David Kender

A big LCD that's priced just a bit too aggressively, considering its lack of features and weak contrast ratio.

Enough performance and connectivity to satisfy a basic home theater setup, while keeping costs down.

Limited to 720p and falls shorts of the connectivity needed to make it a viable choice for a home theater.

A TV of modest ambitions, and we reward its humility. It just displays a picture... and it does that pretty well.

An average plasma TV with a few notable problems, but some real bonuses, as well.

The Vizio VW32L is a simple television with simple ambitions.

The Toshiba 46XV648U yielded excellent performance scores in nearly every lab test, sending it to the front of the class.

In its favor, the Panasonic TC-P42U2 is pretty inexpensive for a plasma.