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Al Griffin

Test Bench: Shootout — Three Budget Projectors

Sanyo PLV-Z5

Color temperature (User Mode, Low 2 Color Temperature before/User Mode, Custom Color Temperature after calibration): 20 IRE: 6,369 / 6,800 K 30 IRE: 6,190 / 6,471 K 40 IRE: 6,257 / 6,421 K 50 IRE: 6,456 / 6,429 K 60 IRE: 6,468 / 6,515 K 70 IRE: 6,513 / 6,521 K 80 IRE: 6,521 / 6,516 K 90 IRE: 6,532 / 6,581 K 100 IRE: 6,909 / 6,864 K

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Test Bench: Panasonic TH-50PZ700U 50-inch Plasma HDTV

Color temperature (Custom Mode/Warm Color Temperature before/after calibration): 20 IRE: 5,726 / 6,944 K 30 IRE: 5,708 / 6,507 K 40 IRE: 5,868 / 6,595 K 50 IRE: 5,811 / 6,532 K 60 IRE: 5,733 / 6,588 K 70 IRE: 5,879 / 6,510 K 80 IRE: 5,709 / 6,479 K 90 IRE: 5,869 / 6,453 K 100 IRE: 5,720 / 6,404 K Brightness (100-IRE window): 36.4 / 35.3 ftL

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Panasonic TH-50PZ700U 50-inch 1080p Plasma HDTV

Flat-screen LCD HDTVs offering 1080p resolution are as common as dirt, but you need to dig a lot deeper to find plasma models touting the same resolution specification.

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Samsung LN-T5265F 52-inch LCD HDTV

According to a recent report, in the last year Samsung finally managed to snag the largest share of the worldwide flat-panel LCD market. Taking a look at the new Samsung LN-T5265F 52-inch LCD HDTV, that's easy to understand.

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Test Bench: Samsung LN-T5265F 52-inch LCD HDTV

Color temperature (Movie Mode/Warm2 Color Temperature before/after calibration): 20 IRE: 7,564 / 6,234 K 30 IRE: 7,245 / 6,445 K 40 IRE: 7,346 / 6,629 K 50 IRE: 7,259 / 6,721 K 60 IRE: 7,388 / 6,755 K 70 IRE: 7,260 / 6,862 K 80 IRE: 7,220 / 6,594 K 90 IRE: 6,866 / 6,752 K 100 IRE: 6,654 / 6,654 K Brightness (100-IRE window): 35.3 / 35.3 ftL

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Anatomy of an HDTV Test Report

For neophytes and hardcore videophiles alike: What makes a review tick?

Newcomers to Sound & Vision's HDTV test reports are likely to come across some tech talk that might seem confusing or arcane at first. The truth is, video technology has become much more complex since TV started to go digital and high-def nearly a decade ago, and a side effect of all that increased picture resolution and clarity has been mounds of strange new jargon.

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Test Bench: Optoma HD80 1080p DLP Front Projector

Color temperature (Cinema Mode, Warm Color Temperature before/Cinema Mode, User Color Temperature after calibration): 20 IRE: 6,469 / 7, 381 K 30 IRE: 6,877 / 6,329 K 40 IRE: 7,020 / 6,537 K 50 IRE: 7,148 / 6,716 K 60 IRE: 7,130 / 6,749 K 70 IRE: 7,081 / 6,742 K 80 IRE: 6,686 / 6,622 K 90 IRE: 6,687 / 6,597 K 100 IRE: 6,938 / 6,476 K Brightness (Brite Mode Off/

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