A Look at the Top Models in the HDTV Market

By John Abraham

An HDTV should never be an impulse buy for the majority of customers. The good news is, it doesn't need to become a lesson in rocket science, either. While looking at these HDTVs, it is particularly common for a normal customer to be inundated by a deluge of acronyms, numbers and technical terms, chiefly if you don't know very much about electronics. Quite a few folks believe that sort of techno-speak to be enlightening, but plenty of us don't. In acknowledgment of that issue, what follows is several helpful HDTV reviews which strive to simply report how well the products work, without being lost in the mysterious intricacies of how they are able to perform that task. A great model is the Sony Bravia KDL-46S5100 HDTV.

Samsung UNB8500

This HDTV is quite close to doing the impossible - being too rich and too thin. Samsung's prima donna is priced at nearly $4000 and comes with an ultraslim profile, making it the current supermodel of HDTVs. Every flat panel screen is a stylish, well-proportioned item whether it performs well or not. This particular flat-panel screen also delivers the most lifelike picture quality possible with an LCD screen today. Because it is a flat-panel LCD screen, though, the more satisfactory place for watching is straight in front of the screen. If you are located at an angle relative to the screen, you might have a rough time seeing the video display or the reason for such a high price tag.

Panasonic TC-P50V10

Panasonic's highest quality plasma HDTV actually offers a better picture than Samsung's top performing television reviewed above. Not surprisingly, this is because plasma screens simply perform better than LCD screens nearly every time. You could watch the high-definition video from quite a few angles as opposed to being trapped directly in front of the video display. The picture you get to see is higher quality, as well, since as opposed to being comprised of pixels, or very tiny squares, the picture flows together as if it were being broadcast through liquid, which it is. It's likely that just the fussiest videophiles will actually care about that feature, so why should anyone else find this attractive? Perhaps because Panasonic's plasma TV will set you back nearly $2000 less than Samsung's bit of wall candy.

Sharp AQUOS LC-32D62U

Sharp additionally has a respectable representative in the mega-sized, many-pixel category. It has a high-resolution LCD screen that gives you very crisp pictures when you are at an angle from the screen, not only when you are trapped precisely in front of it. Sharp's HDTV is quite adaptable on account of it has two integrated HDMI converters, which allow you to attach devices such as game systems which are not yet HDTV capable. It also has some additional HD component inputs, in case you may be upgrading everything at once, and intend to use it all today. Sharp's marvelous toy comes with an additional attractive feature: its price tag of just short of $1200 renders it practically affordable when balanced against our two other reviewed HDTVs. Another nice option is the Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR9 HDTV.

You can see hundreds of high performance HDTVs on the market currently, and they may be purchased with features and prices to meet each household's needs. The key issues for most of us to concentrate on is one capability we really want and the amount of money we are intending to pay for it. Happy shopping! - 30542

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