Robert Heron

LAS VEGAS—LG Electronics jumpstarted the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) a day early with a press conference that included a demonstration of the companys highly anticipated Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD DVD combo player that is scheduled to arrive in retail stores in March. The price? Only $1,199, roughly double the price of conventional next-generation […]

LCD TV Basics As with any HDTV purchase, the first thing you need to consider is screen size. For LCD HDTVs, 50 inches (measured diagonally) is a good upper limit to keep in mind. Above that size, LCD prices skyrocket; Sharps 57-inch and 65-inch models command five-digit price tags! The few 32-inch LCDs that were […]

I see HD DVD and Blu-ray as high-definition disc formats that have more similarities than differences, but it will be a while before we see one device that plays nicely with both. HD DVD made headlines by being the first one to market, with the Toshiba HD-A1 standalone HD DVD player. Click here to read […]