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Direct-view TVs: ratings.(conventional sets; HD-ready sets)(Cover Story)(Evaluation)

Consumer Reports

| March 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

For many consumers, a TV set that measures 27, 32, or 36 inches is big enough for enjoyable viewing yet small enough to fit in a modest-sized room. In this report, we rate 60 direct-view (nonprojection) TVs in those three sizes. We found very good 27- and 32-inch sets for under $600 and fine 36-inch TVs for under $1,000.

Sixteen of the sets were newly tested for this update; 43 were first reviewed in our December 2001 issue; the Hitachi 32UX01S, in March 2001. Among the tested models are eight HD-ready TVs (three of them new) ranging in price from $1,100 to $2,500. They can display high-definition pictures when paired with a set-top box to decode the HD signals ...

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