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more about #gizexplains more comments → DJJS: Insignia LCD Panels= LG. Insignia Plasma Panels = Samsung. Insignia Blue Ray Player = Samsung. Just Dynex sucks.. ! more » Charlesincharge: Ok that article + comments made me realise that I wasn't considering enough features in my tv shopping. I am just graduating so I only have 500 bucks... more » Gundem: One of the better informative (read:non-news) entries on Giz. Good job Matt. more » Nerval77: Informative write up, but I have to say "go big or go home" is currently the most tired and lame phrase in the English lexicon. Here's a tip: if host... more » dragon:ONE: And now, stupid question: How reliable and decent is a Vizio TV? Every time I hear Vizio, thoughts of Walmart and poor quality pop into my head. more » jimothy: It's a shame DLP is basically kaputt. I bought a 61" Samsung DLP with LED light engine for around $1,500 a year ago. Nothing in LCD or plasma competes... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: The other thing not mentioned here. Most LCD sets cannot refresh 1080 lines per frame in 120 and 240 hz modes. It tends to be around 900 lines instead. more » Groo8: Power consumption is going to be a major concern if US lawmakers pass the law to mandate reducing HDTV power usage by more than 50% by 2012. That's a... more » Animal_Chin: If you don't want to deal with the complexity of picking an LCD model and you're looking for a good panel without all of the extraneous frills, I high... more » LoganAdams: Dear Matt and all of Gizmodo: I loved the piece on HDTVs, but I still have a lingering question: Could you, by chance, produce a list of good HDTVs ... more » nutbastard: i bought a cheap vizio 32" 1080p earlier this year for ~$430. at the time, all i wanted was an HD flat panel tv - any one will do. i hunted around an... more » ripfire: I think some people are confusing refresh rates with response time. more » Dr Durdon: I'm always wary of the refresh rates, because one day at Best Buy I was watching a demo on a big, flat panel TV. King Kong was kicking the living shi... more » Leandro Oliva: I'm not sure that power consumption is too big a deal between LCDs and plasma displays these days--even a year ago the total cost differential was aro... more » reddingofish: My personal buying guide is as follows: If you want a TV now buy a plasma. If you can wait buy an OLED. LCDs have the worst picture for the money. W... more » -
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Giz Explains: The Difference Between a $600 TV and a $6000 TV
You can buy an HDTV, a nice big one, for six hundred bucks. Or you can pay six thousand. It's presumably somehow better. You're probably wondering, "What the hell makes it better?" Here's the breakdown: More » -
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Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World
This week we met Motorola's Droid, the first handset with Android 2.0. To an outsider, it just looks like another Google smartphone, but 2.0 is more than that: it's proof that Android is finally going to take over the world. More » -
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Giz Explains: Why Every Country Has a Different F#$%ing Plug
Ok, maybe not every country, but with at least 12 different sockets in widespread use it sure as hell feels like it to anyone who's ever traveled. So why in the world, literally, are there so many? Funny story! More » -
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Giz Explains: Why Stuff Crashes (And Why It Happens Less Often Now)
You're working on the most important document you've ever typed and suddenly—boom: Blue screen. "A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED." What the hell just happened? More » -
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Giz Explains: Intel's Entire Confusing Armada of Chips
Intel makes a lot of processors. Too many, maybe. Don't know what the difference a Core i7 and a Core 2 Duo? A Bloomfield from a Wolfdale? A Sasquatch from a Yeti? You're not alone. More » -
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Giz Explains: When (Not) To Use Your Camera's Flash
What is photography's greatest scourge? Cellphone cameras? MySpace self-portraiture? Neither even comes close to the insidious, creeping threat that is your camera's built-in flash. Here's when and how you should—and more importantly, shouldn't—use a flash. More » -
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Giz Explains: Why You Can't Get Decent Earphones for Less Than $100
Crappy earbuds are killing music. It's true. The problem is that good earbuds, like speakers, aren't cheap. More » -
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Giz Explains: How To Fix the Airlines' Stupid Portable Gadget Rules
If you've flown lately, you have probably noticed that the "portable electronics" rules are increasingly muddled. It's time for the FAA and airlines to lift the electronics ban completely, or rewrite it to reflect modern gadgets. More » -
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Giz Explains: Microsoft, Standards and Damned Standards
The other week, we explained how Apple influences a ton of what goes on in tech by shaping industry-wide standards. This week, we're gonna look at Microsoft, and what's it's done with standards.
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Giz Explains: The Giz Explains Platinum Collection
We've explained a lot at Giz: Everything from the real key to stunning photos to how to actually make delicious coffee. So catch up with the best of Giz Explains, feel smarter and impress people at your barbecue this weekend.
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Giz Explains: Why Tech Standards Are Vital For Apple (And You)
Tech standards are important. They're, well, standards. They shape the way the world works, ideally. So if you wanna influence your little world, you probably wanna shape (or maybe even create) standards. Take Apple, for example. More » -
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Giz Explains: Snow Leopard's Grand Central Dispatch
You've probably heard about this snow kitty operating system for Macintosh computers. What you might not've heard is exactly how it's supposed to be unleashing the power of all those processor cores crammed inside your computer. More » -
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Giz Explains: How to Actually Make Coffee
You probably brew coffee, like most people, the most insipid way possible: Using a Mr. Coffee that you fill with pre-ground coffee from the supermarket. There's a million other ways to make coffee, and they're all better. Updated. More » -
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Giz Explains: Why Quantum Computing Is the Future (But a Distant One)
Over 400 million transistors are packed on dual-core chips manufactured using Intel's 45nm process. That'll double soon, per Moore's Law. And it'll still be like computing with pebbles compared to quantum computing. More » -
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Giz Explains: How Push Works
Push. It's not just a verb that sends people careening down a flight of stairs. It's also not just for guys in suits diddling on BlackBerrys. You hear it featured on new iPhone apps every week. So, what is it? More » -
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Giz Explains: What the Hell's Google Chrome OS?
Google. Chrome. OS. Just reading that makes my pants tingle. But, uh, what is it exactly? More » -
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Giz Explains: How to Choose the Right Graphics Card
There are plenty of great graphics cards out there, no matter what you're looking for. Thing is, the odds are seemingly stacked against you ever finding the right one. It doesn't have to be that hard. More » -
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Exclusive: Bill Nye the Science Guy was gracious enough to elbow Matt out of the way and write a Giz Explains column, in which he tackles the science of "oleophobia," and its relation to the new iPhone screen. More »GizBill Nye Explains: The iPhone 3GS's Oleophobic Screen -
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Giz Explains: What AT&T's 7.2Mbps Network Really Means
AT&T's contribution to the improved overall speed of the iPhone 3GS—their upgraded 7.2Mbps network—is nearly as important as Apple's. But 7.2 is just a number, and AT&T's network is just one of many. Here's where it actually stands. More » -
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OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7: The Final Countdown
It's easier than ever to pit Windows 7 and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard head-to-head: They're launching soon, both within a month of each other—and both are basically glorified service packs of the current OS. More »
