LG Editors’ note: This post was updated August 16, 2013, with new information. Rumors are still flying about the next great TV technology: organic light-emitting diode. It’s difficult to pry info out of the companies involved, but I figured it was worth putting down what we know, what we think we know, and what we …

LG Editors’ note: This post was updated August 15, 2013, with new information. By now you’ve probably heard about OLED, or organic light-emitting diodes. LG and Samsung both revealed potential models at this year’s CES, with the LG winning CNET’s Best of CES Award. Make no mistake, this is the most important advancement in TV technology in more than a …

Geoffrey Morrison/CNET There still seems to be some confusion about the difference between 1080i and 1080p. Both are 1,920×1,080-pixel resolution. Both have 2,073,600 pixels. From one perspective, 1080i is actually greater than Blu-ray. And, you can’t even get a full 1080p/60 source other than a PC, camcorder, or some still cameras that shoot video. True, 1080i and 1080p aren’t the …

Sarah Tew/CNET Recently, CNET started measuring input lag. This is the amount of time it takes for a TV or projector to produce an image. In the worse case, excessive input lag can cause lip sync issues. In most cases, it can lead to worse performance with certain games. Since the article hit, there’s been a surge of people ridiculing …

Reuben Lee/CNET Asia (left), Nic Healey/CNET Australia (right) Both Samsung and LG, two of the biggest players in the burgeoning world of organic light-emitting diode televisions, have announced (or depending on where you live, are selling) curved OLED screens to go along with traditional “flat” OLED screens. Curved screens have been used in theaters for decades, and more recently in …

Geoffrey Morrison Recently we took a poll where we asked “What’s stopping you from getting a plasma?” A majority of voters rebuked my premise, picking “I love my plasma.” The other responses were fairly evenly split among the choices. However, there was a surprisingly common reason given in the comments that baffled me, and it’s so bizarre it’s clearly worth …

Geoffrey Morrison If you’ve done any research into TVs, Blu-ray players, or Blu-ray in general, you’ve likely seen the alphanumeric 1080p24 (or 1080p/24). Understanding what it is, and keeping a lookout for products that can take advantage of it, can result in smoother, more natural-looking movie and TV show playback. I’m not talking about the artificially hypersmooth look of the …

Credits (clockwise from top left): Georgia Institute of Technology; Frank Wojciechowski; Alternative Limb Project; Geoffrey Morrison. It’s only a matter of time, really. Google Glass, Epson’s Movierio, the Oculus Rift, and similar technologies are at the cutting edge of wearable technologies. Sci-fi has certainly given us a glimpse at the potential future: internal links to the Internet, augmented eyesight and …

The original “Spears and Munsil HD Benchmark”, released in 2009, offered some excellent patterns to help setting up TVs, and ingenious test patterns to judge the performance of deinterlacers and scalers. Though anyone could buy it, it wasn’t as entry-level or as user-friendly as “Disney’s World of Wonder” setup discs. The updated second edition adds myriad new setup patterns, and …

Screen Innovations For the biggest TV, movie, and gaming experience, you need a projector. On top of all the “normal” TV jargon, projectors have their own buzz words and marketing fluff that must be navigated. Then there’s the additional complexity of wiring and screens. None of these things are difficult, especially if you’re armed with a handy helpful guide. Hey, …