Rounding Out the Top HDTV Models Available

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 tantalizingly close to reaching the impossible - being too rich and too thin. Samsung's best product is priced at nearly $4000 and comes with an ultraslim profile, making it the current supermodel of HDTVs. Any flat panel display is an attractive, compact appliance whether it functions well or not. This particular flat-panel screen furthermore delivers the most enjoyable picture quality offered by an LCD screen today. Because the model is a flat-panel LCD screen, however, the best spot for watching is directly in front of that screen. If you are standing at an angle from the screen, you could have a hard time seeing the movie or the excuse for that 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 also has a respectable contestant in the super-sized, multi-pixel arena. It has a high-resolution LCD screen that gives you especially lifelike visuals when you watch from an angle from the screen, not only when you are seated precisely in front of it. The AQUOS LC-32D62U HDTV is quite versatile since it incorporates two built-in HDMI converters, which enable you to plug in devices such as DVD players which are less than HDTV capable. It also has some additional HD component inputs, for those who could be upgrading everything at once, and are planning to to play with it all today. Sharp's wondrous device comes with another exceptional feature: its sales price of under $1200 makes it just about affordable when compared to our two other above mentioned products. Another nice option is the Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR9 HDTV.

There are a variety of top performing HDTVs on the market today, and they are available in sizes and prices to meet everybody's needs. The vital issues for most of us to focus on is one capability we actually want and how much we are willing to pay for it. Happy shopping! - 29967

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