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Samsung Fires First Shots in Flat-Panel Price War

An alert AVS forum member posted a cryptic note entitled "Samsung first to lower prices!" I wondered if maybe the member wasn't referring to the Dealzmodo-tastic flat-panel price war that HD Guru Gary Merson predicted. Sure enough, when I cross checked Samsung's most recent MAP pricing on the 5 Series LCDs (a.k.a. 550) with their list prices on Best Buy's website, I could totally spot the $200 price drops that were discussed on AVS. But if the price war is really on, other prices will be dropping. I am only one man, while you, dear readers, are the Giz army—if you spot any other noteworthy MAP or MSRP price drops on TVs now or in the coming days, comment here, or send a note to our tips line. I smell blood, but unlike on Alien Vs. Predator, no matter who wins this war, humanity wins too. [AVS Forum; Best Buy]

1:30 PM on Sun May 11 2008
By Wilson Rothman
8,463 views, 19 comments

Latest by vertigo: Sony KDL-52WL135 2,999.00 as it always has been at costco. They're trying to say you get $300.00 off but they just raised the price to do that. more »

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Sony XEL-1 OLED TV Review (Verdict: Small on Size, Large on Beauty)

Why is this dinky little TV so important? Its screen is roughly the size of the box that Lebowski comes in, and it costs hundreds more than the 50" plasma overshadowing it in the picture. Why so important? Because this little TV is LCD's Grim Reaper. The days of the LCD are numbered—the time of OLED is at hand. And if the performance of Sony's XEL-1 is any indication, nobody is going to miss LCD—or plasma—in the least. More »

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4:30 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Wilson Rothman
37,609 views, 69 comments

Latest by n/a: iRiver has been usin OLED for some years now... Of course, in a smaller scale (but it's pretty) more »

displays

Canon, Panasonic and Hitachi Join Up, Dig In for Flat-Panel War

When it looks like it might get ugly outside, you hold hands. At least in the business world. And the flat panel market, especially LCDs, is looking pretty throat-cutty. Hence we've got two big back-to-back hookups: First, Toshiba and Sharp. Now, Canon and Panasonic are each swallowing 24.9 percent of Hitachi Displays, a subsidiary of Hitachi that fabs LCD panels to make a flat-panel triad, which hopefully means cheaper, better displays on our end as they share the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. [WaPo]

2:45 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By matt buchanan
2,373 views, 1 comment

Latest by Aaron Stein: i guess we must be using some kind of new business math, because back when i went to college, if you cut down the number of companies making something, prices went up because of less competition, not down. still, i guess more »

home entertainment

1080p TVs Never Deliver 1080p Motion, But Some Do Better Than Others

It's a fact of life: when you buy a 1080p set, you never see true 1080p resolution when things are in motion. Gary Merson (of Home Theater Mag and HDGuru.com) looked at 19 TVs listed as 1080p, and found that while their "static" resolution ranged from true 1080 down to a miserable 400, the "motion" resolution of the best sets was 880, while the worst only delivered 360 lines. "You're never going to have full resolution with moving pictures," Merson told us. But the differences in performance were startling: More »

8:42 AM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Wilson Rothman
24,101 views, 53 comments

Latest by n/a: I myself sell TVs and have had the pleasure of using viewing Panasonics Blu-Ray 1080p Demo disk that includes a demo (if you go to the main menu) of Static and Motion Resolution. It does this by taking the exact more »

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Hitachi Will Bring Ultra Thin TVs to the US

Often we see extra-cool TVs roll out in Japan that we assume will never come to the US. Hitachi made us happy today by following up its Japan Wooo Ultra Thin launch with announcement of US availability, sans the "Wooo" branding. A 768-line 32" and 1080p 37" and 42" models all measuring 1.5" thick will be shipping in the US next year, the little one appearing in the spring, while the other two will hit stores in the second quarter. Hitachi won't talk specs or US pricing, though they say it's a luxury, early-adopter product, so think expensive. There are some sexy features that we didn't get to in our Japan coverage: More »

9:06 AM on Tue Oct 23 2007
By Wilson Rothman
3,166 views, 1 comment

Latest by pantsonfireliarliar: Ok I don't care about the TV, but does anyone know where I can get a stand like that for a normal Sony 40" LCD? more »

home entertainment

Hitachi, Prince of Plasma, Adds Four 1080p LCDs To Its Mostly Plasma Lineup

Hitachi has long been a respected member of the plasma posse, so it was pretty wild to learn today that it was adding some high-quality Korean-built LCDs to its lineup. (Does this mean the end of plasma is nigh?) All told, Hitachi added three new series of flat panels. The funny thing was, the LCDs and plasmas were mixed together, arranged not by screen type, but by distinct features. More »

10:08 PM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Wilson Rothman
4,391 views, 2 comments

home entertainment

This is Why You Shouldn't Clean Your HDTV with Windex

We know spring is here and we know you wanna keep all your gadgets nice and shiny, but you see that dark, u-shaped streak running through the bottom of this DLP TV? That's what happened when some poor schmo sprayed Windex (or any other cleaner) directly onto his flat-panel DLP. The liquid drips down to the bottom of the screen and then creeps back up, sandwiching itself between the screen and the protective plastic. Yeah, fingerprints and smudges happen, but use a soft cloth to wipe 'em away. Or yell at anyone that comes too close to your TV. (That's what I do.) Anybody out there have any other screen-cleaning tips? – Louis Ramirez More »

8:40 PM on Wed Apr 11 2007
By Louis Ramirez
12,720 views, 54 comments

Latest by n/a: I just had a very bad experience with windex and my Samsung DLP TV. I never spray it directly on the tv when I have cleaned it before but the fingerprints were so bad this time I decided to spray more »