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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.

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.

The BRAVIA W4000-Series LCD TV from Sony embraces the future of television. Using an interlocking array of technologies to create exquisite image quality, it offers 1080p Full HD visual excellence for movies, games and photos. The elegant simplicity of the new cabinet styling will complement almost any decor, while the special Picture Frame Mode enhances the living space by displaying beautiful HD photo images when the TV is not in use.

* Outstanding design featuring Picture Frame Mode
* 1080p Full HD and AVC-HD tuner on all models
* BRAVIA ENGINE 2 for next generation picture quality
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Toshiba Canada has announced the arrival of the Regza RV550U Cinema series LCD televisions in Canada.

The XF550U series is Toshiba’s flagship series of LCD panels which feature 1920 x 1080p native resolution, 120MHZ technology and the company’s stylish narrow bezel which makes the panel virtually

This day and age, consumers are a lot more willing to fork out thousands of dollars to bring home a swank HDTV than in years past, but that being said, price is still a primary concern even for those with deep pockets. According to new research from iSuppli, it found that over 63-percent of respondents making between $100,000 and $149,000 per year cited price as a “main determining factor when buying a TV.” Curiously, it still found that 40-percent of buyers were heading to (generally overpriced) brick-and-mortar outlets in order to pick up their set (versus 23-percent buying at discount stores like Costco and 18-percent purchasing online). As an aside, the surveyors found that consumers saw Best Buy as having the best customer service (um, really?), while fledgling Circuit City was ranked even lower than Wal-Mart. Still, we maintain that B&M locales are great for scoping out which set you desire, but we’d certainly glance around online before paying a premium for getting it nearby.

It is all about the user experience, as Harm van der Heijden and Jacco van Gurp, discuss in view of HDTV.

Large-area high-definition LCD TV panels have transformed the shape of television, opening up new opportunities for set styling and a vastly improved viewing experience. They have also presented set-makers with significant challenges, not least of which is overcoming the fact that an LCD

Gigantic TVs designed to go in your living room aren’t the only HDTVs out there, and not everyone wants a 60-inch television. People put TVs in their bedrooms and kitchens as well as their living rooms, and those people might still want to enjoy HDTV without going nuts on a behemoth. Well, Sharp is here for you.

Its releasing a 22-inch 1080p HDTV, the smallest full-HD set yet. It also has siblings that come in at 26-inches and 32-inches, in case you want something a little bigger. Unfortunately, with prices that will run $1,540, $1,700, and $2,050, respectively, you’d might as well take your money and go ahead and put a big screen in your bedroom, ’cause it’ll cost you about the same.

At the Flat Panel Display (FPD) International show this week, Samsung is announcing a host of new LCD displays.

The most important announcement, in my eyes, is 40″ HD LCD TV that’s just 10mm thick. While the exact model number is unknown, Samsung claims the LED backlit TV will be able to reproduce 92 percent of the NTSC standard for color saturation, and will consume under 90 watts of power. I figure hanging one of these things up on the wall would look more like a window than a TV. There’s no word on pricing yet, or when it will be available in the United States, but the sheer thinness of it really has me drooling.

While we’re all still waiting for the day when OLED TVs reach 40 inches and more affordable prices, Samsung will also be demonstrating a 14.1 active-matrix OLED screen. Sadly, there isn’t additional information about whether it’s just a prototype panel or a full blown television, like the Sony XEL-1.

Watching high-definition television does not always require a special converter box or hefty monthly fees from the cable company.

The new PCTV HD Ultimate Stick from Pinnacle Systems may look like an oversize U.S.B. drive, but it