[May] Plasma TVs might be as common as dirt these days, but the picture quality, features, and overall design of this flat-panel marvel puts it at the top of the mound.
Pioneer packed the PDP-4350HD with almost everything an enthusiast could want, including a swiveling table mount, backlit remote, and loads of inputs a
[November] The first A/V component devoted to "place-shifting," Slingbox lets you access your TV channels from another room - or across the planet.
Connect Slingbox ($250) to your home TV, and when you're away from home all you need is a PC running the Slingbox software to tap remotely into whatever your cable or satellite
[April] LCD front projectors remain the home theater nut's secret weapon for getting the biggest high-def picture at the best price, and Sony's $3,500 VPL-HS51 delivers the best picture I've seen from an LCD light cannon.
This sleek machine's three LCD chips deliver crisp pictures with surprisingly powe
[December] There are two really good reasons why the pros are turning to Sony's consumer high-def camcorders - by professional standards they're cheap, and by any standard they produce superb video.
Attend any meeting of video professionals, and you'll hear talk of Sony's HDV-format high-definition cam
The best TV ever? There have been rumblings ever since Pioneer's 50-inch Elite Kuro plasma set first came out that it might deserve that honor. And there was little to dissuade S&V's Rob Sabin, Al Griffin, and Michael Trei of that notion when they checked it out in a head-to-head comparison with Samsung's LED-backlit 52-inch LCD TV (which also won an Editors' Choice Award).
We really wanted to invite all of you to our 2007 Editors' Choice Awards, 64 stories above Vegas. But then somebody said something about "fire codes," and that was that.
Another year, another roundup of 20 amazing products. Yes, for those of us who regularly write about and test the best that the A/V world has to offer, life can get pretty repetitive - until we step back from the test bench and take a look at the big picture. What we're seeing in our 2009 Editors' Choice Awards assortment is gear that ranges in price from around $300 on up to $85,000.