Is this the best LCD of 2012?

	Add newsletters@cnet.online.com to your address book | View online   Home Theater & Audio       Share on Facebook  |  Share on Twitter May 23, 2012     Ty Pendlebury Senior associate editor Profile Email Is the Sony HX850 the best LCD of 2012? Though plasma is still a firm favorite with reviewers, it's overwhelmingly LCD televisions that people crave, and if you want to know what the best one released in 2012 will be then we may already have an answer for you. While you may expect the answer to be Samsung, the early money is on a competitor we had almost written off: Sony. Until the arrival of the excellent HX850, the company looked to be in dire straits with a massive debt and a TV range cleft in twain. The HX850 boasts excellent black levels and a picture its rivals so far can't match. Read more | Share on Facebook        Panasonic VT50 wins Value Electronics 2012 TV picture quality shootout Electronics retailer Value Electronics held its first 2012 flat-panel TV picture quality shootouts last weekend. The event was won by the Panasonic TC-P65VT50.  More | Share on Facebook          TiVo focusing on whole-home viewing with IP, streaming boxes TiVo's new internet-streaming boxes will extend content to secondary TVs throughout the home and to mobile devices.  More | Share on Facebook          NuForce NE770X The impressive-sounding Nuforce NE-770 earphones are a very solid value at $49.  More | Share on Facebook          House of Marley Bag of Rhythm: Potent iPhone boom box Although it's fairly pricey, the House of Marley Bag of Rhythm is a quality portable boom box that throws out a lot of sound for its size.  More | Share on Facebook          Onkyo to offer Dolby TrueHD 5.1 channel music downloads Music-only surround formats have failed again and again; is Onkyo's new high-resolution download scheme doomed from the start?  More | Share on Facebook        Get your favorite CNET editors. To go. Send the free app to your smartphone or iPad. Get it now.     Best TVs   Panasonic TC-P50UT50     Samsung PN60E8000     Panasonic TC-P55ST50     Sharp LC-60LE640U     Sharp Elite PRO-60X5FD     Sony KDL-55HX850     Best in-ear headphones   Klipsch Image S4i Premium (with 3-Button Apple Control, Black)     V-Moda for True Blood Revamp in-ear headphones     Shure SE535 (Metallic Bronze)     Ultimate Ears 700 Noise-Isolating Earphones (Dark Silver)     Sennheiser In-Ear Stereo Headphone (Black)     Diddybeats High Performance In-Ear Headphones (Black)     Monster Turbine In-Ear Speakers   Connect with us on:              The e-mail address for this newsletter is boy.blogger@gmail.com To update your account, please visit our Newsletter subscription center. Unsubscribe from this e-mail | Newsletter help | Privacy policy Copyright 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. CBS Interactive, 235 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A.