Al Griffin

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Panasonic TC-46G10 46-inch plasma HDTV
Al Griffin  |  Jun 15, 2009
The Short Form
$1,500 ($1,700 list) / PANASONIC.COM
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Custom Installation How-To
Pioneer Elite BDP-09FD Blu-ray Disc player
Al Griffin  |  Jun 21, 2009
The Short Form
$2,200 / PIONEERELECTRONICS.COM
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Other Tech
Battle of the Sub-$300 Blu-ray Players
Al Griffin  |  Jul 30, 2009

When the Blu-ray Disc format was first announced, a feature that industry execs liked to pimp in their PowerPoint presentations was BD-Live. With your player plugged into a home network, we were told, a BD-Live-enabled disc could access all manner of wonders by way of the Internet -things like games and extra scenes and commentaries not included on the original disc.

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Toshiba 47-inch 47ZV650U
Al Griffin  |  Sep 30, 2009

Sometimes, basic is the best way to go. Take the newest crop of LCD and plasma TVs: many new models are jam-packed with features that most viewers aren't likely to care about or use - everything from YouTube access to preloaded cooking recipes (I'm serious!). For its 650U series LCDs, however, Toshiba chose to keep things relatively simple.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Wireless Blu-ray Player Face-off
Al Griffin  |  Nov 16, 2009

No longer content to be tethered to A/V systems alone, many new Bluray Disc players augment their basic BD-Live online capability with streaming services like Netflix, Pandora, Vudu, YouTube, and CinemaNow.

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Mitsubishi Unisen LT-46153
Al Griffin  |  Dec 03, 2009
Key Features
$2,200 Mitsubishi-tv.com
• 47-inch, 1080p-resolution screen •
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Toshiba REGZA 46-Inch LED-Backlit LCD HDTV
Al Griffin  |  Jan 21, 2010
Key Features
$2,300 (list) tacp.toshiba.com
• 46-inch, 1080p-resolution screen
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Light Years Ahead
Al Griffin  |  May 15, 2002

My first brush with home theater was in a large, dedicated room equipped with a top-shelf cathode-ray-tube (CRT) front projector, a Faroudja video processor, a 100-inch (diagonal) screen, and a killer sound system. Subsequently, I've measured every home theater experience against that one, making me a tough customer to please.

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Other Tech
Flat TVs Get Bigger, and Cable Crashes the Party
Al Griffin  |  Jan 11, 2003
Roaming the packed halls of CES 2003, I'm not surprised to see a continuation of many of last year's video trends. Flat-panel plasma and LCD TVs are everywhere. Tube-type HDTVs, though upstaged by their slim, wall-hanging cousins, are still around and selling at increasingly attractive prices.
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RCA Scenium HD61W140 61-inch HDTV
Al Griffin  |  Jan 20, 2003
(Photos by Tony Cordoza) Sometimes just watching TV isn't enough. There I am, sunk deep into the couch, remote in hand, when a Happy Days episode comes on. Suddenly, I'm seized by a fierce desire to know as many details as possible about Pat Morita, the actor who plays Arnold, owner of the drive-in restaurant where Potsy and his posse hang out.
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