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home entertainment

The 10 Worst HDTV Ripoffs Explained

If you are planning on picking up an HDTV in the near future, HD Guru's list of the 10 worst HDTV ripoffs for 2008 is required reading—pure and simple. Chances are, many consumers have already heard about the issue with HDMI cables—which is probably one of the biggest scams of all time (right up there with Q-Ray ionized bracelets and the Ionic Breeze). Other scams, like the one involving contrast ratio specifications are also making their way into the public consciousness. More »

4:05 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Sean Fallon
50,486 views, 85 comments

Latest by atomx: @GOKOR: I thought that's what I was doing, but if it makes you feel better... more »

peripherals

LG's 10000:1 Contrast Ratio Monitor

Most of us might find a 10000:1 contrast ratio monitor from LG with Digital Fine Contrast technology overkill for writing Facebook entries or watching YouTube, but college students—who watch full-length pirated movies on their computer every day—will find this extremely useful. More »

3:00 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Jason Chen
11,213 views, 27 comments

Latest by ninjamurf: Jason, Jason, Jason. How many times do I have to go into this. "And since a higher contrast ratio means blacks are much blacker (though, sometimes losing out on gray detail), and whites are much brighter" That is not necessarily the more »

spec wars

Contrast Ratio Shoot-Out (Everyone Loses)


Pioneer lined up its newest plasma display next to top-of-line TVs from Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Sharp today. An interesting experiment, for sure. And it got everyone in the room talking about the same thing: contrast ratios. You can see why just by looking at the image above, which shows three plasma screens with power on but no image (the Pioneer is on the lower right, the Samsung HP-T5064 is on top and the Panasonic PZ700U is on the left). None of the screens were calibrated, which would make a difference. But the reason Pioneer's screen looks so much darker has to do with a lot more than calibration, or contrast ratio. More »

Feature

8:00 PM on Thu May 10 2007
By Noah Robischon
40,669 views, 26 comments

Latest by rinwin: The problem with "judging with your own eyes" is that going to BestBuy and comparing models is not a good way to compare. Manufacturers know that the TVs that sell the most on the floor are those that appear more »

home entertainment

Forget Screen Size: It's Contrast That Matters

Big TVs, schmig TVs. We saw lots of sets that are bigger than we can (currently) imagine ever having. And we saw some crummy image quality on them, as well. More »

4:02 PM on Wed Jan 10 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
4,970 views, 21 comments

gadgets

Sharp In-Car LCD: Industry's Highest Contrast Ratio

Sharp is improving its in-vehicle LCDs, now touting what it calls an industry-high 1500:1 contrast ratio in its latest screen destined for dashboards. The 8-inch widescreen 800x480 panel has triple the contrast of in-vehicle LCDs previously released by Sharp. More »

11:54 AM on Thu Oct 12 2006
By Charlie White
681 views, 6 comments

home entertainment

Pioneer PDP-5000EX: Plasma Display with 20,000:1 Contrast Ratio

Pioneer stalls the decline of plasma display technology's popularity for a while longer with its 60-inch PDP-5000EX plasma TV that the company says cranks out a 20,000:1 contrast ratio. Take a look at the photo above, and you can plainly see that the higher contrast ratio of the set on the left gives you a better view into the blacks than you get with the conventional Pioneer plasma set on the right. More »

1:51 PM on Fri Oct 6 2006
By Charlie White
1,492 views, 15 comments