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LG 55LM8600 3D LCD HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 03, 2013

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Price: $2,900 At A Glance: Exceptional detail • Rich, compelling color • Solid black level and shadow detail

Full LED backlighting with local dimming, when properly implemented, is the gold standard for achieving the best black levels in an LCD HDTV. But such a set also requires a lot of gold to acquire. LED edge-lit designs, needing fewer LEDs and less complex processing, cost less. While LG makes fully LEDbacklit local-dimming sets (its LM9600 Nano designs), the company’s premier, edge-lit LM8600 offerings also include local dimming. Local dimming, even in an edge-lit set, is usually better than none at all, but it’s less comprehensive and in theory less effective than the fully backlit variety. We reviewed the 55LM9600 Nano back in our September 2012 issue. But the 55LM8600 now lays down a strong challenge to its pricier sibling.

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Wide Angle
Smart TV, Evolved
Al Griffin  |  Jan 02, 2013

Samsung is about to make good on a promise to make Smart TVs even smarter.

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CES 2013
Smart TV, Evolved
Al Griffin  |  Jan 02, 2013

 

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Tech2
Top 5 Songs to Get a Speeding Ticket By
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jan 02, 2013

With CES a few days away, and my yearly pilgrimage to that great abomination in the desert (Las Vegas) imminent, I figured it was a good time to compile some excellent driving songs.

The key to a good driving song is not that the song has something to DO with driving, that's lazy and often highly inaccurate. Similar to my article on Pop Music in the Movies, the key is the feel. The key is a fast, *ahem* driving beat.

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SmartStream
CinemaNow Offers Disc-to-Digital Service From Your Computer
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 02, 2013
Best Buy's CinemaNow launches Disc-to-Digital service for buying digital versions of DVD and Blu-ray titles you own from your home computer.
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Acoustic Treatments: Ugly Duckling No More
Michelle McCarthy  |  Jan 02, 2013
Acoustic treatments have long been considered home theater eyesores. While they’re essential to sound quality, their lack of style, to put it nicely, has left a lot to be desired. But many manufacturers have realized you can have it all and are now offering more aesthetically pleasing options. Here are five examples.
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Sweepstakes
Fluance FiSDK500 iPod Dock Sweepstakes
Jon Iverson  |  Jan 01, 2013  |  First Published: Jan 02, 2013
Register to win an Fluance FiSDK500 iPod Dock (MSRP $299.99) we are giving away.

"The FiSDK500 gives you exceptional room-filling sound that you can feel! A revolutionary leader in design and sound quality, this original member of the Fluance Fi Series is an elite, flawlessly-made music system encapsulated in an elegant lifestyle design."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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This Week
This Week New Movies for January 1st 2013: Billionaires and Aristocrats
Josef Krebs  |  Jan 01, 2013

 

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This Week
This Week New Movies for January 1st 2013
Josef Krebs  |  Jan 01, 2013

Looper

In 2074 time travel is a marvelous reality — and has therefor been immediately banned. As is always the case with laws, though, hoods rarely heed inhibitions and use the technology to dispose of enemies by sending them back thirty years to 2044 for execution by Loopers. In the future, no body no murder. In the past, no citizen no crime.

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The Biggest Audio Story of 2012
Brent Butterworth  |  Dec 31, 2012

With hundreds of new headphones coming out last year, S+V got so wrapped up in product reviews that we never got around to covering what I think is probably 2012's most important audio story: a recent research project that should augment the audio world's spotty understanding of how headphones should be voiced.

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