What We Think
There are cheaper options at its screen size, but Sharp breaks new ground with this biggest-ever LCD TV.
TV reviewers get to gaze at a lot of fantasy products.
What We Think
This entry-level Panasonic plasma has a few things going for it, but a couple of performance issues pull it down.
A lot of the recent excitement about flat-panel TVs
Color temperature (User picture mode/Mid-Low color temperature before/after calibration)
Low window (30-IRE): 6,918/6,581 K
High window (80-IRE): 6,873/6,491 K
Brightness (100-IRE window before/after calibration): 89.5/22.1 ftL
Movie night's a nice family tradition. But now that Junior's got a new video iPod and Razr cellphone, he's starting to lose interest in watching movies on the TV. What to do?
My name is Philip and I listen to jam band music. I'd say I'm primarily a Phish fan, though I'm also a big fan of the Grateful Dead and also enjoy other types of jam band music — as well as lots of non-jam band sounds.
If ever there were a way to show how much Phish appreciates its fans, it'd be a set like this one. Longtime Phish fan Scott Nowak died in August, and the rumor among Phish fans was that this show was in memory of him.
The second show of a three-show run can be a difficult thing. When they've played as well as they did on Sept 2, there's pressure to follow it up with something amazing.
With two shows of very solid playing in the bag, we come to the end of the Colorado run. The guys are firing on all cylinders from the beginning, though they get tripped up a little in the second half of the first set — they're obviously going for it, but can't seem to get there.
Can't make it to the gig? These days, that won't stop you from listening in high resolution — soundboard recordings aren't the cassette tapes of yore anymore. FLAC HD is the format of choice nowadays, and our new blogger Philip Ryan (who in his spare time serves as the technical editor of S+V's sister publications Popular Photography and American Photo) will be checking out a wide range of high-res recordings to see how close he can get to being there.
Also: The National, Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke, Audra McDonald, “Women of Brazil,” and more. Plus: notable historical items from the Rolling Stones, Primus, and Captain Beyond.
Also, Side Effects, Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics: The Public Enemy, The Petrified Forest, Little Caesar, White Heat, True Bloods: Season 5, Beautiful Creatures, Parker, The Last Stand, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle.
