Archive for October, 2009

Panasonic TC-P50V10 Plasma TV

In our review of Panasonic’s G10 plasma we discussed how it competed for picture quality supremacy against Pioneer’s now-discontinued Kuro PRO-111FD–still the best HDTV ever–and how ultimately it couldn’t quite match the Kuro. The same basic story stays true for the TC-PV10 series, but it’s even better than the G10.
This Panasonic plasma has the same [...]

Panasonic TC-P50G10 Flat – Panel TV

The Panasonic G10 series is the new king. No, it’s not as good overall as the soon-to-be-extinct Kuro Elite, but it comes closer than ever in the arena of black-level performance, and mounts a good fight in just about every other field of picture quality, with the exception of some color accuracy issues. Panasonic steeped [...]

Samsung UN55B8500 LED TV

If you watch football, chances are you’ve noticed ads for Samsung’s so-called LED TVs. The company has released three series of these super-thin LED-based LCDs so far this year, the 6000, the 7000, and the 8000 models, but it’s saved the best for last. The fourth series is dubbed UNB8500, but you can remember it [...]