature

Product reviews 2008-07-18

Mitsubishi HC6000

Mitsubishi's HC6000 replaces last year's model, the HC5000, as the company's entry-level 1080p home theater projector. The main improvement is higher contrast ratio due mainly to improved black level performance. It also delivers on its 1080p resolution promise for the most part, with video processing courtesy of Silicon Optix and...

Tags: Projectors, menu system, Auto Iris feature, color temperature, Mitsubishi HC6000, projector, Mitsubishi Corp.

Product reviews 2008-04-15

JVC DLA HD100 - D-ILA projector

JVC's DLA-HD100 1080p resolution front projector is the company's new flagship model, while the DLA-HD1 from last year remains in the line at a lower price point. The HD100 adds some improvements that are certainly desirable--including improved black level performance and contrast ratio--but oddly the color accuracy and light output...

Tags: DLA HD100, DLA-HD100, JVC, menu system, projector

Product reviews 2008-03-11

Sony VPL VW60 - SXRD projector

Sony's entry-level SXRD-based front projector, the VPL-VW60, is the successor to last year's price-busting VPL-VW50. Also as a 1080p resolution projector with the same $4,999 list price, it faces stiffer competition these days with more 1080p projectors available for lower prices. Based on my findings with the company's flagship VPL-VW200,...

Tags: menu system, Cinema Black Pro menu, Sony VPL-VW60, Sony Corp., projector

Product reviews 2008-02-21

Olevia 252T FHD

Vizio and Westinghouse have become relatively well-known brands among the hundreds of flat-panel LCD makers most people haven't heard of, and Olevia also deserves credit for establishing its name as well. The company has dropped the old name "Syntax"--definitely not an error--and released a slew of models, including the 52-inch...

Tags: Monitors & displays, menu system, clicker, Olevia

Product reviews 2008-02-05

Panasonic PT-AE2000U

Panasonic has been in the front-projection business for a long time, and has been aggressively pricing its home-theater projectors for just as long, which has effectively driven prices down in the category as a whole. As a result it's now more affordable than ever to get a really big screen...

Tags: grayscale, HDMI, menu system, Panasonic, Panasonic PT-AE2000U, projector

Product reviews 2007-12-19

Sony VPL VW200

Sony's 2007 flagship front projector, the VPL-VW200, uses the company's variant of LCoS, called SXRD, and like most high-end projectors, it features a native resolution of 1080p. Those specs and jargon may well impress your buddies, but the real story is in the picture. The VPL-VW200 is the most color-accurate...

Tags: menu system, projector, Sony Corp., VPL-VW200

Product reviews 2007-12-12

Toshiba 40RF350U

As the number of flat-panel HDTVs climbs and the choices become ever more overwhelming, manufacturers look for more ways to differentiate their models. With the RF350U series, represented by the 40-inch 40RF350U reviewed here, Toshiba chose compact external design as its differentiator, making for a sleek, trim look. On the...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, menu system, Toshiba 40RF350U, Toshiba Corp., HDTV

Product reviews 2007-12-11

Samsung LN-T4671F

Samsung's LN-T4671F is the third HDTV we've reviewed to incorporate video processing that smooths out judder, or the inherent choppiness and stutter during motion that can show up most noticeably on film-based video.. Although we're still ambivalent about its effect on most Hollywood films, we really like how it treats...

Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, menu system, Samsung LN-T4671F, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., strip

Product reviews 2007-11-13