Oct 23, 2007 12:00 PM

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How We Tested TVs

Get acquainted: After unpacking each model and studying its looks, we spent some quality time with the remote to see what the TV could do — features, functions, et cetera — and how easily.

Video processing: We used HQV's Blu-ray benchmark disc to test each set's ability to improve low- quality video and display a variety of sources, from new hi-def formats to old home movies.

Taste the rainbow: We used standard color bars to evaluate color accuracy. When a particular hue is out of whack, its corresponding bar appears dimmer or brighter than the rest.

Eragon … 100 times: The movie was sent to us as a joke, but we were too cheap to buy something better. The scene we used (Chapter 12, "Finally Flying") is a good practical trial of a TV's capabilities.

UNDER 38 INCHES

| <a href=LN-T3253H</a> | $0 | LCD | 32 | 720p | 3 HDMI, 2 component, 2 S-video, composite, VGA | 8 | <a hr"htt> | $1,50LCD | 37 | 720p | 3 HDMI, 2 component, 2 S-video, 2 composite, VGA, USB | 7 |

r"htt/a> | $650D | 32 | 720p | 2 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 7 |

r"htt1-TLXB</a> | $699D | 32 | 720p | 2 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 6 |

r"htta> | $800D | 32 | 720p | 3 HDMI, 2 component, 2 S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 5 |

r"htt43U</a> | $1,60LCD | 37 | 720p | 2 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 5 |

r"httL7332D/37</a> | $1,16LCD | 32 | 720p | 2 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 2 composite | 4 |

r"htt67U</a> | $950D | 32 | 720p | 3 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 4 38 TO

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| <a href="http://arch,499 | LCD

| 1080p | 2 HDMI, 3 component, 2 S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 9 | <a href="http://aive.,800 | LCD | 42080p | 3 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 8 | <a href="htt

aive./a> | $1,700 | LCD | 47080p | 4 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, composite, VGA | 8 | <a href="htt

aive.> | $2,200 | Plasma || 1080p | 2 HDMI, 2 component, 3 S-video, 3 composite, VGA | 7 | <a href="htt

aive.2,699 | LCD | 40080p | 3 HDMI, 2 component, 2 S-video, 2 composite, USB | 7 | <a href="htt

aive.3,100 | LCD | 46080p | 3 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 3 composite, VGA | 7 | <a href="htt

aive. LCD | 42 |p | 2 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, composite, VGA | 6 | <a href="htt

aive.| $899 | LCD | 40 |p | 2 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 5 | <a href="htt

aive.> | $1,800 | LCD | 42080p | 3 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 2 composite | 4 50 INCHES AND UP

| <a href="http://archive.wired.co| 60 | 10| 3 HDMI, 2 component, S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 8 | <a href="http://archive.wiredm/gama | 50 | 720p |DMI, 2 component, 3 S-video, 3 composite, VGA | 7 | <a href="http://archive.

dm/ga 52 | 1080p | 3I, 2 component, 2 S-video, 2 composite, VGA, DVI-I, RS-232c | 7 | <a href="http://archive.

dm/gaa | 50 | 1080pHDMI, 2 component, S-video, 4 composite, VGA | 6 | <a href="http://archive.

dm/ga0 | 720p |DMI, 2 component, 2 S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 6 | <a href="http://archive.

dm/ga60 | 720p |DMI, 2 component, 2 S-video, 2 composite, VGA | 6 | <a href="http://archive.

hnology | Screen Size (inches) | Resolution | Inputs | Rating

| <a href="http://archive.wired.com/gadgets/di | N/A | 1080p | Compo (BNC), S-video, composite, RGB | 8 | <a href="http://archive.wired.com/gadgetsspla3-LCD | N/A | 1080p | HDMI, 3 coent, S-video, composite, VGA, D4/SCART, RS-232c | 7 | <a href="http://archive.wired.com/ga

sspla | 2 HDMI, DVI,omponent, S-video, composite, RS-232c | 7 | <a href="http://archive.wired.com/ga

sspla | Standard def | S-videomponent, composite, VGA, iPod dock | 4

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