David Katzmaier

Test Bench: Philips Ambilight 42PF9731D 42-inch LCD HDTV

By David Katzmaier
Posted September 4, 2006

Unless indicated otherwise, all tests were performed via the HDMI input from an upconverting DVD player set to 720p output.

Color temperature (Warm color temperature, Personal mode before/after calibration): Low window (20 IRE): 6,407/6,657 K High window (80 IRE): 6,814/6,529 K Brightness (100-IRE window before/after calibration): 186/45 ftL

» Read More

Hitachi 42HDS69 42-inch Plasma HDTV

By David Katzmaier
Posted October 3, 2006

» Read More

Test Bench: Hitachi 42HDS69 42-inch Plasma HDTV

By David Katzmaier
Posted October 4, 2006

Unless indicated otherwise, all tests were performed via the HDMI input from an HD DVD player set to 1080i output.

Color temperature (Standard color temperature, Night mode before/after calibration): Low window (20 IRE): 6,461/6,233 K High window (80 IRE): 6,753/6,513 K Brightness (100-IRE window before/after calibration): 75.4/38.5 ftL

» Read More

Inner Workings: Inside a Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD)

By David Katzmaier
Posted October 12, 2006

The granddaddy of fixed-pixel technologies, LCDs first appeared in pocket calculators in the early 1970s. LCD technology is amazingly versatile, able to power front projectors, rear-projection TVs, and flat-panel displays.

» Read More

Toshiba 62HM196 62-inch 1080p DLP HDTV

By David Katzmaier
Posted November 6, 2006

•Photo Gallery

» Read More

Test Bench: Toshiba 62HM196 62-inch 1080p DLP HDTV

By David Katzmaier
Posted November 5, 2006

Unless indicated otherwise, all tests were performed via the HDMI input from an HD DVD player set to 1080i output.

Color temperature (Warm color temperature, Movie mode before/after calibration) Low window (20 IRE): 10,282/6,556 K High window (80 IRE): 11,109/6,489 K

Brightness (100-IRE window before/after calibration): 69.6/36.1 ftL

» Read More

Test Bench: JVC LT-46FN97 46-inch LCD HDTV

By David Katzmaier
Posted December 3, 2006

Unless indicated otherwise, all tests were performed via the HDMI input from an HD-DVD player set to 1080i output.

Color temperature (Low color temperature, TheaterPro mode before/after calibration):

» Read More

JVC LT-46FN97 46-inch LCD HDTV

By David Katzmaier
Posted December 4, 2006

» Read More

Easy as LCD

Liquid-crystal displays are taking over the computer world. Is your home theater next?

By David Katzmaier
Posted May 2, 2002

Leave it to Apple to encase the latest technology in a wrapper so irresistible that it appeals both to cutting-edge technophiles and to people who care more about how something looks than how it works.

» Read More

PLUS

Piano Avanti HE-3200 Front Projector

By David Katzmaier
Posted December 3, 2002

Photos by Tony Cordoza

Riding the bus to school was always a drag, so it felt great to be able to slide behind the wheel of my new car and drive there on the morning of my 16th birthday. Each day after that I'd wake up late, then get halfway home before all the losers who didn't have wheels even got on the bus.

» Read More