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Toshiba's New LCD Line
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 14, 2006  |  1 comments
Toshiba also debuted their Cinema Series Pro line of LCDs, in 42 and 47-inch varieties. They’re both 1080p, have 12-bit processing, and an 8ms response time. It sports a RJ-45 connector to connect the TV to a PC to view pictures and apparently get your email. The 42LZ196 will be $3,399 and the 47LZ196 will be $4,599. Both are available this month.
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New HD DVD Players
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 14, 2006  |  0 comments
Toshiba today announced their next generation HD DVD players, which has to be some kind of record. After all, the first generation of players has only been out for 6 months. The HD-A2 is $499 and will be out in October. It’s still 1080i. More interesting is the HD-XA2, at $999. This one (shown) is 1080p and HDMI 1.3. It will be available in December.
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Panasonic's New Projectors
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 13, 2006  |  0 comments
Panasonic announced two new LCD projectors, the 720p PT-AX100U ($2,999) and the 1080p PT-AE1000U (no price yet) which you see here. The AX100 has an auto-iris and “Smooth Screen” technology to reduce the screen door effect. The AE1000 has a glass lens, auto-iris, 14-bit gamma correction, and a claimed 11,000:1 contrast ratio for the AE1000. Priced right, this one could be very cool.
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HDTV Tech
OLED: The Organic Future
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jul 08, 2004  |  Published: Sep 08, 2006  |  0 comments
This new technology could replace plasma and LCD as the must-have for flat-panel displays. Plasma and LCD are dead. Well, at least that's what Kodak, Dupont, Universal Display Corporation, and a few others would like you to start thinking. One of the new technologies coming down the HT highway is called Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), and it could be the future of flat-panel displays. Soon your TV may be able to trace its lineage back to the power light on your VCR.
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Subwoofer Reviews
Bass Is Big. Bass is Good.
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Oct 08, 2004  |  Published: Sep 08, 2006  |  0 comments
From the car next to you at the stoplight to the rattle of your neighbor's dishes on movie night, bass is everywhere.
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Projector Reviews
Sharp XV-Z3000 DLP Projector
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 08, 2006  |  1 comments
A deal in performance clothing

I love surprises. Ok, that's a lie. I hate surprises. How is giving me an attack of tachycardia (learned that one on House) anyone's idea of a good time. But, in the HT world, surprises are usually good. Take this $3,000 projector, for instance. By all accounts, it should be an average performing mid-to-low-priced HD projector. Then you look at the contrast-ratio measurement and see it's better than every other projector we've ever reviewed. Surprise!

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Viewing Distance vs. Resolution
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jan 08, 2005  |  Published: Sep 08, 2006  |  0 comments
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love 720p.
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You don't need 1080p
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Sep 08, 2006  |  120 comments
Ok, I admit that I stole this week’s blog post from myself, but I’m still getting questions on this, so here it is. I’m also posting older Gearworks and Hook Me Up articles over the coming weeks so we have a better catalog of helpful articles that had been in the mag but hadn’t been posted here.
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HDTV Buying Tips
Picking the Right HDTV for You
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Aug 22, 2006  |  0 comments
The not so daunting task

Thanks to incredible competition and technological advances, prices for all HDTVs have fallen considerably in the past few years. But what to look for and what to buy? That is the real question. The easiest way to approach it is by figuring out how you're going to use the TV, then casting off what you don't need while keeping what you do. Sound easy? It is.

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Specs, Myths, and Lies
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Aug 22, 2006  |  1 comments
Dont believe the hype.

No matter what type of display you're looking for, you're no doubt going to be comparing the specs and feature lists of each. Things like contrast ratio, lumens, 3:2 pull down, and others are a marketing departments favorite tools to make their product sound better than another. Take many of these with a grain of salt. Take others as an undersold but vital aspect of a product. To sort though them, here's what they all mean.

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