Consumer Reports took a look at 98 HDTV’s in their March issue. Are they HDTV experts? Do they know their interlacing and their colour temperatures? I don’t know that. But I do know that they made some top picks, according to TVPredictions.

Some of the top TV’s they rated as “Excellent” were:

LCD
JVC 40-inch LT-40FN97 ($2,700)
Sony 46-inch Bravia KDL-46XBR2 ($3,800)
Sony 40-inch Bravia KDL-40XBR2 ($3,000)
Toshiba 42-inch 42LX196 ($2,300)
Toshiba 37-inch 37LX96 ($1,900)
Samsung 32-inch LN-S3296D ($1,500)
Toshiba 32-inch 32HL66 ($1,000)
Toshiba 26-inch 26HL66 ($800)

Plasma
Panasonic’s 58-inch TH-58PX600U ($4,800)

DLP Rear Projection TVs
Toshiba 62-inch 62HM196 ($2,500)
Toshiba 62-inch 62MX196 ($2,900)
Toshiba 56-inch 56HMX96 ($2,300)
Toshiba 56-inch 56HM66 ($1,800)
Sony 60-inch KDS-60A2000 ($3,000)
Sony 55-inch KDS-55A2000 ($2,700)

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