HDTVs

Non Review: I Love You, Sony XBR8 Triluminos LED LCD HDTV

The delivery guy just picked up the XBR8—Sony’s tri-color LED Backlit HDTV. I’m a bit sad because I’d never seen an LCD shine like that before. I only had it set up in my living room for a short while. A little HBO, some movies, not much gaming at all. But it would have been…

Reviews Brian Lam Aug 20

Plasma HDTV Sales Soar, LCD Sales Steady, Sony Loses Ever More Market Share

HDGuru has some notes from the now-concluded second quarter HDTV sales, and they show some interesting movement: With dirt-cheap prices, high end plasmas (42″-50″) surged almost 40%, though LCD sales merely held steady. The big loser? Sony. Total plasma sales went up 31% compared to the first quarter, mostly due to the high value attached…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz Aug 19

Report: No New OLED TVs From Sony Until “At Least Next Year”

To think: 2009 was supposed to be the Year Of The OLED TV. It’s been a wash, but now that even Sony might not deliver new products next year, it looks like 2010 could be just as lame. What happened? https://gizmodo.com/what-the-hell-happened-to-oled-tv-in-2009-5127668 Things, with dollars! It’s a story, in two parts: enjoy. From March, here: https://gizmodo.com/reasonably-sized-oled-tvs-stalled-by-our-crappy-economy-5167263…

Television John Herrman Aug 18

10 Of Your Best Home Theater Setups

I’ll admit it—I’m jealous. Some of you have bad-ass home theaters. Maybe one day I will be able to step up to something like one of these 10 home entertainment gems. https://gizmodo.com/what-does-your-home-theater-setup-look-like-5335027 The_Foxman:Here is the theater that I built in my basement. Front projection with 100 inch screen. 7.1 surround sound. Base shakers in the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Aug 12

LG Offers Up ‘Seamless’ SL80 and SL90 LCD TVs

LG’s new SL-series LCD TVs are noteworthy because of their “seamless” design which makes the bezel, LCD panel and speakers all look like a single piece. The 47-inch SL90 is LED-backlit with a 240Hz refresh rate. Taking up only 1.15-inches in the thickness department, the SL90 also has a 3,000,000:1 contrast ratio and an ambient…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 31

Samsung 8500 Series Local-Dimming LED TVs Have a Sweet Base

Yeah, the 8500 series is Samsung’s first set of LED-backlit LCDs with local dimming this year and has the Yahoo widget engine for streaming video, but all I really care about is that awesome looking blue stick holding it up. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-whats-so-great-about-led-backlit-lcds-5271493 I mean just look at it. It’s from the future or something . The…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Jul 30

Hands On With Vudu On LG: 1080p, Like, Now

Don’t get me wrong: the announcement that LG’s connected HDTVs are getting Vudu streaming—especially instant-on 1080p HDX movies—is a good thing. It’s just that we got a few minutes with the service, and, well, something’s a little… off. https://gizmodo.com/lg-shacks-up-with-vudu-brings-1080p-movie-streaming-to-5325335 It’s got nothing to do with Vudu’s service, which is largely unchanged from the days of…

Tech News John Herrman Jul 29

LG Shacks Up With Vudu, Brings 1080p Movie Streaming to Connected TVs

Adding to an already impressive list of services available on their web-connected HDTVs, LG has yanked Vudu into the fold. What this means: instant 1080p movie streaming. Also, that standalone set-top streaming boxes might finally die, as they should. So what gets this? It’s a decent spread of 42-inch-and-up plasma and LCD TVs, including the…

Tech News John Herrman Jul 29

Samsung LED LCD UN46B7000 HDTV Lightning Review: Avoid!

Generally, I love LED LCDs. The UN46B7000 is Samsung’s set with 120Hz refresh and internet widgets. It’s not backlit, like the XBR8, but sidelit, and is as thin as two of your fingers. You should avoid buying this set. The Price: $3000 The Verdict: The problem is that this set dims the sidelights whenever the…

Reviews Brian Lam Jul 24

Samsung Connected HDTVs, Blu-ray Players to Get Blockbuster Streaming

A whole mess of Samsung web-enabled HDTVs and Blu-ray players are about to get access to Blockbuster’s OnDemand service. Since OnDemand doesn’t require a monthly fee, this is a nice little value-add. For owners of select TVs and Blu-ray players, Blockbuster OnDemand will function just as we’ve seen it before: as a broad on-demand film…

Gadgets John Herrman Jul 14

Sony Bravia Connected HDTVs Finally Land Netflix Streaming

Sony’s Bravia Internet Link, seen first as a $300 add-on box and later as a built-in component on some Bravia TVs, will finally support the only movie streaming service that really matters. That’d be Netflix, in case you were wondering. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-sonys-bravia-internet-video-link-plus-ga-266903 Come fall, anyone with a standalone Bravia box—now $200—or internet-ready Bravia TV, plus a…

Tech News John Herrman Jul 9

Sharp Aquos LE700 LED TVs Go Mainstream, But Where’s the Local Dimming?

