Dolores writes (re: my recent cord-cutting article, in which I mentioned that I dumped cable TV in favor of an over-the-air antenna): But, what do you use for Internet access? We use our cable company more for Internet than TV. Hi Dolores! Well, I wish I could tell...
Megan writes: My husband and I are finally ready to ditch cable and go back to free TV over the airwaves. Will the 30-year-old antenna up on our roof work with our HDTV, or do we need to upgrade to an HD antenna? Hi Megan! Great question, and perfect timing. My wife...
Shelly writes: Some HDTVs advertise “Hz” and others “p”. What’s the difference? I was told to get at least 120Hz for clearer pictures but Sony advertises 1080p for its TVs. Hi Shelly! Yep, I hear you: all the numbers and abbreviations...
(Updated: 3/28/2018) Not that long ago, there was only one question you had to answer when it came to picking a TV screen: how big. Today, though, size is just the first in a series of questions you have to tackle, and one of them continues to be perplexing: 1080p,...
Give the gift of streaming video with the gadgets in our home-theater shopping guide. Among our picks: a pair of streaming TV set-top boxes (can you say Apple TV?); one remote control to rule them all; a pocket-sized HD projector; and a disc to help set up that new...
More upheaval in the tech world this week as Steve Jobs steps down as Apple’s CEO. Also: Facebook revamps its privacy and sharing controls, rattled East Coasters turn to social media after a quake, and a guide for first-time HDTV shoppers. Steve Jobs resigns as...
Bright, beautiful images of hot-air balloons and flamingos sure look pretty, but they won’t help you judge the quality of an HDTV screen. Instead, the best torture test for an HDTV is a dark scene—as dark as possible. Think movies like “The Matrix,”...
Do you really need 3D on your very first HDTV? What about those new-fangled Internet widgets? And is 240Hz better than 120Hz—whatever that means? Get anwers to those questions and more in the second part of my HDTV buyer’s cheat sheet. (And don’t forget...
