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There’s nothing wrong with the Mitsubishi LT-46244 that a massive discount wouldn’t cure. It isn’t a bad TV, though it’s nowhere near good enough to justify its $2500 price tag.

Our judges rated its overall image quality as good, with a performance score of 77, which ranks fourth among the nine 46- and 47-inch HDTV sets we tested contemporaneously and is only 3.6 points behind the top-performing Samsung LN46A550. On the other hand, you can buy nearly two Samsungs for the price of one Mitsubishi.

I found some of the images a bit light and pale, with occasional reddish skin tones (though far less pronounced than with the LG 47LBX Opus). More troubling was a moire pattern in Mission Impossible III’s Vatican wall–something I didn’t expect to see from a Blu-ray disc screening on a 1080p set. Other judges noted some excess brightness and blur.

Dozens of devastated gamers have swamped the official GTA forums with complaints of repeated freezing when playing the much-hyped Grand Theft Auto IV. Most of the complaints are from PS3 users, though some Xbox 360s are also involved.

An Australian gamer was the first to post, stating: “I got GTA on Sunday and it freezes and I have to restart the console it happens every hour or so, I thought it may be a dodgy disc, so I took the disc back to the shop and got a new one.”

The post continues to say that the second disc also froze after just 40 minutes. One regular Xbox 360 user said that the problem comes from Rockstar programming the game so that it has no loading times. This overloads a console’s cache.
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Gary Dourdan was arrested in Palm Springs for an alleged possession of ‘a virtual pharmacy’s worth’ of prescription medication and a number of illegal drugs.

Dourdan, 41, was asleep inside his vehicle which was parked on the wrong side of the road and with the interior light on.

The arresting officer described the actor as ‘disoriented’ and appeared to be under the influence of a banned substance and alcohol.
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Bruce Pitts has saved the life of Blanche Roberts who had been pinned under the body of her 77-year-old dead husband. Blanche was pinned under her husband for at least two days before being discovered.

Pitts, a newspaper carrier, became concerned after seeing the Roberts’ papers build up in the mailbox. Pitts went into the home to check to see if the couple was home and found Mrs. Roberts.

Blanche was taken to the hopspital but her medical condition has not been released. Funeral arrangements are pending for Fred Roberts.
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Mars Inc. and Warren Buffet have bought Wm Wrigley Jr Co., the largest chewing gum manufacturer in the world. The news shook the banking sector because the sale came as a surprise.

In effect this new conglomerate becomes the largest confectionery company in the world; predicted hold; 14.4% of the global market. Stocks of the company rose significantly and closed at $62.45 Friday.

Cadbury Schweppes at 10% of the global market had a rise in shares of 3.5% in the hope a takeover may be imminent.
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Westinghouse Digital on Wednesday released its seemingly double-jointed PT-16H610S HDTV. The company dubs the TV a Flexible Lifestyle Display, and is built around a 16-inch LCD capable of reproducing HD content in 720p (1366 by 768 pixel) resolution. The TV’s mounting and adjustability options live up to its namesake, as it can be hung upside down as on a kitchen cabinet or mounted on a wall, thanks to dual hinges and an image that rotates by 180 degrees.

The 16:9 aspect ratio TV can accept a 1080p input via an HDMI or component cables, and has a built-in ATSC/NTSC/ClearQAM tuner. An anti-glare coating makes images visible in bright conditions. Instead of buttons, the TV itself features a touch keypad. When not in use, the 16H610S folds flat.

The PT-16H610S is currently available for pre-order at Target stores throughout the US, priced at nearly $300.

New Mexico: Thieves have made off with 80 pairs of sunglasses worth approximately $28,000 in a raid which lasted only 39 seconds. Brands taken included Christian Dior, Gucci, and Versace.

Store owner Brian Body, who only opened Acoma Optical in February, said that his losses will be covered by insurance. Police are investigating the possibility that the robbery is connected to a number of other similar incidents in the area.

“You build up something. you work very hard and somebody comes in and takes it in the middle of the night and takes advantage of that. I’m just thankful that everybody’s OK,” said Body.
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The University of East Anglia is about to begin a study on the effect of chocolate in reducing heart disease in women with type 2 diabetes. 150 women will be needed to eat chocolate daily for a whole year.

Now don’t go out a start buying up chocolate bars just yet because the chocolate off the shelf has all the goodness processed out of it. A Belgian chocolatier has developed a flavanoid rich chocolate for the study and 27 grams will be eaten daily.

Women that have been through menopause will be selected to eat the chocolate daily and still carry on with their cholesterol lowering medication. The chocolate will have added soy compounds as well. .
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Tunisia: A 30-year-old man has been accused of rape over a telephone conversation he had with a 20-year-old woman. The pair were reportedly having an erotic conversation when the woman screamed and indicated that she was bleeding.

According to the family’s lawyer, Maha al-Metebaa, a medical examination of the young woman showed that she had lost her virginity. He said that the allegations need careful examination. The man denies ever touching the woman.

“The intercourse did take place… verbally only. The sexual act did not really happen because the physical proximity factor is not there, yet it happened because there is a direct physical impact – the loss of virginity,” said al-Metebaa.
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A 73-year-old has been arrested in Vienna, Austria after his daughter, Elisabeth F., told police that her father kept her locked in a cellar room, repeatedly raped her, and fathered her children.

Elisabeth told police her father started abusing her when she was 11. Her father kept her locked in a cellar room since August 28, 1984. In the next 24 years, she was continually abused and gave birth to 7 of her father’s children, though one died.

Police have assured Elisabeth that her remaining 3 girls and 3 boys, ranging in age between 5 and 20, will be taken care of. The father has not confessed, but DNA tests will determine his paternity of Elisabeth’s children.
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