HDTeleVision Review

Design
• High gloss black with red accents

Picture
• HD Ready 1080p
• Twin XD Engine
• Resolution: 1920 x 1080
• Brightness: 500cd/m2
• Intelligent Sensor II
• 24p Real Cinema
• AV Mode (Cinema, Sport, Game)
• Expert Mode
• Dynamic Contrast Ratio: 100,000:1

Sound
• Invisible Speakers
• Clear Voice II
• 2 Way 4 Speakers (10W x 10W)
• SRS TruSurround XT

Convenience
• Simplink
• Energy Saving Recommended
• Swivel Stand
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What is the difference between an HDTV and a HD Ready TV? for starters, you don’t have to buy a tuner because this is already built into the unit. You just need to get an antenna and then connect this to the HDTV’s F connector.

If signal is coming through cable, you still need to get the set up box. If you happen to have a CableCARD, you don’t need to buy or borrow the set-top box. To use this, your unit must have a CableCARD slot and of course the card.

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The plasma and LCD (liquid crystal display) televisions are the epitomes of the new TV – flat, thin, and vibrant. However, certain features set them apart from each other and a discerning buyer can see through the similarities and determine what product fits her/his needs.

Looks can be deceiving, and the difference between plasma and LCD screens is not an exception. The profiles of both TV types feature a thin contour and a flat screen – the significant aesthetic distinction they have compared to earlier models. Their disparity can be found in the machinery that is used. For the Plasma TV, gas plasma cells are charged in determined amount of electrical voltages in order to conjure a picture. On the other hand, the LCD TV produces images by charged liquid crystals that are pushed between two plates made of glass.

The unique approach that each TV employs results to a subtle distinction between the plasma and LCD sets. One may be better than the other in a certain aspect of giving entertainment through the TV, and it is important to take note of their strengths and weaknesses in deciding what kind of set to purchase.

Plasma over LCD

Plasma sets gives better picture quality than LCD screens in terms of contrast and color. Since this type of TV set can show black much better than its counterpart, the dark shots in a film can be clearly seen as opposed to showing it with an LCD set. Because there is no tendency for color to saturate in Plasma, the colors of its images are brighter.
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Where do you shop for your consumer electronics? According to a new study by market analyst BIGresearch (as reported by TWICE), a survey of shoppers in the first week of March revealed that 35 percent shopped most often at Best Buy for their electronics, and another 20 percent picked Wal-Mart. Third place trailed far behind, with Target getting less than 3 percent of the responses, and then Sears close behind.

It’s sort of like the old Hertz and Avis car rental market of the past, where there was Number 1 and Number 2 and no one else mattered. With a combined 55 percent share of the buyer’s attention, Wal-Mart and Best Buy make it clear that bargains are the driving factor in choosing a store for your consumer electronics. Is it any wonder that Tweeter and Circuit City couldn’t make a meal on the leftover scraps? Can other consumer electronic specialty stores hope to survive – such as Radio Shack — when the two big chains control the majority of the market?

According the the BIGresearch report, Best Buy and Wal-Mart increased their share over last year at the same time, which says to me that it will only become more difficult for retailers to make any headway against these two. And for LCD TV manufacturers, it probably means that if they can’t get a distribution deal with one at least of these two retailers, they will find it difficult to get enough distribution to earn a significant position in the market.

It’s been years now since the Blue-state, ultra-liberal, Hollywood power brokers in TMZ.com photog-infested neighborhoods such as Brentwood, North Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades started dumping their Mercedes S65 AMG sedans and Range Rovers for Toyota Prius and Lexus Hybrids. Solar companies are installing system after system on top of $4,000,000-plus homes as if there is no recession or housing slump. Lines at the local Farmers Market on Sunday are three deep with every hip Angelino wearing their 7 For Mankind jeans and quirky yet cool Oliver Peoples glasses while anxiously waiting to load their reusable tote bags with organic and local veggies. Now West Los Angeles is getting their home theater and electronics systems more up to the green standard. This weekend at the Paul Revere Middle School (the same middle school that was the parking lot two weeks ago for the PGA Tour stop at Riviera Country Club), there was a lineup of well heeled, tech savvy and Botox injected Soccer Moms and Techno Dads recycling their not-so-green “old technology.” Old (think: non-iPhone) cell phones were being reconditioned and given to returning U.S. servicemen and women. CTR televisions were being stripped of toxic parts and recycled. Audio components were being slated for resale or the recycle bin – not just headed to the trash bin.
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Toshiba recently has made a major move in the LCD market that very likely has gotten the attention of the boys at Sony, Samsung and Vizio. Their latest line of high-definition LCD displays, specifically the 42-inch Regza Cinema Series HD display reviewed here are thinner, brighter and better than any other set in terms of refresh rate. What’s even more impressive is that you buy one today for a reasonable $1,699 retail.

While the product number may be confusing, the Regza Cinema Series HD LCD has a 42-inch, 16:9 display, with a native resolution of 1080p and a 120Hz refresh rate. The display itself measures roughly 40 inches wide by 25-and-a-half inches tall and nearly four inches deep, The manual controls are located along the right side of the display itself and feature hard buttons for power, menu, channel and volume, as well as a single HDMI and composite audio/video inputs, which are pretty much standard