Author: Andrew Van Til

Samsung has done an excellent job of making some of the best looking HD displays on the market, and with almost no bezel and 1.2″ depth the UN55D8000 may be the sleekest HDTV available this year. As an edge-lit LED LCD there are trade-offs in price and performance for the form factor, but you’ll have to check out the review […]

In itself, there isn’t much newsworthy in a product announcement of an updated line of AVRs, but the expansion of the CI (custom integrator) features downward towards consumer pricing is – and hopefully the beginning of a trend.  One of the main reasons I’ve been eying the current generation AVR-3311CI vs. the non-CI models are its RS232 and Ethernet (including […]

For those looking for more guidance than “get the biggest plasma you can fit in the door” the HD Guru hits the feature list and helps break them down into easy buckets.  Most of it won’t come as a surprise if you keep current, but it is a great read for those just getting started.  There’s a lot to consider […]

The cost and installation considerations have made direct view displays a much more appealing alternative in my home theater right now,  but at some point (maybe when the kids get old enough that I can “multi-purpose” the family room) I’d love to have a nice projector.  If you’re at that stage, and like me, need a good refresher on the […]

So far details around the specific performance improvements found in Panasonic’s 2011 Plasmas have been scarce.  We’ll still have to wait for reviews to get the whole story, the HDGURU has been able to round up some details for those itching to upgrade.  I think the most disappointing thing that came out of CES around the 2011 lineup was that […]