In response to complaints and a class action lawsuit over failing TVs caused by bum capacitors, Samsung has promised to provide benefits to owners of a select group of its TVs. The benefits include extension of a warranty for 18 months after March 2, 2012, a “free service visit” to determine if your TV has …

Last year in early February we answered the question “Is now the best time to buy a TV?” with a resounding “probably.” Now the answer is closer to “probably not.” This year I haven’t seen the same kinds of drastic post-holiday price drops as TV makers sell off their 2011 stock to make room for 2012 TVs. Most of best …

Updated February 16, 8:45 a.m. ET A couple of weeks ago a colleague at CNET walked into my office and told me his TV had died. It was a Samsung LCD from 2008, and according to my colleague–let’s call him “Bill” since he said he’d rather not be identified in this story–a quick Google search revealed hundreds of other Samsung …

You’ve seen the video and you’ve read the entire How We Test document top to bottom. Now take the photo tour. As CNET’s two-man HDTV reviews team gears up to take on the panels of 2012, we thought we’d pause to give you a taste of the place where the magic of evaluation happens: our lab. We just vacuumed and …

Last year more than 7,000 CNET readers answered this question regarding 2011 TVs, so I couldn’t help but ask it again this year. This time, however, there’s a new twist that simultaneously makes the poll more interesting and fun (in my opinion) but also, because of some funky site design issues, makes it tougher to read. So bear with me …

Update Feb 3, 2012: In early January Samsung told me of a firmware update that addresses the brightness pops in both the D7000 and D8000 plasmas (I was also told that 2012 versions wouldn’t suffer this issue), but since that time the company has not given me any additional information despite repeated inquiries. Meanwhile multiple CNET readers have told me …

Here’s nearly all of the information I’ve been able to get from CES and since regarding the shiny new TVs of 2012. I know it’s not every TV; minor brands aren’t represented, and lack of information from some manufacturers (namely Samsung) prevents me from capturing a few midrange and entry-level models. But as of press time I’m confident that the …

This year at CES 2012 Sony announced just ten total televisions–a pittance compared with last year or any of its Korean of Japanese competitors. Maybe the company is holding out and will announce more models, perhaps including an XBR, later this year, but for now the chart below, with its seven lonely models, is it. Moreover the TVs detailed below …

Sharp is hawking sub-$2000 70-inch LCDs for the big game, and in 2012, its TV lineup will only get bigger and, I’ll wager, more affordable. Last year Sharp switched marketing gears from Quattron’s wacky yellow pixel (have a nice day, lab-coated Takei) to a new focus on the “meganormous” (howdy, fat-head dudes). Its lineup emphasized models 60 inches and larger, …

Panasonic is still serious about plasma, but in 2012 it will release more (and bigger) LCDs than ever, including one with passive 3D–complete with cheap glasses. As usual CES provided a full look at the company’s 2012 TV hardware plans and we covered them extensively in blog and video form, but the table below attempts to coalesce those plans in …