Thursday, June 22, 2006
HT's Inaugural LCD Face Off
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 06:00 AM
"LCD is coming into its own as a home theater technology, priming itself to challenge plasma and DLP in the larger screen sizes. Until recently, technology and size limitations have caused us to approach LCD as a second-room technology, but you can't ignore the roar of the masses, who are buying more LCD TVs than ever before, especially in the 32- to 42-inch screen sizes. Rather than focus on a certain screen size for this Face Off, I decided to select products based on price, since that's still one of the primary issues with larger-screen LCDs. What can $3,000 to $3,500 get you in an LCD? If you want to stick with the big names in the business, it can get you a new 37-inch Sharp, 40-inch Sony, or 32-inch Hitachi—all HDTVs with built-in tuners and HDMI connectivity. In all fairness, it can get you a 37-inch Hitachi (the 37HDL52), but we chose to include the higher-end 32HLX61 because it utilizes Hitachi's new Advanced Super In-Plane Switching (AS-IPS) technology."
Very cool article, nice read. The author did not seemed to be biased at all, something that happens frequently in face-offs like these. Plus there is that additional price factor baked into the review so it makes it more realistic, IMHO.
Very cool article, nice read. The author did not seemed to be biased at all, something that happens frequently in face-offs like these. Plus there is that additional price factor baked into the review so it makes it more realistic, IMHO.
