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LCD TV Reviews
Sharp AQUOS LC-45GX6U 45-Inch LCD HDTV
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jun 16, 2005  |  0 comments
Mmmm, 1080p.

There is something to be said for 1080p. It is, after all, the so-called holy grail of HD. As far as the mainstream end of the market is concerned, there are only three displays available now that support it: This Sharp, the "mine's bigger than yours," 1-inch-larger Samsung LCD, reviewed in the April 2005 issue, and the Sony 70-inch LCOS (sorry, SXRD) rear-projection TV. If you have money to burn, there are several front projectors that are 1080p and cost more than a Camry—and a couple of plasmas that cost more than several Camrys.

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Projector Reviews
Samsung SP-H700AE DLP Projector
Geoffrey Morrison  |  May 01, 2005  |  Published: May 17, 2005  |  0 comments
So accurate, post houses use it for a reference.

There is a reason why we say a display product's color temperature should be 6500 kelvins. There is a reason why we say color points are "off." There is a reason video has set parameters that define what it is supposed to look like. The reason is that people a lot smarter than us figured out what looks the best and wrote down what a display should do to look that way.

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Projector Reviews
Panasonic PT-AE700U LCD Projector
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Mar 18, 2005  |  0 comments
Beauty is on the inside.

We've reviewed several Panasonic projectors in the past few years. Their price ranges have varied slightly, but two things have remained constant: a decent picture and an ugly box.

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Projector Reviews
Sony VPL-HS51 LCD Projector
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Mar 18, 2005  |  0 comments
Now that's a black level.

Take a minute to look at the measurement box. Keep in mind that this is an LCD-based product. At 0.003 foot-lamberts, the VPL-HS51 is only 0.001 ft-L higher than the Yamaha DLP projector that's also in this issue. Not bad for a projector that's less than a third of the Yamaha's price. And did I mention it's an LCD? Impressive.

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Projector Reviews
Yamaha DPX-1100 DLP Projector
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Mar 18, 2005  |  0 comments
No compromises.

As a reviewer, my life is hard. I have to sit in air-conditioned rooms watching movies all day long. It's a tough job, but I labor through it just for you, our fearless reader. A bad day could be one where the product is cranky, doesn't calibrate well, or, even after a fair amount of tinkering, still only looks OK (or worse). Writing those reviews is "fun." Then there are the days when I get to sit down with a product like this one. This means day after day of coming to work, enjoying a few movies and TV, all on a display that, out of the box, looks fantastic.

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Garden State—20th Century Fox
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Feb 26, 2005  |  0 comments
Video: 4
Audio: 3
Extras: 3
Zack Braff, the lovable doctor from NBC's Scrubs, wrote, directed, and starred in Garden State. Normally I would say that trifecta is the recipe for a self-indulgent disaster, but in this case it really works. It's the old story of messed-up boy meets messed-up girl, and together they reduce their respected messed-upness. It's remarkably well done and makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.
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Panasonic TH-42PD25 Plasma HDTV
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Feb 15, 2005  |  Published: Feb 16, 2005  |  0 comments
Black level: the revenge.

Note: the other TVs in this Face Off include the LG RU-42PX11 Plasma HD Monitor, and V inc. Vizio P42HD Plasma HD Monitor.

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LG RU-42PX11 Plasma EDTV
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Feb 15, 2005  |  Published: Feb 16, 2005  |  0 comments
The power of processing.

Note: the other TVs in this Face Off include the Panasonic TH-42PD25 Plasma HDTV, and V inc. Vizio P42HD Plasma HD Monitor.

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V, Inc. Vizio P42HD Plasma HD Monitor
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Feb 15, 2005  |  0 comments
HD for an SD price.

Note: the other TVs in this Face Off include the Panasonic TH-42PD25 Plasma HDTV, and LG RU-42PX11 Plasma HD Monitor.

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Toshiba 34HF84 CRT HD Monitor
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jan 18, 2005  |  Published: Jan 19, 2005  |  0 comments
Perfect color and an amazing black level—in other words, everything you'd expect from a CRT.

It's hard to talk about CRTs these days. Sure, they still make up the majority of the display market, but they're just not sexy. It's like a Toyota Camry—it does everything it's supposed to do, and it does it well, but no one really lusts after it. That analogy is probably too harsh for the Toshiba 34HF84, which has more-accurate colors and a darker black level than any display I've reviewed in recent memory.

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