Shopping for the right HDTV requires a lot of research. We did you a favor and already did all the research for you. Top HDTV technology, quality, value, and features were all on our minds when we selected the top HDTVs in every category. Last Updated: 4/16/2008 Discuss this List

Best overal Plasma HDTV Pioneer PDP-5080HD PureVision The Pioneer PDP-5080HD 50-Inch High-Definition PureVision Plasma Television offers the most advanced panel technology, video processing features and convenience options for recreating the home theater experience. The redesigned deep encased cell structure improves brightness, image accuracy and panel efficiency. Enhanced contrast, deeper blacks and brighter colors improve your high-definition viewing, turning your living room into the hottest new theater in town. Employing latest plasma technologies, screen reliability and higher resolution capability is achieved to deliver a home-theater experience that's simply the best. Read More  |  Compare Prices

Best LCD HDTV Samsung LN52A650A 52-inch 1080p HDTV Redefining the role HDTVs play in the home, Series 7 takes performance, networking, and multimedia management to a whole new level. All these specs blows aways the competition 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 4ms response time, Built-in Ethernet connection, 120Hz frame rates, built-in USB and flash memory reader, 4 Simplay-compliant 1.3 HDMI ports, 178-degree viewing angle from all four axes, and Integrated woofer for an enhanced audio experience. Read More  |  Compare Prices

Best Rear Projection HDTV Sony Bravia SXRD KDS-60A3000 Elegant Design Meets Eloquent Engineering: Distinctive looks, Outrageous picture quality, Loads of connections and features. Top notch SXRD technology combines with Motionflow 120Hz technology to help provide a smooth and natural picture with a true sense of realism. BRAVIA Engine EX sharpens the image, enhances contrast and helps provide pleasingly saturated colors. Read More  |  Compare Prices

Best Flat-panel HDTV over 60-inches Samsung 63-inch 1080p Plasma HDTV The Samsung FP-T6374 has Full HD 1080p resolution brilliantly displaying every image on this 63-inch plasma HDTV in crisp detail. With 18-bit processing and a 15000:1 contrast ratio, you enjoy an astonishing range of colors and shades from the whitest whites to the blackest blacks. Advanced Samsung plasma picture technology delivers sharper screen text. Experience robust, 3-dimensional TruSurround XT sound. Picture-in-Picture (PIP) enables convenient simultaneous viewing of TV and video or PC sources. With HDMI-CEC connection, peripheral devices such as DVD player can be controlled by only one TV remote control. Read More  |  Compare Prices

Best affordable HDTV Toshiba REGZA 42-inch LCD HDTV Finally an HDTV that won't break your budget. For just a little over a grand, you can get a fully featured 42-inch 1080p HDTV with 3 HDMI ports. Great for bedrooms or a secondary TV for gaming. Read More  |  Compare Prices