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Archive for November, 2008

100-inch screen for Clinton and Kings

Posted by Eric Franklin on November 26th, 2008

It would be great to actually see one of these in action.

(Credit: Runco)

A few weeks back I was watching Larry King Live, and his guest was Bill Clinton. They were talking about the financial crisis and Bill said something to the effect of, "You and I, we're ...

Panasonic pro plasma provides prodigious PQ

Posted by David Katzmaier on November 24th, 2008

The Panasonic TH-50PF11UK is a professional monitor that can serve amateur viewers well.

(Credit: CNET)

Panasonic markets its professional monitors, like the TH-50PF11UK I just reviewed, to hospitals, TV studios, and airports, but these displays will serve just as well in your own home. In fact, in past years they'...

Christmas Has Arrived at Laskys with the New Design

Posted by Newspad.com search: plasma tv on November 22nd, 2008

JVC: Still here. Still making giant TVs you’ll never own

Posted by Eric Franklin on November 21st, 2008

Just in case you've forgotten, JVC is still around. And apparently it doesn't want you forgetting that fact anytime soon.

On December 2 it plans to unveil what it says will be Times Square's first true 720p HD screen. I assume they mean the first true 720p ...

Sony’s cheapest SXRD projector still scores well

Posted by David Katzmaier on November 20th, 2008

The VPL-HW10 is the cheapest SXRD projector yet.

(Credit: Sony)

When Sony's SXRD technology came out in 2005, first in expensive front projectors and then in rear-projection models starting with the ridiculously overpriced Qualia 006, we liked it a lot. That basic evaluation hasn't changed much over the years, but the realities of the market have, forcing Sony to axe its rear-projection SXRD line--along with all of its other RPTVs--and make the excellent KDS-A3000 series the last of the breed. But SXRD still has a place among front-projectors, and that's a good thing.

The company's VPL-HW10 represents a new low price point for SXRD projectors, but this PJ hits plenty of performance high notes. It evinced the same deep blacks we've come to expect from the technology, and it even improved on the color accuracy of last year's excellent--and more expensive--VPL-VW60.

What's not to like? Well, if you have a huge screen, don't expect the little HW10 to get bright enough, but we're talking larger than 92 inches wide. Even with that caveat, and some minor performance gripes, the "bargain SXRD" is easily the best projector in its price class we've tested so far.

Read the full review of the Sony VPL-HW10.

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