HDTeleVision Review

The Olevia 2 Series LCD HDTVs, engineered to provide exceptional video and audio, will impress even the toughest critics.With high contrast ratios and fast response times, rapid-action viewing such as sporting events or adventure films is displayed with super clarity and truly come alive! With a super-wide 178-degree viewing angle, images look spectacular wherever you are seated. These LCD HDTVs are perfect for home or office viewing and can double as a computer display with support for TV resolutions up to 1080i, and PC resolutions up to 1360 x 768 through HDMI and VGA. To further enhance your experience, Olevia’s surround sound audio processor creates an awesome listening environment while watching TV, movies or playing games.
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The Olevia 2 Series LCD HDTVs, engineered to provide exceptional video and audio, will impress even the toughest critics. The Olevia 2 Series HDTVs display exceptionally crisp, rich and vibrant images with unsurpassed clarity for viewing high definition digital programs as well as standard analog TV channels. With high contrast ratios and fast response times, rapid-action viewing such as sporting events or adventure films is displayed with super clarity and truly come alive! With a super-wide 178-degree viewing angle, images look spectacular wherever you are seated. These LCD HDTVs are perfect for home or office viewing and can double as a computer display with support for TV resolutions up to 1080i, and PC resolutions up to 1360 x 768 through HDMI and VGA. To further enhance your experience, Olevia’s surround sound audio processor creates an awesome listening environment while watching TV, movies or playing games. RS-232 control enables you to connect your Olevia HDTV to a home entertainment system. Once you see the new Olevia, you’ll agree that you’ve never seen HDTV like this!

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The decision has made to take the plunge into the world of High Definition Television or HDTV but where do you begin? The continuous advancement in technology on a seemingly daily basis can make your next television purchase a daunting task. In order to help you muddle your way through the technology jargon here are some buying tips to help guide you through the world of HDTV.
The prices between LCD and Plasma televisions has begun to level out, so now consumer can now make the decision based on the product quality rather than cost. There are several benefits to purchasing a plasma television, like a wider viewing angle for your audience, improved color reproduction and a brighter image. A LCD television is an improvement over a plasma television when it comes to longer life span, increased sharpness of native resolution resulting in a more life like picture, along with being lightweight compared to the heavier plasma television. Also with an LCD, there is no chance of experiencing the burn-in effect on the television screen. Make the decision for your new HDTV based on your personal preferences and you will be satisfied.

Now comes news from Sharp that the company plans to build in DVD players into some larger screens offered for sale in the United States. And these are not small sets; the new models are 42″ and 32″ according to a report in TWICE. What sets these apart from other combo models is that the DVD players will be high-def Blu-ray.

It’s an intriguing move on Sharp’s part. American consumers still view Blu-ray as too expensive and not enough better than standard DVD to be worth three or four times the cost. So maybe this is a strategy to try to get more Blu-ray players installed by bundling them with the TV. The fact that the sets are 32″ and 42″ are not surprising. Adding a standard DVD player only adds a small cost to the total for the set, so it makes sense to add one to an inexpensive set that only costs a few hundred dollars. A Blu-ray drive could double the cost of a small set, however, so the only way to make it a reasonable step up is to add it to a more expensive larger display. The TWICE article says that no pricing was announced, but that the 42″ model is expected to cost “less than $2,000“. That would have been an attractive price point for a 42″ LCD HDTV a couple of years ago, but not today. If Sharp hopes to sell many of these combo sets, they’ll have to be closer to $1,000.

The specifications explained

Gone are the days when you figured out how big a screen you wanted, looked at some sets, and bought the one with the best picture that fit your budget. An options explosion has littered the shopping landscape with numbers, features, and terminology that even experts sometimes have trouble tracking. So we’ve tried to boil the choices down to the basics that can actually do you some good, and we’ve noted which are important. (In audio and video, never forget that just because something has a number to describe it doesn’t mean it really matters!)

We’ve grouped the specs into three categories: important, somewhat important, and minor.

Important: contrast ratio

Contrast ratio refers to the brightest and darkest light values a display can produce at the same time. All else being equal, the higher the contrast ratio is, the better. All else is seldom equal, however.

Pumping up the maximum light output, for example, can increase contrast, but it won’t do anything to overcome poor black level, which tends to be a greater problem with plasmas and, especially, LCDs. So take contrast ratings as a very rough guide to be supplemented by eyes-on evaluation.
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V VIZIO VX20L – 20″ LCD TV – widescreen – 720p – HDTV

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19″, 720p HD LCD TV, High Gloss Black Cabinet, DynaLight Dynamic Backlight Control, PC Input

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Get ready for watching all your favorite movies and shows with the new Toshiba 19AV500U 720p HD TV. This great looking LCD TV has DynaLight Back-Light Control that utilizes advanced image processing to monitor the brightness of each video frame, and adjust the backlight intensity accordingly based in the image content. Read more…