CNET reviews Panasonic plasma TV, Samsung Blu-ray player

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	What's new in TV and home theater David Katzmaier CNET.com Panasonic's 2010 plasma TV has excellent initial picture quality Panasonic's TC-PG20/25 series is its successor to one of the most popular, best-performing TVs of 2009--which shows a loss in its black-level performance over a relatively short time. According to Panasonic, it has solved the performance problem in its 2010 model, but we can't test that claim yet. However, we put the plasma TV through its paces with everything else that we can test. Read the full review  Photo gallery: Panasonic TC-PG20/25 series  The black level saga  Best plasma TVs Panasonic TC-PG25 series Popular CNET home theater product reviews LG Infinia 47LE8500  Check prices Panasonic Viera TC-P50G25  Check prices Samsung UN55B8500  Check prices Samsung UN55C8000  Check prices Vizio VF552XVT  Check prices Home theater features and reviews Review: Samsung BD-C5500 The BD-C5500's expandable Samsung Apps platform and DLNA compatibility make it stand out from other entry-level players, although it's one of the slower players we've tested. Read more  Check prices Best Blu-ray players with Wi-Fi for less than $250 Last year, if you wanted a Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi, you had to pay quite a bit for it, with players such as the LG BD390 going for nearly $400. This year, the big price premium is gone. Read more  Best Blu-ray players TV picture settings menus compared Many of today's HDTVs offer an overwhelming variety of settings, from basic preset modes to advanced options for color, video processing, and more. Here's a walk through the best and the worst. Read more  Picture settings for specific TVs Dads and Grads gift guide Is it that time again already? The D&G gift season is ramping up for 2010, and our guide has Editor-selected tech-centric ideas, from $50 remotes to $50,000 cars, sure to fit any budget. Read more  Matthew Moskovciak's picks Crave Debunked: 'Infinite' contrast ratio, 240Hz, and Sharp's yellow pixel David Katzmaier "Display Myths Shattered: How Monitor & HDTV Companies Cook Their Specs" collects numerous misleading HDTV and PC monitor specs and debunks them one by one. The author, Raymond Soneira, takes aim at unnecessary--and often harmful to picture quality--user menu controls, extra features and outright gimmicks in a way that's authoritative yet easy to understand. Read more The Audiophiliac A $25 speaker an audiophile can love Posted by Steve Guttenberg One of my audiophile pals, Dave King, e-mailed me the other day about his latest find, the Dayton B652 ($25 per pair). It didn't arrive in time for my Top 10 audio bargains article, or I surely would have included it.  Read more  More Audiophilia 1. Top 10 must-have audio bargains 2. Is Peter Frampton an audiophile? 3. Sound outside: Polk's Atrium speakers rock the great outdoors 4. Live at the Fillmore East 5. The Audiophillie Music Award winners write, perform, and record their tunes 6. Don't buy a sound bar, unless. . . 7. Tannoy's old-school speaker tech wows audiophiles 8. MoFi remasters, perfects LP sound 9. The $1,350 'earbud': Is it worth it? 10. Can a 3.5-watt amplifier rock your world? More CNET home theater resources  Best LCD TVs  Best plasma TVs  Best HDTVs overall  Best home video  Best Blu-ray players  Best home audio  3D TV FAQ  HDTV 101  Settings and calibration FAQ  TV reviews home page  TVs-related blog posts  HDTV World  Home video home page  Home video blog posts  Home audio home page
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