Sony Play Station is much more than just a gaming console. It has become the favourite entertainment system for most of us.

Now you can also find Play Station 3D display available in the market. It’s a 3D 24 inch LCD monitor that displays two different monitors for two players wearing 3D glasses. Play Station 3D display has some interesting gaming features that displays 2D and 3D picture and is small in size as compared to other odd designs. Don’t compare this display with HD televisions. It comes with a pair of 3D glasses and does not even have a remote to operate. Though you will miss remote while using Play Station speakers for adjusting the volume. You will find the design of Play Station display unusual and unique. Its screen is completely flat and has flat grille speakers on either side. Back of the display has got two HDMI ports and video inputs. Sad part is that there is no VGA port and no USB port for playing or copying gaming files. Not only ports but there is no Wi-Fi feature too which means no internet connectivity is possible in this Play Station 3D display.

This display has been designed by Sony keeping in mind that it can be connected to either play station, computer or any other gaming console. Don’t consider missing ports as the worst part of this 3D display as there are lot of such factors still to come like missing remote. While playing games on gaming consoles, one keeps adjusting volume and without remote, it would become so difficult to do that. Every time one has to get up and adjust the volume using 3D display control buttons. Tag of Sony is enough to increase the sale of this 3D display. You can watch any 3D video or can play and 3D game you want on this display. To enjoy 3D effects, try the glasses that you will get with this display. There is one feature called as Simul View using which you can view different image in every pair of 3D glasses if you want that means, every player can see his own screen without splitting up the screen like we used to do in earlier gaming consoles.

Performance wise, Sony’s Play Station 3D display is quite interesting. It has got chroma meter and one display testing software. Using this software, you can adjust the contrast and brightness of the image. This 3D display consumes power of just 42 watts and I am sure that this feature will be an added advantage for the buyers.

Overall if you are comparing this 3D beauty with HDTV, unfortunately you will get disappoint in case of 3D display but if you are buying it for playing games especially 3D games. I am sure you will enjoy a lot especially its Simul View feature. You may not make this 3D display as centre piece for your living room but it will definitely make some good respectable place in gaming area of your house.

Another show stopper in the category of PC is HP Touch Smart 520. I am sure that features of this HP product will definitely make you say wow when you use it.

HP Touch Smart 520 does not have any glassy polish and is not an ultra-stylish product; rather it has a different look and powerful performance capability along with touch screen that makes it a home entertainer. This particular all in one PC category is fully high definition which means that you can switch it between your family and work use and it will perform with equal efficiencies in both ways. So, let’s discuss main features of HP Touch Smart 512 that makes it worth to be a part of your family.

Design wise, it scores quite well due to its eye catching front. Appearance wise, it looks stunning due to it’s built in interface and occupies less space as compared to huge and bulky computer and CPU. You can consider it as a TV that comes with a keyboard and a mouse. HP Touch Smart 520 could be a perfect choice for your living room undoubtedly. It weighs up to 11 kg so make sure that whatever platform you are using to keep it should be structure wise tough.  HP Touch Smart 520 has a grey metal stand on which it resides. Its screen is surrounded by thick black plastic sheet and rear portions consist of fans and speakers. You may not find its rear portion but overall its buyer will get to one thing that HP has concentrated quite well at its performance and appearance both.

For some of us, Touch screen feature may not look that attractive or convenient to use but it is perfect for those who gets tired of hitting their finger on keyboard throughout the day. You may not find touch screen that much sensitive and that’s why in such condition you have to help of the mouse in order to get your work done. You will notice that touch screen feature works quite well with images but to minimize the window or any folder you have to use the mouse. Virtual keyboard will surely disappoint you in case of HP Touch Smart 520 as some of its key may not respond instantly and if this HP product has Windows 7 installed then you will definitely face problem with virtual keyboard as Windows 7 is not touch screen compatible.

HP Touch Smart 520 uses Intel Core i5 processor that means there is no chance of any issue related to its performance. In order to enhance its performance, HP has added 4 GB RAM that makes it an awesome machine for its user. Multitasking can be done at ease as it never shows any sign of slowing down when multiple applications run on it at the same time. HP Touch Smart does not contain graphics card but it has built-in Intel HD graphics that ensures good viewing quality.

Overall HP Touch Smart 520 can definitely give your room a perfect face lift. So, give it a try and I am sure you would not get disappointed at least not in the case of HP Touch Smart 520.

Vizio is considered among the top TV manufacturers these days and the reason is quite obvious. They produce good range of televisions having different features offering different options.

One of its products, known as E0VL, neither has internet connection nor LED technology, but still is in high demand due to its superb features and specifications. Recently Vizio has launched another television known as E470VLE that delivers superb audio and video quality. Here we will be discussing its features in detail.

E470VLE Features

For many people, design of television matters a lot. Keeping this in mind, Vizio has given very appealing look to E470VLE. It is sleek and has stylish black colour having the stand made up of strong plastic. It weighs around 17 kg and is quite big dimension wise, which means that we cannot consider it among the slimmest television list. Front of E470VLE has 47 inch LCD screen. This is the very first television where LCD screen meets LED technology, say thanks to Vizio for this effort. Display has a resolution of 1080 pixel resolution having contrast ratio of 100.000:1. It has a response time of 8 milliseconds along with refreshing rate of 60Hz.