Sharp’s jumping into the mainstream LED pool with Aquos LED (they had the pricier XS1). Sharp says theirs are better, since they make their own LEDs and use a next-gen LCD substrate. But there’s no local dimming. WTF? Updated https://gizmodo.com/sharp-xs1-flagship-ultrathin-lcds-and-d65u-d85u-littl-5045184 Like Sony, Samsung, Toshiba and even Vizio, these sets are backlit by a grid of…

Television Matt Buchanan Jul 7

JVC’s 32-Inch, LED-Backlit TV Is Just a Quarter-Inch Thick

At Cedia UK, JVC is showing off its 32-inch LT-32WX50, which appears to be a close relation to the 7mm-thick GD-32X1 we heard about earlier this month. It’s extremely thin, and carries it well. https://gizmodo.com/jvc-gd-32×1-32-hdtv-is-a-quarter-inch-thick-if-you-ig-5282984 Though I see hints of a protruding buttocks, as is the main issue with the GD-32X1, the set is admirably…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 24

Vizio Enters LED TV Wars: $2199 55-Inch VF551XVT Coming In September

Vizio’s feeling confident enough about their VF551XVT 55-inch LED-backlit TV they’re showing it off against Samsung sets now (though these kind of fights are rarely fair) and offering some harder specs. https://gizmodo.com/vizio-vf551xvt-55-inch-led-backlit-lcd-with-240hz-for-5125535 The price has creeped up $200 from what they’d announced in January to $2199, and the date’s slipped a bit to the tail-end…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 23

LG Powers Ahead With Connected HDTVs, Picks ARM As Its Accomplice

Connected HDTVs—the kind that can display widgets, stream network content, browse the web or tap into other software services—haven’t gotten off to the most auspicious start, but they seem sort of inevitable, no? Anyway: LG thinks so! The company has announced a partnership with ARM to license its processor technology for the “next generation” of…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 22

LG Brings Its First 3D LCD TV To Market (In Korea)

After showing off its wares at CES this year, LG has finally announced that its first 3D LCD, the 47-inch 47LH50—will be up for purchase next month. Well, in Korea at least. The new TV is based on the 47LH50—even sharing its model number—and is functionally identical, aside from the fact that it’ll occasionally require…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 18

Monster SuperThin HDMI Cables Really Are SuperThin

Monster’s SuperThin HDMI cables aren’t just marketing noise, they’re real, and thinner than the anacondas most people have jacked into their TVs. RedMere’s tech lets them skimp on heavy-gauge copper, so they’re just 3.5mm around. https://gizmodo.com/monster-developing-ultra-thin-hdmi-cable-5173699 Being Monsters, you know they’re gonna cost a ton. Four feet of “high speed” SuperThin cable has a suggested…

Television Matt Buchanan Jun 10

Toshiba’s First LED LCD HDTVs: The Regza XV648, ZV650, SV670

I’ve always enjoyed Toshiba’s LCDs as they sat on the show room floor, but couldn’t take them seriously until they developed some cutting edge LCDs powered by LED. Now they’ve got three. Updated w/ live pics. The top of the line ZC700 includes localized dimming and is the true example of what LED LCDs can…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 10

Ban on Vizio HDTV Imports Upheld, But Does It Even Matter?

Back in April, when the ITC ordered Vizio to stop US imports of HDTVs that infringed on a patent held by Funai, President Obama was given 60 days to intervene. He didn’t! Nor did he need to, it seems. https://gizmodo.com/vizio-blocked-from-importing-tvs-into-the-us-5207605 The best, and really, only source of information on the status of the legal conflict…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 10

JVC GD-32X1 32″ HDTV Is a Quarter-Inch Thick (If You Ignore Its Bulbous Ass)

JVC is no stranger to ultra-thin HDTVs, and the GD 32X1 is, by all accounts, their slimmest 32-inch 1080p screen ever. But to outright say it’s 6.4mm thick is a little bit of a stretch, don’t you think? https://gizmodo.com/review-the-worlds-thinnest-lcd-hdtvs-5083986 That figure is derived from a panel measurement above its lumpy rear, where the bulk of…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 8

Non Review: I Love You, Sony XBR8 Triluminos LED LCD HDTV

Plasma HDTV Sales Soar, LCD Sales Steady, Sony Loses Ever More Market Share

Report: No New OLED TVs From Sony Until “At Least Next Year”

10 Of Your Best Home Theater Setups

LG Offers Up ‘Seamless’ SL80 and SL90 LCD TVs

Samsung 8500 Series Local-Dimming LED TVs Have a Sweet Base

Hands On With Vudu On LG: 1080p, Like, Now

LG Shacks Up With Vudu, Brings 1080p Movie Streaming to Connected TVs

Samsung LED LCD UN46B7000 HDTV Lightning Review: Avoid!

Samsung Connected HDTVs, Blu-ray Players to Get Blockbuster Streaming

Sony Bravia Connected HDTVs Finally Land Netflix Streaming

Sharp Aquos LE700 LED TVs Go Mainstream, But Where’s the Local Dimming?

JVC’s 32-Inch, LED-Backlit TV Is Just a Quarter-Inch Thick

Vizio Enters LED TV Wars: $2199 55-Inch VF551XVT Coming In September

LG Powers Ahead With Connected HDTVs, Picks ARM As Its Accomplice

LG Brings Its First 3D LCD TV To Market (In Korea)

Monster SuperThin HDMI Cables Really Are SuperThin

Toshiba’s First LED LCD HDTVs: The Regza XV648, ZV650, SV670

Ban on Vizio HDTV Imports Upheld, But Does It Even Matter?

JVC GD-32X1 32″ HDTV Is a Quarter-Inch Thick (If You Ignore Its Bulbous Ass)

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