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September 12, 2007 | by EH Staff

The world of TVs is expanding and shrinking all the time. No, it’s not some crazy cosmic vortex dueling it out – but universally speaking, the stars are definitely aligning these days to give you constantly better shopping options for big-screen TVs.

What’s shrinking is image artifacts, cabinet depth, excess frame width and, of course, cost. What’s expanding is screen sizes, 1080p choices, resolution and contrast, connectivity options and general decorativeness.

Plasmas are getting larger, and also getting smaller – Panasonic’s debut of the technology at the 42-inch size earned a Product of the Year nod by providing an alternative for plasma enthusiasts at a screen size dominated by LCDs. Other impressive plasmas at the slightly larger size include 60-plus inch efforts from Hitachi and Fujitsu.

Plasmas aren’t for everyone, though. Let’s just say the flat-panel competition isn’t slim (yep, I went there) from the LCD market, and we found plenty of good ones to honor from Mitsubishi, Samsung, Sharp, Syntax-Brillian and Toshiba.

Seemingly overshadowed by the flat-panel glut is another display avenue that presents a formidable buying option: the microdisplay. Generally, they’re not so micro, either. Here, too, cabinet size has gone on a diet and made huge DLPs and our award-winning Sony Bravia SXRD model quite tasty for high-def viewing that isn’t nearly the monstrosity in your media room that big-screen boxes were only a few years ago.

Of course, one of today’s trends is hiding your TV in case you really don’t want it to stand out against your room environment. The choice are expanding in this realm as well, including a nifty Magic Mirror from Media Décor that we thought was too cool not to showcase.

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Posted by Rachel Cericola  on  12/14/07  at  07:35 PM

Hey Marc: We were not paid by anyone for this list. However, I do own an Olevia (which I paid for!), and I love it.  I am sorry to hear about your experience.

Posted by Deathwish238  on  12/14/07  at  06:47 PM

Olevia’s don’t suck...they’re great for the price.  You just had a bad experience

You gonna say Hondas suck because you know someone who’s Honda has had problems?

Posted by Marc  on  12/14/07  at  06:14 PM

How much were you guys paid by Olevia to have them win “Product of the Year”?  What a joke!  They are bragging about it on their website, and it is ridiculous.

Olevia products suck.  Olevia tech support is the worst on in the history of tech support.  I have been dealing with them for 6 MONTHS!!!  All to no avail, and they refuse to send the part I need to fix my 37 inch LCD I bought from them that broke 14 months after I bought it.

Go on any tech chat board and you will see that hundreds of other people are having the same or similar problems.  I will never buy another Olevia product.

DO NOT BUY OLEVIA PRODUCTS!!!

Posted by Rohan  on  11/14/07  at  02:22 PM

Im shocked that the Pioneer Kuros arent on the list. They are without a doubt the best TVs on the market today!

Posted by Cindy Davis  on  09/13/07  at  02:33 PM

These write-ups are part of the 2007 Electronic House Product of the Year awards. When Pioneer entered their displays, the Kuro was not available. You are right, the Kuro is outstanding, so look to see more about it in the near future.

Cindy Davis


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