E470VLE has superb picture quality that enables us to view beautiful colours practically on it. While watching any video on it, you will notice that contrast is deep, details are rich and images are very sharp. Latest E470VLE has some built-in light sensor, a feature that helps a lot in controlling fluctuation in the brightness thereby delivering best picture quality possible. This television provides resolution up to 2 million pixels and has superb clarity. Its 178 degree viewing angle gives plenty of wideness to its viewers. You can watch your favourite serials or movies from any angle you want. You can also play JPG image files on this television on slide show.

In terms of ports and connectivity, it has 1 USB 2.0 port along with 2 HDMI, 1 composite video, 1 optical digital out ports available. It HDMI ports helps you to access this TV via satellite, Blu-ray gadget and a home theatre. E470VLE uses TruVolume and SRS sound technologies with speakers delivering sound up to 20W. Its built in Ambience light sensor adjust the backlight level depending upon the lighting of the surrounding in order to reduce stress on your eyes. Along with this television comes one power cable, one remote control, detachable base, user manual, registration card and setup guide. This television is Energy Star 4.1 certified which means that it consumes almost negligible amount of energy. LED edge lights used in E470VLE does not contain any mercury and this television is Green Leaf certified.

After all kind of tests have been performed on this television, we can say that Vizio E470VLE is a nice concept television that meets today’s technology quite well and it’s a nice idea if you are planning to buy an HD TV.

Let’s start with understanding the meaning of the term. LCOS stands for liquid crystal over silicon. You can consider this technology as a part of same category in which LCD comes too.

LCOS is used in order to produce large and enhanced image to raise the viewing experience. For most of us, it would be a new technology but the reality is that it is not widely used in the past. Like other HD technology, LCOS too guarantees picture clarity and is used in all kinds of televisions like front and rear projection. This technology uses silicon semiconductors in order to direct electric current in one direction. In case of LCOS, there is no need of using and turning tiny mirrors on and off. Instead, it uses liquid crystals that when energized forms a path of light.

When light passes via LCD panels towards lens, it gets modulated by the liquid crystals when light passes through it. You can call it as transmissive technology. LCOS combines these two innovative concepts. Instead of using tiny mirrors, it uses liquid crystals. Opening and closing of these crystals will decide whether the light will reflect from the mirror or it will get blocked. In this way images gets displayed on the screen. It uses layers of liquid crystals that control light on individual pixels. Under basic components of LCOS technology comes lamp that provides white light, one splitter that is used to split up incoming single-color light into primary colours like red, green and blue. Mirrors are used to separate various colours that falls on separate LCOS devices. Later on these colours are combined using prism and colour image is magnified and displayed on the screen. Image produced must be magnified in case of LCOS system because it generates sharp and small image. Pixels generated using this process are natural and smooth.

Such an enhanced concept will definitely demand high price. Products using LCOS technology are much costlier than other LCD or DLP products. In terms of weight, don’t compare LCOS products with DLP and LCD units. Even the lightest LCOS product weighs 12 pounds. Due to so many factors like high price and heavy weight, this technology is not released in the market that deals with cheap portable projectors. You can notice that in today’s world, people still prefer to go for cheap and best monitors and that uses LCD and DLP concept. This is the reason why LCD and DLP get more attention than LCOS. No one can deny this fact that LCOS is the future technology in television world.

It’s not so easy to develop this technology widely for televisions but one thing is sure that whenever this technology will enter in the market, it will make LCD and DLP monitors dull.

No doubt, buying good HDTV is a difficult job to do than simply walking to any showroom and select one. One must follow a set of buying guide for purchasing HDTV.

Before heading towards any showroom, make sure that you do your homework very well. Check out the reviews of HDTV from newspaper, magazines and internet. Very few sites actually discuss correct features of HDTV, so make sure that you read elaborately on this. Check out every model of HDTV from the manufacturer’s site and if you are getting manual online, go through it very carefully. In the market you will find three kinds of retailers. First, that has big showroom that may not find it important to discuss every single detail of HDTV, as they have many customers to handle. Second, medium size showroom that may highlight only special features of HDTV and last small size showroom that normally will spend a lot of time with customers explaining them the necessary pros and cons.

In most of the stores, you will find continuous running demos on HDTV’s, but don’t get impressed by the looks. Such ads are designed in such a way that every television shows perfect quality of videos. If you are looking for HDTV, make sure that every single HDTV available in the showroom shows same video content at the same time. Ignore animated videos, artificial images as they cannot show the exact video quality of any HDTV. You may find the brightness and contrast perfect at first sight but that may not be true. Try to check out all the important features of HDTV that you want to purchase. Many HDTVs deliver analog feature instead of digital. Apart from having cheaper cost, analog may face various issues that can directly affect picture quality of the television. Never judge video quality of any HDTV by its video content, instead go for image slide show as it works best if you are checking out picture quality. By looking at image slide show in all the HDTVs available in the showroom, you can very easily select the one that you are looking for your home. You can bring your own photos too in pen drive to check them in HDTV via USB port. Ask for remote to a sales person and set TV to cinema mode and then check out your images.

Try to avoid HDTVs that have glossy screen as they may produce ripples in the image when they are not glued properly. You can check out for the ripples when screen is turned to black. You can bring black picture along you by click a snap with camera lens off. In this way you can check out for the ripples in HDTV. In HDTVs picture changes with change in viewing angles, especially in case of LCDs it can be seen every easily but plasmas may have minor effects. In this case too, you can use black photo to check out at different viewing angles. Most of the HDTV has fan noise problem that cannot be heard in noisy store. So try to look out for this issue too, as we don’t want you to get shocked when you hear the same noise at home.

Small efforts like checking out every important feature of HDTV in manual and practically on television can actually help you in investing your money on the best quality HDTV.