A few small points.

If you’re going to get into online gaming, it’s worth it to run cables rather than using a wireless solution. Faster and more reliable. It only takes a quick blip in your wireless to knock you out of an online game. Might be more of an issue for us apartment dwellers where you never know when some neighbor is going to buy some new gadget that starts interfering with your wireless connection.

Side/front ports are convenient but unsightly, and realistically you aren’t going to be moving your system around that much, are you?

And don’t forget that both the PS3 and XBox360 are DLNA (hope I’m getting that acronym right) devices out of the box, and you can stream music and video from a Windows-based PC with WMP 11. For the Mac there’re some third party apps that do this (Twonkyvision is one, though I haven’t tried it).

TVersity.com offers a free Windows alternative that will handle transcoding, and even turns the Wii into a media extender (via the Wii’s built-in version of Opera).

Completely agree with the XBR4 recommendation. I am a hardcore gamer who is picking one of those up very soon because of their strong points.

BTW - SIXAXIS is in all caps, and the new controller (DS3) is also called the SIXAXIS. They’re keeping that name. It’s even printed on the new controller right by where it says Dualshock 3.

Specs are ridiculous.  I can’t belive you think specs are real.  The Sony LCD is lucky to get 16ms response times on dark scenes, as are all LCDsSpecs are simply pure fiction.  I’ve seen LCDs with contrast ratiso listed as 15 000:1.  Right!  No display is capable of that, at any price.

Seriously, you call yourself a journalist?

This is why I wrote a book about the topic, available at http://www.robertruffo.com/HDTV.htm

Even journalists don;t knwo what they’re talking about half teh time, let alone clueless salesmen.

I completely agree with RobRuffo.
I expect to be treated like a human with a brain.
I have seen screens with those contrast ratios and response times (SED.)
I’ve been in the games biz for 20 years and it is wonderful that folks are talking about HDTV and Gaming.
Keep it up.
But your Advertorial Should Be Listed As Such.
Think about the advice you are giving…. Soren?
Give a pro a call for an edit?
Whatever. But the content above looks like it is selling goods and not helping the HD owner or the gamer.
I’m sorry.

You accuse the author of selling goods but yet side with the guy trying to sell his book? Can you say - hypocrite?

[Shamefaced and nods at the guy below.]
—Unintentional Hypocrite

Based on the spelling in RobRuffo’s (1 word names FTW!) post, reading his book ought to be a real joy.

Rick, you accuse the post of being advertorial…so you’re suggesting that the web site gets a kick-back whenever someone buys Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, Linksys, D-Link, Onkyo, Logitech… the list goes on. If true, then the Electronic House marketing team must be deal-making super-heroes to get all those companies in on one giant deal.

The author names names, sure. But when articles get posted without specific suggestions, commenters gripe that the articles are too vague and don’t offer specific suggestions.

How about an example or two of what you would’ve said if you’d written the article, based on your 20 years in the biz. Maybe that’d help the editors to offer stronger offerings in the future.

I just received my PT-AX200U yesterday. and wow, i love it.  looooooooooooooove it. for its price its hard to beat.

The author names names, sure. But when articles get posted without specific suggestions, commenters gripe that the articles are too vague and don’t offer specific suggestions. How about an example or two of what you would’ve said if you’d written the article, based on your 20 years in the biz. Maybe that’d help the editors to offer stronger offerings in the future. ..GPS Tracking system