Al Griffin

Test Bench: Sony Bravia KDL-40XBR2 40-inch LCD HDTV

By Al Griffin
Posted November 3, 2006

Color temperature (Warm2 color temperature before/after calibration): 20 IRE: N/A 30 IRE: 5,470/5,878 K 40 IRE: 5,840/6,531 K 50 IRE: 6,056/6,441 K 60 IRE: 6,275/6,520 K 70 IRE: 6,304/6,661 K 80 IRE: 6,263/6,547 K 90 IRE: 6,359/6,489 K 100 IRE: 5,789/6,298 K Brightness (100-IRE window before/after calibration): 36.0/34.4 ftL

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Test Bench: Optoma HD81 1080p DLP Front Projector

By Al Griffin
Posted November 3, 2006

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How to Buy Speakers

A guide to where to go, and what to do once you get there

By Al Griffin
Posted November 6, 2006

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Optoma HD81 1080p DLP Front Projector

By Al Griffin
Posted November 4, 2006

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DVD Insider: Beastie Boys

Two of the Boys stop by to show off the band's cutting edge DVD anthology (Originally published in: Sound & Vision, Dec. 2000)

By Al Griffin
Posted June 8, 2001

Working at Sound & Vision, we sometimes wonder if the artists who make the music and movies we play on our tweaked-out systems have the same gear fetish we do. When we heard that the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch had asked the prestigious Criterion DVD label to work with him on a collection of the trio's music videos, we suspected he might be a kindred spirit.

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Seeing the Digital Light

Two new projectors show off the dazzling potential of Digital Light Processing

By Al Griffin
Posted June 27, 2001

Television is something we all know and love -- sometimes without good reason. Critics routinely argue that shows like Temptation Island and WWF Smackdown! have pushed us several steps down the evolutionary ladder, but people still watch them. One thing that has evolved is the technology for displaying video images.

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Vizio P50HDTV 50-inch Plasma HDTV

By Al Griffin
Posted December 6, 2006

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Test Bench: Vizio P50HDTV 50-inch Plasma HDTV

By Al Griffin
Posted December 5, 2006

Color temperature (Movie preset before/Custom preset after): 20 IRE: 9,412 K/5,667 K 30 IRE: 9,477 K/6,333 K 40 IRE: 9,804 K/6,518 K 50 IRE: 9,970 K/6,403 K 60 IRE: 10,042 K/6,421 K 70 IRE: 10,068 K/6,577 K 80 IRE: 10,102 K/6,558 K 90 IRE: 10,139 K/6,605 K 100 IRE: 10,193 K/6,657 K Brightness (100-IRE window before/after): 46.3/33.6 ftL

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Shootout: 3 Blu-ray Disc Players

Sony's PlayStation 3 squares off with players from Panasonic and Samsung in a three-way true-Blu showdown.

By Al Griffin
Posted January 4, 2007

As new formats go, Blu-ray Disc got off to a shaky start. First, there were repeated production delays with Sony's PlayStation 3, an overhauled version of the company's popular game console that features a Blu-ray Disc drive for high-definition movie playback.

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Test Bench: Samsung HL-S5679W 56-inch LED DLP HDTV

By Al Griffin
Posted December 3, 2006

Color temperature (Movie Mode/Warm2 Color Tone): 20 IRE: 7,051 K 30 IRE: 6,564 K 40 IRE: 6,590 K 50 IRE: 6,584 K 60 IRE: 6,596 K 70 IRE: 6,535 K 80 IRE: 6,571 K 90 IRE: 6,559 K 100 IRE: 6,590 K

Brightness (100-IRE window): 35.3 ftL

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