MINOR-LEAGUE FLAT-SCREEN TVs.

This article presents the results of tests made on several midsize liquid crystal display (LCD) television units. The sizes of midsize liquid crystal television units range from 21 to 23 inches, which are suitable for bedrooms, small dens and offices. Three types of content on each of the LCD television units include standard television broadcasts, a digital video disk movie, and scenes from IMAX movies encoded in the Windows Media Video High Definition format. The 21-inch Sony LCD WEGA KLV-215G2 unit allegedly performed consistently well with all content types. For standard television, using the units' default settings, the Sony and the Dell W2300 LCD television allegedly performed the best job of cleaning up video static and extracting realistic colors from a cable signal. By comparison, certain images looked exaggerated on the Gateway HD-Ready LCD television. Sony's unit performed well in the job of reproducing a DVD movie. Dell's screen, which has a 16:9 aspect ratio, displayed a much larger image, but colors on it appeared somewhat dull. In high-definition video tests, the LG Electronics RU-23LZ20 allegedly showed rich images from IMAX movies. On the other hand, Mitsubishi's LT-2240 displayed more-luminescent colors and darker blacks.