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Reviews
We have listed some reviews on electrical products and devices
prior to your purchase. We believe the more you know about a
product the better you understand it's features and function. Reviews
also help you make the right choice as a consumer.
- Universal Remote Reviews
It's long been known that the remedy for a common case of remote clutter is the universal remote. However, when it comes to turning five remotes--or even more--into a single ubercontroller for all that equipment stacked beneath your TV or in your towering audio rack, you have a lot of choices. These remotes represent the best of the bunch, so you can find the perfect remote that lets you banish all those clickers to a drawer--forever.
Sponsored Remote: Logitech Harmony -
The good: Sleek design, in terms of cosmetics and ergonomics; PC programmable; excellent button layout and design that now includes new Blu-ray-centric buttons; high-resolution LCD that offers a touch-screen interface and touch-sensitive buttons for navigation of onscreen menus; rechargeable lithium ion battery and docking station; RF option included--and it's very easy to set up.
The bad: Price will scare off some buyers; PS3 control requires add-on dongle; dearth of user-programmable multi-device macros will frustrate advanced users.
The bottom line: The Logitech Harmony is, hands down, the best universal remote control we've ever tested.
More at CNET
- Home Theater Reviews
Not everybody wants to go through the arduous task of putting together a home theater system from separate components. Luckily, there's another way--with these home-theater-in-a-box systems, you can get a whole package at once and be confident that it works. Some are small and sexy, others are just full-size components--a receiver, subwoofer, and speakers packaged in one box.
Not everybody wants to go through the arduous task of putting together a home theater system from separate components. Luckily, there's another way: home-theater-in-a-box systems (HTIBs) that include everything you need in a single package, so it just works out of the box. All you have to provide is your own TV and you're good to go.
Now that Blu-ray has dropped in price, manufacturers have begun to integrate Blu-ray players to HTIBs for only slightly more than DVD systems. Our experience with Blu-ray HTIBs has been excellent so far; almost all of the systems we've tested recently offer a legitimate home theater experience, often for only a couple hundreds dollars more than a standalone Blu-ray player.
More at CNET
- Projector Reviews
While they're technically categorized as monitors and not as televisions because they don't have built-in tuners, home-theater projectors are as big as TV can get. Any of these little light cannons can produce a 100-inch or larger picture on a wall screen or just a patch of white wall. Sure, you'll need to turn off the lights, but that's a tiny price to pay for the ultimate in big-screen entertainment.
The good: Accurate color; solid feature package for setup and optimization; 1080p resolution for sharp, crisp images; clean video processing.
The bad: Somewhat limited connectivity with HDMI input
The bottom line: Delivers excellent performance for a 1080p projector, especially considering the relatively low prices.
More at CNET
- LCD, Plasma, LED, 3D T.V. Reviews
LCD - The good: Inexpensive with good performance for an entry-level non-LED-TV, with deep black levels and ample shadow detail. Its screen is quite uniform. Its styling is among the best in its class and its feature set includes media file support and excellent connectivity.
The bad: Color accuracy on the LCD's are usually worse than most of its entry-level LED competition.
The bottom line: Most LCD's have a mix of features, style and picture quality that stands tall among the tough entry-level LCD TV crowd.
More at CNET
PLASMA - The first kind of flat-panel TV to hit the market more than 10 years ago, plasma displays have come a long way since then. They're much more durable now, and the burn-in bugaboo is pretty much a thing of the past. Plasma TVs are not generally available in sizes less than 42 inches, and their picture quality in the best models still outperforms the best LCD picture quality--although the gap is closing. However, plasmas are much less efficient than LCD TVs.
The good: Most Plasma TV's have excellent overall picture quality, with deep black levels, accurate color, and solid video processing. They can handle 1080p/24 sources well and exhibits a near perfect screen uniformity of plasma, as well as solid picture quality.
The bad: Most Plasma's are chunky and seem dated by today's flat-panel TV design standards. Picture quality flaws include limited brightness--a liability especially in bright rooms--and less-saturated color in its most accurate picture mode. Most plasma's use significantly more power than LCD TVs.
The bottom line: If you can live with its homely design, the excellent picture quality and feature set of the Plasma combine to make it one of the best TV values available.
More at CNET
LED - An LED TV is actually a kind of LCD TV that uses LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, instead of the standard fluorescent backlight to illuminate the screen. Some LED-based LCD TVs are extremely thin and some exhibit better picture quality than standard LCD TVs, and most are more-efficient to a greater or lesser extent. They're also also more-expensive.
The good: LED's exhibit excellent color, shadow detail, and properly handles 1080p/24 sources. Some have well-designed Smart TV Internet portals that utilizes built-in Wi-Fi streaming.
The bad: Some expensive full-array LED TV's can't match competing models in picture quality, with lighter black levels and poor gamma and shadow detail in the most forgiving picture modes. The screen performance is poor in ambient light, and blooming is relatively common. Some Smart TV's search function is next to useless.
The bottom line: Some expensive LED's picture quality doesn't live up to the promise of its full-array local dimming LED backlights and features.
More at CNET
3D TV - The good: The picture of an LED 3D TV delivers deeper black levels and better contrast than any other LCD or plasma on the market. Unlike other full-array local dimming TVs, it maintains its superior picture from normal viewing angles and blooming artifacts are virtually nonexistent. Color is relatively accurate, shadow detail is excellent and video processing does everything you would expect. The screen maintains black levels well under ambient light.
The bad: Even with its superb performance, it's impossible to call some 3D TV's gratuitously expensive.
The bottom line: Most 3D TV's produce the best overall picture quality of any TV reviewed since 2008.
More at CNET
- Laptop Reviews
The most common question we get around here is simple: "What laptop should I buy?"
Of course, there are some obvious questions: what size screen do you want? How much do you want to spend? But sometimes people just want to know what laptops we like.
The good: A solid upgrade and mobile favorite is a laptop. Some new new laptops add Beats Audio, a better touch pad, and an updated AMD or Intel processor.
The bad: Battery life is horrible on just about most laptops. Some may grow tired of the touch pad and require an optical or wireless mouse for comfortability.
The bottom line: Laptops are a great device for mobility and special needs.
More at CNET
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