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| SONY - Television 42" Flat Panel Color TV (Plasma WEGA™) | Model: KDE-42XBR950 |
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| product code; part number; part no; model number; model no KDE-42XBR950 |
Plasma TV ▪ Sony ▪ KDE-42XBR950 ▪ P/027242001783
1 year limited warranty
Updated 6/23/2008 11:13:41 PM UTC (164 days, 2 hours, 33 minutes ago) | |
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| Blue Shirts to solve digital TV transition |
| | Geeks and nerds need not apply, but if you're still one of those facing your 10-year-old analog TV every night, I have some news.
You don't want to have this TV after February 17, 2009.(Credit: Tech Liberation)
On Tuesday, Best Buy announced that it will host workshops ... |
| | 11/17/2008 4:28 PM (17d 9h 18m ago) |
| More Energy-Star TVs for Sale under New Ratings System |
| | The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled its new rating system for energy-efficient televisions on November 1st, deeming 229 models Energy Star-compliant. New guidelines address the "phantom load," or energy drain when switched "off." According to The Daily Green, "275 million TVs in American account for a staggering 4 percent of electricity consumed" and "some models can consume as much as a refrigerator, traditionally the most electricity-hungry appliance in the home. That means that not only is the price tag of the television you buy important, but its ongoing energy costs." Before you buy a new TV, visit the Energy Star Web site for a list of compliant televisions, which are more than 30 percent more efficient than non-compliant sets. Qualifying are 19 plasma models (most of them by Panasonic), 199 LCD models, and 11 "other", like a line of Samsung TVs. |
| | 11/14/2008 3:08 PM (20d 10h 38m ago) |
| Sharp LCD beats bands, belittles electricity bill |
| | Sharp's LC-52D65U has solid energy-saving chops.(Credit: CNET)
It's been awhile since we reviewed a Sharp TV. The last big-screen model was the company's LC-52D64U from more than a year ago. At the time we liked most aspects of the TV's performance, but there was one big problem we noticed in that TV and in models we reviewed in previous years:
The bad: Uneven uniformity manifests as irregular bands across screen.
Judging from the new 52-inch LC-52D65U we reviewed, Sharp has finally beaten the bands. We noticed no untoward uniformity issues with our review sample, and its picture quality was all-around decent given its entry-level place in the big-screen LCD totem pole. This Energy Star 3.0-compliant set is also one of the most efficient we've tested, thanks in part to a new power saving mode.
Read the full review of the Sharp LC-52D65U.... |
| | 10/28/2008 6:01 PM (37d 7h 45m ago) |
| TV prices fall 22 percent in September |
| | If you thought the days of massive price drops in HDTV prices were over, think again. According to a survey by DisplaySearch, average global Internet pricing across all TV categories fell by a whopping 22 percent in September compared with the same month last year.
TV prices have plummeted again, ... |
| | 10/28/2008 6:00 PM (37d 7h 46m ago) |
| TechForward - future proof your gadget’s value |
| | As we all know, every high-tech piece of equipment you buy will decrease in value as it gets further out of date. Well TechForward reckon that one person’s used gadget is another person’s treasure and they’re doing something about it. When you purchase your new gadget (MP3 player, notebook, TV, GPS etc) you can sign [...]
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| | 9/03/2008 9:16 PM (92d 4h 30m ago) |
| Cut Your Power Bill |
| | Summer is here with a vengeance in New England! And now with the air conditioning blasting on high, I'm thinking of ways to cut my energy bill. According to a recent study by an Australian consumer agency, video game consoles and plasma flat screen televisions are major energy hogs, even when left on stand-by. The Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and plasma television sets consumed the most power of 16 electronic devices tested. The Playstation 3, while not in use, costs five times as much as running ... |
| | 7/03/2008 3:29 PM (154d 10h 17m ago) |
| Deal may do away with cable boxes |
| | A leading television manufacturer, Sony, and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association said Tuesday they signed an agreement that will allow viewers to rid themselves of set-top boxes, yet still receive advanced "two-way" cable services, such as pay-per-view movies. |
| | 5/28/2008 2:05 PM (190d 11h 41m ago) |
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| Ask the Editors: Does calibration reduce power consumption? |
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Q: I heard that TV calibration could reduce energy consumption and therefore reduce costs to operate. Do you have any evidence of that?
--Scott, via e-mailA: Yes it does and yes I do, but first it's worth mentioning that you don't necessarily need to pay hundreds of dollars for a professional calibration to get the savings.
What saves energy and operating costs, as well as increases product lifespan, is reducing light output. That's typically controlled by the contrast or "picture" control and, in an LCD TV, the backlight control. Since calibration usually involves reducing light output from the very bright default picture settings, it will generally result in cost savings. The picture is still plenty bright after calibration, especially for the kind of darkened home theater environment more conducive to watching movies, it's just not as blindingly bright as the default modes often used to compete with other TVs on the showroom floor.
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| | 11/03/2008 5:35 PM (31d 8h 12m ago) |
| DTV TRANSITION 101: A VIDEO GUIDE |
| | B&C and MonkeySee.com Release Web Video Series Featuring Industry Experts to Share Insight and Instruction on Making the Transition to All-Digital TV
On February 18, 2009 – six months from today – the television industry will enter a new era as all full-power broadcast stations shut off their analog signals and complete the transition to all-digital [...] |
| | 8/20/2008 5:53 PM (106d 7h 53m ago) |
| HD Guru's Tips on Getting the Best Price on a New HDTV |
| | Readers often ask how to obtain the best price on a new HDTV. The HD Guru™ shares his retail secrets here based on his vast national and regional consumer electronics management experience.How cheap can you get the Editor's Choice-winning Panasonic TH-50PZ800U? |
| | 6/06/2008 5:17 PM (181d 8h 29m ago) |
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