LAS VEGAS — Poor Panasonic. After enjoying an amazing run of good CNET reviews last year, thanks in large part to its stronger-than-ever plasma lineup, financial reality came calling and in December Panasonic shuttered its last plasma factory (PDF). At the same time, the joint venture with Sony to develop OLED TVs, which had plenty …

The XBR-X950B is Sony’s best 4K TV for 2014. Sony LAS VEGAS — Sony is promoting 4K resolution as hard as anyone, from its TVs to its studios, to its video distribution service. At CES 2014, the company’s TV lineup reflects the major part 4K plays in its plans. Sony debuted three separate lines of 4K resolution televisions today, including …

LAS VEGAS — Toshiba is no longer among the top names in TV, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the company’s audacious product introductions at CES 2014. Today the company bowed 17 new LED LCDs, ranging from a 32-inch 720p value play to an 85-inch 4K-resolution behemoth. More importantly, select models include our favorite picture-enhancing feature: an LED …

LG is out to prove that despite all the hype surrounding 4K/UHD resolution LED LCD TVs, it hasn’t forgotten little ol’ OLED. Organic Light Emitting Diode display technology for TVs, long hailed as the successor to thriving LED LCD and almost-dead plasma, was finally introduced to the market in 2013. It’s currently available in two curved, first-generation 55-inch models, one …

The ZT60 is the ultimate Panasonic plasma. A lot of stuff happened in 2013, and it was an especially eventful year in the TV market. For the first time mainstream TVs with 4K resolution, all of them LED LCDs, appeared–and then promptly fell in price. After years of fits and starts, the first OLED TVs went on sale — and …

S60 series: 42-inch (sold out), 50-inch ($699), 55-inch (sold out), 60-inch (sold out), 65-inch ($1,499) Best for: Tighter budgets, somewhat dimmer rooms, serious twitch video gamers. The S60 represents the low end of Panasonic’s 1080p plasma lineup, but its picture quality is simply phenomenal for the price. Its main downside is a screen finish that doesn’t hold up well in …

Most TVs are perfectly fine for rooms with normal lighting situations, where a brighter TV isn’t necessarily better. But if you plan to place the set where its screen can’t avoid reflecting a window or other bright light source, you might want to consider one of the TVs below. Not sure if your room is “normal” or not? Then chances …

Updated November 22, 2013. The original Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 launched before Netflix streaming was even available. When the service debuted on living room devices in 2008, however, Microsoft’s console was one of the first to get the dedicated Netflix app — available only to Xbox Live Gold members. Sony followed a year later with an all-new Netflix interface …

This time last year there was a grand total of two 4K/Ultra High Definition TVs on the market. LG’s 84LM9600 and Sony’s XBR-84X900 sold for $20,000 and $25,000, respectively. Now there are more than 20, ranging from 39 inches for barely more than $500 all the way up to 85 inches for $40,000. On November 17 numerous major-brand models dropped …

Seen side by side, it’s very difficult to tell a 4K TV from a 1080p one. Sarah Tew/CNET After a couple weeks of sleeves-rolled-up, dark-room, side-by-side testing — peppered with wrangling 4K sources, juggling newfangled gear, and chatting up industry colleagues — I’ve finally been able to publish a couple of reviews of name-brand 4K TVs. These two expensive 65-inch …