Recently Reviewed HDTV Televisions & Displays

While readers of Audioholics may have taken notice of LG displaying its EA9800 curved OLED screen at CES 2013, the folks at LG have also been busy showing off host of other products.

Sharp unveiled their 2013 TV lineup this yer at CES. The ICC Purios holds the top spot and the Series 8, 7, and 6 follow down the line.

Samsung has taken CES 2013 as an opportunity to unleash its latest Smart HDTV and home theater product lineup.

LG Electronics took CES to introduce and demo its OLED TV-prowess. At the show they demoed a brand new TV that has a curved screen. The EA9800 features proprietary WRGB technology.

Panasonic unveiled its new 2013 lineup of Viera LED/LCD HDTVs at CES. For all 2013 models, all of the Panasonic Viera LCD models are now using LED backlight technology.

Pioneer Electronics announced that it has joined the HDBaseT Alliance. This is a HUGE deal and allows Pioneer to incorporate HDBaseT technology into its Blu-ray players, televisions and AV receivers.

Vizio revealed its expanded 2013 HDTV collection today, but we were particularly impressed by the all-new line of M-Series Razor LED Smart TVs. These have an elegant, modern ultra-slim bezel.

Hisense unveiled its new flagship television range, the Ultra-LED (U-LED) XT900. The TVs come in 65", 84" and an eye-popping 110" sizes and offer the ultimate in picture quality with 4K resolution.

The Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) has released some free 4K test patterns for B&W levels and geometry/resolution. This is just in time to meet up with the new 4K displays hitting the market.

This is Samsung's latest Smart TV, the UN55ES8000F. This is a rather large upgrade in terms of both the hardware and software. Samsung reduced the bezel to around 1/2" in thickness and updated the OS.

JVC is hoping to shake up the LED TV market with the release of the JLE55SP4000. The TV features high quality built-in speakers that are supposed to eliminate the need for external speakers.

Vizio just unveiled six new ultra large LED TVs ranging from 55" to 70", poised to be value leaders in the market. Each TV has built-in Wifi and Internet apps.

We saw the new Sony XBR-84X900 84" 4K television, which runs on their X-Reality Pro engine. It's got four times the resolution of a regular 1080p high definition television (3,840 x 2,160).

The Biscotti costs around $149. It's a different take on the video phone because it doesn't need a Mac or PC to work. There's no software to install, and it's designed to work with your television set

This week we're reviewing an Acer S271HL LED Monitor. We've looked at a lot of televisions and projectors, but we're finding that more and more, it's the flat panel monitor that's showing up in dorms.

Sony's XBR HX929 is an LED backlit TV with local dimming which supports streaming media services as well as 3D. You're not going to find another TV from Sony that looks better or does more.

Acer has been doing some remarkable things lately in the world of laptops, but this week they announced 5 new ultra slim LED-backlight displays that range in both size (20"-27") and price ($139-$329).

Wanna buy a $40,000 42" LCD display? Dolby's got one for you with their PRM-4200 Professional Reference Monitor. Dolby is dubbing this reference display as "the first flat panel to surpass the CRT".

Nuance Communications, the parent company behind Dragon Naturally Speaking, has officially spilled the beans that it is the brains behind LG's new Smart Remote voice recognition features.

Toshiba announced a 55" LED backlit 4k display that will provide a glasses-free 3d experience shipping soon for $10k. Oh, and they updated the rest of their LED line too.

LG finally jumped into the Google TV bandwagon at CES 2012, bringing the familiarity of Google's Android OS to the convenience and tiled interface of its 3D and Smart TVs.

LG is touting its new 1mm thin Cinema Screen bezel at the 2012 CES and it is, in a word: fabulous. I don't think I've ever used that word in a sentence before, but I don't know how else to describe it

LG Electronics unveiled "the future of home entertainment" their new 55EM9600 55-inch OLED HDTV. The new TV is incredibly thin - just 4mm, in fact and is powered by LG’s TRIPLE XD Engine.

OLED is here... almost. Samsung and LG have both released new OLED televisions. Of course, since LG released OLED, Samsung has released/announced Super OLED 55" HD television. And it's awesome!

We do a video review of the Samsung PN51D8000 51" Plasma SmartTV and find it to be a really stellar performer, with deep, rich blacks and a feature set that allows it to be everything all at once.

When Antennas Direct claimed to have developed a new Micron XG Clearstream indoor model that was capable of hitting some pretty impressive numbers, well we wanted to test it out for ourselves.

Silicon Image took some time at CEDIA with manufacturing partner DVDO and others, to show off its latest innovation: InstaPrevue. This technology will be featured in Silicon Image-enabled TVs and AVRs

Pioneer did an excellent and convincing demo of their new Elite PRO-X5FD series LED backlit TVs in 60" & 70" sizes. Pioneer is partnering with Sharp and these new TVs make use of 10th gen LCD panels.