Thomas J. Norton

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CEDIA 2017
LG's New Commercial OLED Can Hang from Ceiling
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 08, 2017  |  0 comments
LG is finding a number of practical commercial applications for its OLED designs.
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LG's W7 OLED: As Thin As Wallpaper (Well, Almost)
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 06, 2017  |  1 comments
Can you guess how thick it is?
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CES 2018
LG’s Spectacular Landscapes
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 09, 2018  |  1 comments
The past few years visitors to the LG booth at CES have been treated to amazing visuals produced from dozens or even hundreds of OLED displays...
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Light it Up: How Your TV Produces an Image
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 08, 2017  |  1 comments
When it comes to shopping for a new television, manufacturers will flood you with a tsunami of glowing prose hyping all of the advantages their sets offer. But these claims can be a puzzle to potential buyers, who understandably haven’t made a study of TV technology. The latter is perhaps most confusing with regard to how a TV produces a visible image; that is, how it lights up the screen. Here are some of the key facts...
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Lights Out at Kuro
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 12, 2009  |  3 comments

The video world woke up last Friday to the news reports that Pioneer Electronics, long a leader in consumer video display technology, was getting out of the video display business. At first, the reports did not come from Pioneer itself, but rather from news agencies (first in Japan, later overseas) that put two and two together and concluded that they really did equal four.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Little Shop of Horrors
Thomas J. Norton  |  Mar 26, 2013  |  0 comments
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When Seymour Krelborn, a schlub working at Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists, finds a strange and exotic plant, his life suddenly takes a turn for the better. But when the plant begins to speak, it offers him a Faustian bargain, promising Seymour fame, fortune, and Audrey, Mushnik’s flower arranger and Seymour’s secret love. In exchange, Seymour must provide the plant, which he has named Audrey II, with the food it needs to grow—human blood.
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Living With Outlaw Audio's Latest Seven-Channel Amp
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 01, 2020  |  4 comments
Outlaw Audio has been in the amplifier business for over 20 years. I reviewed their first entry, the 5-channel Model 750, in the late ‘90s for the long-departed Stereophile Guide to Home Theater. It’s still here, now serving to drive my four Atmos speakers with one channel to spare. Many Outlaw amps have passed under the bridge since then, with many (perhaps most) made by ATI in California, so I was intrigued when Outlaw sent me their latest 7-channel amp — the 7220 — to have a look and listen.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Looney Tunes Golden Collection
Thomas J. Norton  |  Apr 18, 2004  |  0 comments

<I>Aspect ratio: 4:3. 4 discs. Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (English, French). Warner Home Video 27918. NR. $64.92.</I>

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Lost in YouTube
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 28, 2023  |  1 comments
For years I ignored YouTube because I thought it was filled with cat videos and not much else. When I finally discovered its endless range of absorbing content last year, however, I posted a blog on it. But YouTube's depth of information on almost any topic is so vast that an occasional revisit is worthwhile. Video quality, then and now, ranges from very good to nearly unwatchable, but thankfully most of it is at least good enough for acceptable viewing.
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Loudspeakers, Your Room, and You
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 12, 2021  |  0 comments
A reader recently responded to a loudspeaker review complaining that, as set up for the review, the speakers were positioned 4-feet out from the wall behind them. Impractical, the poster commented, as he didn't have the space in his room to do that. But I always position speakers that way and suspect that most reviewers do so as well—though not all of them specifically state it. But I can't help myself; I cut my teeth writing for our sister publication Stereophile. While dubious "truths" abound in audiophilia, this one has a real basis in "the science."
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