Review The Aquos LC-40LE700M is conceived by Sharp to "bridge" the huge price premium between a traditional and an LED-lit LCD TV. To achieve this feat, this 40-incher is stripped bare of all value-added features such as Integrated Digital TV (IDTV), multimedia playback, etc. In fact, what the Japanese...
Review The Panasonic Viera TH-L37V11S may be unusually petite for a flagship LCD TV, but this 37-incher features some of the best visual technologies available under the company's belt. Its key propositions include a premium In-Plane Switching (IPS) Alpha panel, 100Hz frame interpolation engine and...
Review The Sharp Aquos LC-46A77M is second only to the company's flagship LED-backlit LCD TV in its 2009 HDTV lineup. This model offers a substantial dynamic contrast enhancement compared with past-generation Aquos, promising stepped-up picture quality to match its new facade. It also packs a high 100Hz...
Review Though it's not as recognized for its design aesthetics as Bang & Olufsen, UK firm Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) has been churning out sophisticated speaker designs for years. At the pinnacle of this is the company's insane-looking Nautilus, but with products like the Zeppelin and CM speaker range, they...
Review The Samsung LA40A330J1 is not only the most affordable 40-inch LCD TV in the Korean company's current lineup, it is also a very aggressively priced model within the budget HD-ready panels in the market. Despite its modest S$1,999 sticker price, it offers a tantalizing connectivity suite with two...
Review The Samsung B7000-series is one of the latest LED TVs from the Korean company. It sits right between the no-frills B6000- and flagship B8000-series, offering the best value within the lineup. For S$300 less than the UA46B8000XM, the UA46B7000WM packs all the features found in its higher-end...
Review The Philips 56PFL9954 a.k.a. Cinema 21:9 is a new class of HDTVs that render films in their cinematic ultra-wide aspect ratio. This eliminates the black letterbox bars commonly occupying the top and bottom screen edges on a regular 16:9-formatted panel. What's more, this 56-incher's onboard Web...
Review The Samsung Series 7, 8 and 9 HDTVs are truly in a league of their own. Like most Korean consumer electronic products, they are absolutely stunning with eye-catching aesthetics. Their new connected TV functions also set them apart from the competition, enabling entertainment hub-like capabilities...
Review Now into its third run, the 2008 Sony Bravia X4-series is available in two flavors: The regular X450 and the HD digital broadcast-enabled X4500. The latter is the subject of this review as we pit this ultra-high-contrast, LED-backlit LCD against our reference Pioneer Kuro plasma TV. Will this...
Features Avoid the frustration of elbowing through large crowds for deals. We've done your homework for you with our LCD monitor shopping guide.
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Blogs Samsung 40B690 and Panasonic P42G10 are among the top LCD and plasma HDTVs sold in Iran for budgets of around US$1,600 in 40- to 42-inch sizes. I've briefly compared these models ...
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Review The capability to upconvert analog video sources has become standard on midrange receivers, but the feature is rarely well-implemented, with poor image quality being the norm. Denon's latest midrange model, the AVR-1910, is a standout in this regard, offering up the best upconverted image quality...
Features Are you overwhelmed by the huge selection of LCD, LED and Plasma TVs from the Korean chaebol? Here's our guide to help you make sense of your options.
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Thin-and-light laptops may look similar, but they're not all made the same. It's a deceptive world out there, especially since many thin-and-lights trade performance for a stylishly slim chassis, all while marketing a mainstream look that suggests performance equal to other notebooks.
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Review For many, Bose is perceived as the ultimate audio-visual brand. In reality, this simply isn't the case, but there's no denying the hugely successful niche Bose has carved out for itself, having virtually invented the "lifestyle" A/V system. Its Acoustimass speaker technology is almost legendary in...
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