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More electronics salespeople recommend Samsung, not Sony LCD HDTVs

Why Samsung?Inquiring minds want to know.Is it just because Sammy makes Sony's panels?RE: Why Samsung?Good question. MAYBE - Samsung reaches out to them more? Just speculating, but when I did retail computer sales (15+ years ago) we had vendors reps that were in the store all the time. They did...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sales force management, Salesmen, Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., electronics salespeople, Sony LCD, Sony LCD HDTV, HDTV, electronics

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Don't bury the tube television quite yet

Don't bury the tube television quite yetTrueI'm just not that interested in television to spend a huge amount of money on a set. I can get a nice big CRT set for way less, and that's fine for my needs. I have a Sony that's about 5 years old,...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, IT JUST, Sony LCD, CRT, TV, LCD

Discussion threads 2007-02-23

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Sony FWD-40LX2F/B

Sony Makes a HORRIBLE commercial productI currently work for KCI Kansas City Airport and we have over 100 of these monitors. 30+ of them are burning out after only a year, and the remaining are starting to burn out. Sony says that the backlight/lcd is not covered under...

Tags: Monitors & displays, monitor, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Full Wal-Mart Black Friday ad hits Internet, complete with Samsung, Sony HDTV deals

If you read yesterday's post, you already know about a few of Wal-Mart's Black Friday home theater deals, including a $78 Blu-ray player. At long last, Wal-Mart's full Black Friday ad has hit the Web, and it includes some of those brand names that the earlier deals lacked. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Home Theater, Advertisement, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Internet, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, LCD, 1080p, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-18

(Sony KDL-L5000 series -- photos)

I returned this LCDI buyed a sony KDL-32L5000 and its bad, the color accuracy its very bad.now i have a Samsung LN-32B530 samsung panel and its very good, great colors, great contrast.Re: I returned...Did you try a second one?You shouldn't make a blanket statement based on your experience with one...

Tags: Monitors & displays, photograph, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Black Friday '09: Motorola Cliq, $79; Samsung 50" plasma HDTV, $699; Sony 15" dual core laptop, $399

Black Friday '09: Motorola Cliq, $79; Samsung 50" plasma HDTV, $699; Sony 1I'd love to score one of the 32" lcd tv's and that $399 sony laptop but I'll be out of town on Friday. That will make it a bit hard to travel with those items :-/If it's a...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, dual-core, Sony Corp., HDTV, Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Black Friday

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Zvox Z-Base 575

Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 575Sound bars feel like they've been around forever now, but they're still a relatively new product; consider that the groundbreaking Yamaha YSP-1 debuted back at CES 2005. Since then, the exterior design of the units hasn't changed much, with the vast majority still consisting of a long...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 575, HDTV, TV

Product reviews 2009-11-16

Newegg offers some early Black Friday deals on LCD HDTVs

Online retailer Newegg got its start and still does a great business in selling computer components to DIYers, but it's expanded its reach and revenue by selling all sorts of electronics—even some small kitchen appliances. Of course, that roster of products includes HDTVs, and Newegg, like Wal-mart before it, is...

Tags: Newegg.com, HDTV, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Best Buy Black Friday ad leaks online. Here are the HDTV and Blu-ray deals.

For electronics fans, the Holy Grail of Black Friday ads is the one from Best Buy, which can list more deals on laptops and home theater stuff than general retailers like Wal-mart and Target can squeeze into their circulars. Unfortunately, those deals are never as good as you hope—is this...

Tags: Sony Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc., Advertisement, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Blu-ray, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Managed Hosting, TVs, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-14

Dell UltraSharp U2410

About $600 for the Dell UltraSharp U2410 gets you a 24-inch, H-IPS monitor with great performance in games and movies, a host of connection options and ergonomic features, and a robust OSD. Unfortunately, its RGB presets are marred by dithering when viewing dark gray images and the screen has a...

Tags: Monitors & displays, monitor, OSD, Dell Computer Corp., Dell UltraSharp, bezel

Product reviews 2009-11-12

Target Black Friday HDTV deal: Westinghouse 32-inch LCD for $246

More Black Friday deals are trickling onto the Web, and while we still don't have info on Best Buy's yet, Target's have leaked, and include a very enticing HDTV deal. You'll be able (if you're an early bird) to snare a Westinghouse 32-inch LCD for just $246. ...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., LCD, Blu-ray, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Sony KDL-VE5 series -- photos

Sony's KDL-VE5 series of eco-friendly LCD TVs brings an innovative new power-saving feature to the party, along with respectable picture quality. by CNET News.com

Tags: Sony Corp., Photograph, Series, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-11-09

Dynex DX-L40-10A

Great LCD screenSeriously for the price this TV is a great choice. It has the same bases Samung entry level LCD Tv. The 40 Inches is the best size among Dynex selection because the 32in, 37in and 46in haves smaller a contrast ratio.A big + is that this TV has...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, TV

Discussion threads 2009-11-07

Sony KDL-46VE5

Photo gallery: Sony KDL-VE5 seriesIn case you haven't noticed, "green" is big business. One way for HDTV makers to cash in on the public's craving for efficiency is to label a TV "eco-friendly." Sony's KDL-VE5 series does just that, but unlike a lot of so-called green electronics, this...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sony KDL-VE5, Sony Corp., TV

Product reviews 2009-11-06

Wal-mart preempts Black Friday with HDTV specials this Saturday

Every year, retailers' ads for Black Friday—the day after Thanksgiving and the unofficial starting of the holiday shopping season—manage to leak out a few weeks beforehand this year being no exception. And every year, said retailers freak out when the ads appear online, perhaps fearing that competitors could...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Retail Company, HDTV, 1080p, Retail, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-04

LG 60PS80

Photo gallery: LG PS80 seriesWhen it was announced at CES 2009, the LG PS80 series of plasma TVs earned one of our three nominations for Best of CES in the TV category. We've already reviewed the other two sets--Panasonic's G10 plasmas and Vizio's VF551XVT LED-based LCD--and both scored...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, LG Electronics Inc., LG PS80

Product reviews 2009-11-02

LG 50PS80

Photo gallery: LG PS80 seriesWhen it was announced at CES 2009, the LG PS80 series of plasma TVs earned one of our three nominations for Best of CES in the TV category. We've already reviewed the other two sets--Panasonic's G10 plasmas and Vizio's VF551XVT LED-based LCD--and both scored...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, LG Electronics Inc., LG PS80

Product reviews 2009-11-02

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Top Five HDTVs

Whatever the size of your wallet, every living room should have a respectable television set. Good news: HDTVs are cheaper, bigger and better than ever. Here are my top five picks for this year. Splurge: Samsung UNB8500 Series ...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Video, 1080p, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Vizio VF551XVT

Photo gallery: Vizio VF551XVTWe're willing to bet that when Vizio announced the VF551XVT back in January, plenty of savvy HDTV bargain hunters marked down "June" as the time they'd buy this 55-inch LED-based LCD. Then the company pushed its release back to September. Then it announced that the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Cable, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Vizio VF551XVT, Vizio

Product reviews 2009-10-23

Asus Eee Top ET2002

Nvidia wants us to tell you that its GeForce 9400M graphics chip, aka Nvidia's Ion technology, pulls Asus' Eee Top ET2002 up from the depths of Nettop misery by imparting it with better-than-terrible graphics and video processing. We agree that the 9400 chip improves the ET2002's visual chops, but a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Semiconductors, Keyboards, Video cards, Game players, nettop, chip, game, HDMI, ASUS, graphics

Product reviews 2009-10-20