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Sony hands out HDTV sets at London PS3 launch
Sony has given a great surprise to those waiting to buy a PlayStation 3 (PS3) console in London; a 46" LCD HDTV television set and a free ride home. The giveaway involved more than 100 gamers and cost about 250,000. "I feel fantastic. I'm delighted that everyone here also gets a television." 17-year-old Ritatsu Thomas, the customer at the head of the queue, said. The PS3 costs 425 in the UK and its game line-up is starting to improve. It includes a Blu-ray drive for games and for movies and a powerful Cell processor. The launch in the UK and the rest of Europe was delayed by four months due to production problems. Australian gamers are also able to get their hands on a PS3 now. Ray Maguire, head of Sony Computer Entertainment in the UK, said that the TV giveaway at the London event was a reward for the patience of the gamers.
CES 2007: BIGGER still doesn’t mean BETTER
Texas Instruments showed it isnt sitting on its hands in the flat-panel vs. microdisplay rear-projection TV showdown, and two new HDTV trade promotion groups made their debuts at the show. Alternative illumination systems for rear and front projection were hawked, including RF-excited lamps, LEDs, and several prototype laser light engines. Warner Home Media showed how a packaged media company decisively straddles the blue-laser fence. And a high-resolution video interface battle is joining the blue-laser format war. Japanese plasma manufacturers set up a not quite dead yet exhibit that clearly showed the motion-blur problems with LCD technology. LG and Sony unveiled small to midsize AM OLED HDTV displays. Panasonic proved it can indeed stuff 2 million pixels into a 42-inch plasma.
LCD Vs Plasma in 2007
As long as we can remember people have debated; what is the best HDTV technology? Sure every technology has it downsides, but when we are talking about picture quality above all else, which is the best? In the past people would debate LCD vs Plasma which really left us scratching our head because at the time the smallest Plasma was 37" and the largest LCD was 32". Well those times are over and many LCDs and Plasmas are the same size -- well almost the same size, while Plasmas are 37", 42", 50" and 60" LCDs are 32", 40", 42", 46", 52" and a host of other sizes. There is little doubt that LCD has more sizes available and arguably more detail, it also costs more, but we aren't talking about size here, we're talking about picture quality. Plasmas have been able to boast better blacks and better colors than LCD, but in recent years LCD technology has made leaps and bounds in this area as well as the new 120Hz models, which begs the question do Plasmas still have better blacks and colors than LCDs? Sure they are susceptible to burn in and many are only 720p vs 1080p, but most ISF engineers agree that accurate colors and black are more important than resolution.
Deal Alert: Toshiba 42LZ196 42-inch REGZA 1080p LCD HDTV: $1749.97
If you simply must have a full High Definition flat panel LCD HDTV, it's hard to go wrong with Toshiba's Regza series, and it's even harder to go wrong when it's on sale for $1100 below its original list price. OneCall currently has Toshiba's 42LZ196 Cinema Series Pro 42-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for sale for $1749.97 including delivery. Toshiba 42LZ196 1080p Cinema Series Pro LCD HDTV on OneCall: $1750 delivered With any TV purchase, you can also save 10% on the Bose CineMate digital home theater speaker system or 10% on Polk Audio speaker systems (see "special offers" tab on the TV's detail page). Details from the Manufacturer Video:REGZA - Premium LCD TV. All REGZA models combine the fast CineSpeed LCD panel, with industry leading PixelPure Hi-bit 12-bit digital video processing, for the best possible picture quality.
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