October 4, 2008

Gary Merson, the HD Guru, Tests 125 2008 HDTV's And Gets Some Interesting Results

1107hook2.1.jpg Gary Merson, aka HD Guru, doesn't like to waste time. Which is probably why he chose to review 125 2008 HDTV models, plus a 2009 prototype, in one shot. It looks as if HDTV technology has improved since 2007 as well. 96% of the HDTV's tested properly deinterlaced 1080i television signals and 68 out of 76 1080p models displayed full bandwidth displaying all 1920 horizontal pixels.

There still are some weak areas however. Only 23 out of 125 sets were able to properly split 1080i/24 frames per second broadcasted content and recombine them to produce a 1080p picture. And get this this: out of 28 Samsung displays tested only the LN-46A950 passed. Many of the sets tested also had problems maintaining resolution when displaying fast-moving scenes. Samsung's LN-46A950 was the only HDTV in 2008 that was able to maintain 100% of the picture's resolution when motion was introduced, mainly thanks to its Motion Plus LED backlight control. To see the full test report, hit the read link. (Warning: PDF file)

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Via HDGuru