Vizio, purveyor of the high-value P50HDM plasma and the L32 LCD TV, announced a pair of aggressively priced flat-panel HDTVs at CES, each equipped with ATSC tuners that allow them to receive... ( read more )
MPEG-4 has been slowly rising in the ovens of competing satellite providers Dish Network and DirecTV, and it looks like the winner of the bake-off, at least in terms of HD channel lineup size, is Dish Network. The company announced it would carry... ( read more )
The ongoing rollout of 1080p native-resolution displays--you know, the ones that should be able to deliver every detail of the highest-resolution HDTV format, 1080i--has finally come to DLP-based home-theater projectors. Competing projection... ( read more )
JVC pioneered LCoS projection display technology, which it calls HD-ILA in rear-projection form, and its 2006 lineup includes three each of 1080p-native-resolution and 720p-resolution HDTVs. The... ( read more )
Regardless of how beautiful they are, rear-projection TVs still have a self-image problem when they stand next to flat-panel plasmas. Sony aims to address the width disparity with a 55-inch... ( read more )
DLP HDTV heavy-hitter Samsung announced four new big-screen rear-projection units earlier today and, in terms of potential image-quality improvement, the coolest is the HL-S5679W. This 56-inch single-chip 1080p-resolution ( read more )

Tru details on Blu-ray players
Posted by: David Katzmaier
January 05, 2006, 3:36 PM PST

Hot on the heels of Toshiba's HD-DVD player announcement, the Blu-ray camp showed off its hardware. The most fully detailed unit is the Pioneer BDP-HD1, available in May for $1,800. The player features 1080i/1080p upconversion and home-networking... ( read more )

50-inch Pioneer plasma provides 1080p
Posted by: David Katzmaier
January 05, 2006, 1:02 PM PST

1080p native resolution promises to deliver every detail of 1080i, the highest-resolution HDTV format, but until now it was available in only DLP and LCoS rear-projection HDTVs and... ( read more )

LG projector: wallflower power
Posted by: David Katzmaier
January 04, 2006, 5:03 PM PST

In what the company calls an industry first, the LG AN110DP projector mounts almost flush against the back wall of a home theater, for an unobtrusive and novel alternative to standard projector ceiling mounts. Measuring just 3.5 inches thick, the projector utilizes a specially developed lens with... ( read more )

Nine is enough: LG pours on the plasmas
Posted by: David Katzmaier
January 04, 2006, 4:53 PM PST

LG announced nine new flat-panel plasmas at CES, from 42 inches all the way up to 71 inches (although a 71-incher was actually announced at CES 2005). New models include a trio of 42-inch panels, but the most interesting sets comprise the four models with built-in DVRs, capable of storing as much... ( read more )

Toshiba lowers HD-DVD entry level to $499
Posted by: David Katzmaier
January 04, 2006, 1:27 PM PST

The first hardware volley in the next-generation DVD format war, a.k.a. HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray, was fired today by HD-DVD developer Toshiba. The company announced a pair of HD-DVD players to ship in March: the HD-A1... ( read more )