What's that on your wall! Along with Plasma screens, LCDs offer quite a few advantages over traditional televisions. They are usually sharper, brighter, and less harmful to your eyes than that old console TV you grew up with. Lets run down a list of reasons why a flat panel LCD TV might be your best

An LCD TV is a new type of television that uses LCD technology, which stands for "Liquid Crystal Display." LCD TVs have several advantages over traditional TV sets. For starters, they are unbelievably thin. LCD TVs feature such a slim profile that they can easily be mounted on a living roo

PITTSBURGH -- With Friday's digital TV transition looming, now may be the right time to skip buying a converter box and opt for a brand new TV.  While not everyone needs to buy a new TV before the switch -- cable, satellite and digital converter box users will be fine -- Consumer Reports has re

Is it time to throw out your HDTV and home theater equipment? Consumer eletronics makers sure hope so. The consortium of companies that help create the standard for high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cables just announced a new specification, called HDMI 1.4, that could further reduce cable

LAS VEGAS--LG's new line of LCD HDTV and Auto-Sensing Remote Jack Packs (RJP) combine  form and function in new flat-panel HDTVs for the hospitality industry. LG's EcoSmart technology in new HDTVs allows multiple manual and automatic options for energy conservation, making it ideal for hotels l

JVC is no stranger to ultra-thin HDTVs, and the GD 32X1 is, by all accounts, their slimmest 32-inch 1080p screen ever. But to outright say it's 6.4mm thick is a little bit of a stretch, don't you think? That figure is derived from a panel measurement above its lumpy rear, where the bulk of the TV's

Anyone familiar with LCD HDTVs expects their prices to decrease, and for TVs from established companies to cost more than models from upstarts like Insignia and Vizio--but no one expects the top-shelf brands to come down in price faster than the value brands. Yet that is exactly what's happening. Hi

When I visited Panasonic in Japan in the fall of 2004, with a gaggle of other journalists, plasma was the dominant flat-panel technology. But it was still pricey. On that visit, Panasonic told us that its goal was to get plasma prices down to $100 per diagonal inch. That same fall, Ultimate AV revie

Flat-panel TVs are no longer playthings of the rich. In fact, dirt-cheap models can be had in every screen size and from numerous diverse makers. Here's a guide to finding your way through the budget HDTV morass.Bargain brands vs. name brandsValue brands like Vizio and Westinghouse, along with even

If you haven't yet gone high definition, or even if you have, Amazon is offering a week of high def deals, with amazing savings on HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc players and movies, speakers, home theater receivers and accessories for your home theater system. These deals are available in two forms: