Thomas J. Norton

Samsung HL-T5687S 1080p DLP Rear Projection HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 27, 2007
Everyone, it seems, wants a flat panel television these days. Not to hang on the wall mind you—studies show that most buyers use them on a stand—but because they're, well, cool.
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Samsung HL-T5687S 1080p DLP Rear Projection HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 26, 2007

Flat panels. Everyone, it seems, wants a flat panel television these days. Not to hang on the wall mind you&mdash;studies show that most buyers use them on a stand&mdash;but because they're, well, <I>cool</I>.

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A/V Veteran
A Failure to Communicate Part II
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 23, 2007

According to one industry source with whom I spoke recently, the odd communication problem reported on in <I>Part 1</I>, below, is an artifact of CEC. CEC is a new feature offered by many manufacturers that allows the user to control various components through their HDMI connections. Often, these operations are automated.

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LCD TV Reviews
Samsung LN-T5265F LCD 1080p HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 18, 2007  |  Published: Aug 19, 2007

Samsung has been pushing hard to improve LCD flat panel televisions. Though the company still makes plasmas, its LCD R&D department, judging from the cutting edge technology demonstrated at last January's CES, must be busy. With 120Hz operation, segmented illumination of the image, and LED backlighting, LCD technology at Samsung is big priority.

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A/V Veteran
A Failure to Communicate
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 15, 2007

What we have here is one of those HDMI "features" that drives both consumers and reviewers crazy. I discovered it after my reviews of both the Samsung BD-P1200 Blu-ray player and the Toshiba 52HL167 flat panel LCD display had been turned in, ready for publication.

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LCD TV Reviews
Toshiba REGZA 52HL167 LCD 1080p Television
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 13, 2007
A couple of years ago Toshiba's line was dominated by rear projection DLP designs. Today, flat panel LCDs are pushing those sets aside.
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LCD TV Reviews
Toshiba REGZA 52HL167 LCD 1080p Television
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 12, 2007

Things are changing rapidly in the television market, and changing rapidly at Toshiba as well. Only a couple of years ago that company's line was dominated by rear projection DLP designs. Today, flat panel LCDs are pushing those sets aside.

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Subwoofer Reviews
JL Audio Fathom f113 Subwoofer
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 12, 2007

JL Audio is best known for its car audio products. But when it first showed its line of home subwoofers at a CEDIA Expo a couple of years back everyone was blown away&mdash;in more ways than one.

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AV GlossaryOther Tech
High Resolution Audio and HDMI 1.3
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 12, 2007
An important feature of HDMI is its ability to carry both video and audio. If it passes this information in bitstream form, the receiver or pre-pro, rather than the player, decodes the various versions of Dolby Digital and DTS.
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AV Receiver SetupSpeaker Setup
Configuring Speakers
Thomas J. Norton  |  Aug 10, 2007
When you get that new speaker set you're going to need to configure and balance your system. The process described below describes AVRs, but both the features and steps you'll take are identical if you're using a "separates" system with a pre-amp/processor and power amp.
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