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Samsung plasma wins CNET’s accidental burn

Now playing: Watch this: The excellent Samsung E6500 series 1:37 It’s 2012, and while many thought plasma TV technology would have died out by now, it’s still going strong. Meanwhile, burn-in, the No. 1 perceived problem with the technology, is all gone, right? Well, not exactly. What is burn-in? While it’s possible to test for many aspects of a TV’s …

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How to ban the banner ads from Panasonic Smart TVs

When I reviewed the Panasonic TC-PVT50 series, I was annoyed to see that the latest software update caused a banner ad to appear for a few seconds whenever I turned on the TV. It disappeared quickly and only popped up upon power-on, but it was still obnoxious. The first thing I wondered was whether I could turn it off. Happily, …

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