HDTVs for the holidays; Most popular home theater gear of 2009

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	What's hot this week David Katzmaier CNET.com Holiday gift guide: HDTVs Are you looking for the perfect last-minute gift? Although it may be too late to qualify for supersaver shipping, we figured we'd still provide a collection of HDTVs sure to please the pickiest giftee, arranged in four convenient categories: "top picks," "budget," "energy savers," and "interactive." The list is newly updated with the latest round of cheaper LCDs--just the thing to keep the children entertained. Check out the guide  Best HDTVs overall  Best cheap LCDs  More ideas: Home theater Popular HDTV reviews this week Samsung UN55B8500  Check prices Panasonic TC-P50G10  Check prices Panasonic TC-P50V10  Check prices Samsung PN50B650  Check prices Vizio VF551XVT  Check prices Latest reviews & comparisons Review: Panasonic TC-PS1 series Its excellent picture quality for the money makes the Panasonic TC-PS1 plasma the best value among large-screen flat panels. Read more  Check prices Best big-screen bargains for less than $2,000 If you're looking for the biggest screen you can get for the least amount of money, while still maintaining decent picture quality, you've come to the right product comparison. Here you'll find six of the best bargains among big-screen HDTVs we've reviewed in the last year. Read more  Best HDTVs: 54 inches and above Review: Roku HD XR Player New content channels and faster Wi-Fi make the Roku HD XR Player a good choice for anyone who wants a quick and easy way to add Netflix--and a variety of other Internet media channels--to any TV. Read more  Check prices Netflix-compatible video devices compared If the person on your list has a Netflix account, why not hook them up with a device that can stream the service? In this comparison, updated in November but still perfectly current, we look at most of the hardware options that offer Netflix streaming. Read more  Dreaming of cutting the subscription TV cord Crave Most popular home theater products of 2009 Matthew Moskovciak When you look at CNET's top products lists for home audio and home video, you're seeing the culmination of countless hours of testing, research, writing, and careful consideration of how a product rates in the marketplace. When you look at CNET's list of the most popular home theater products of 2009, you're seeing the culmination of CNET readers clicking on products because they look cool. Read more The Audiophiliac Stereo vs. surround: And the winner is... Posted by Steve Guttenberg Think about it: turntables are electro/mechanical devices that transform LPs' grooves into sound. So how can you improve that sound?If you listen to music over your iPod or computer, it's safe to say you're listening in stereo. Cars are a different story; they can have speakers in all sorts of places, so I'll grant that music in the car may not be in stereo. But the music itself at least started out as stereo; MP3s and CDs are strictly stereo, so unless you listen to a lot of 5.1 channel SACDs or DVD-Audio discs, stereo is where it's at.  Read more  More Audiophilia 1. Piano maker Steinway moves into the hi-fi business 2. Marantz' $6,000 Blu-ray, SACD, DVD-Audio player 3. Three awesome-sounding 5.1 speaker-subwoofer packages 4. Six ways to make your turntable sound better 5. A home theater in a box buyer's guide 6. CD players, on their way out? 7. Pay less for world's best headphone? 8. The LP/CD smackdown 9. 'Bowie: A Biography,' a book review 10. Can you buy a great hi-fi on a budget? More CNET home theater resources  Best HDTVs overall  High-performance HDTVs  CNET's HDTV World  Best plasma HDTVs  Best HDTV values  Blu-ray guide  Best LCD HDTVs  Football-friendly HDTVs  HDTV resolution explained  Best cheap LCD HDTVs  Sub-$250 Blu-ray players  Plasma vs. LCD vs. RPTV  Best home video products  Netflix-enabled video players  1080p vs. 720p: The final word  Best home audio gear  Best universal remotes  CES 2009: Full coverage Featured Listings   Canon EOS 7D 18 Megapixel SLR Made to be the tool of choice for serious photographers and semi-professionals, the EOS 7D featur...   BUY NOW Only $1699.00    Merchant Rating ★★★★★   Fallout 3 Fight for survival against terrors of the outside world, radiation, and mutants after nuclear fal...   BUY NOW Only $36.99    Merchant Rating ★★★★☆   Photoshop Elements 7 OEM Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 software combines power and simplicity so you can make ordinary photos...   BUY NOW Only $36.92    Merchant Rating ★★★★★
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