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Pause / Freeze Screen?

Pause / Freeze Screen?
Can the product freeze a screen and keep it displayed?

Price

Price
The upfront cost of a product. This amount is calculated as the average of the current street price of the item from multiple retail outlets.

HD Cable (QAM) Tuners

HD Cable (QAM) Tuners
High Definition Quadrature Amplitude Modulation tuners. This is the new cable standard.

English?

English?
Does the product offer an English interface?

Secure Digital (SD)?

Secure Digital (SD)?
Does the product support Secure Digital/SD cards?

Availability

What is the availability of this product on a scale of 0-5? 0 means that the product is not available with any degree of regularity and will not be shown during searches. 5 means that a product is widely available. Wide availability is important, as it leads to better product support and less likelihood that your product will be abandoned by the manufacturer leaving you stranded when it comes to updates or support.

HDMI Inputs

HDMI Inputs
This is bascially a DVI signal with audio added in a different connector. Because of this, the HDMI to DVI cables allow a signal to be translated either way easily.

Vertical Resolution

Vertical Resolution
For pixel or scan-based products, how many lines or pixels do you have in the vertical direction? On all NTSC SD TVs, this number is 525. For 720p devices, it should be at least 720. For 1080i devices, it should be 1080.

LCD Panel?

LCD Panel?
Is the technology used in the product a Liquid Crystal Display panel (like a notebook screen)? Only use technology selectors when you are fairly certain that you know the technical reasons why you want one technology over another. Otherwise, select other factors and it will be chosen for you.

Plasma?

Plasma?
Is the technology used in the product using heated Plasma? Only use technology selectors when you are fairly certain that you know the technical reasons why you want one technology over another. Otherwise, select other factors and it will be chosen for you.

Play MP3s?

Play MP3s?
Does this product play MP3 files?

Inputs 1080p (HD or High Definition)?

Inputs 1080p (HD or High Definition)?
Most HD channels broadcast at this resolution. Some televisions require that all HD broadcasts (including 720p) be converted to this resolution (especially HD tube TVs and CRTs with guns instead of LCD or DLP projectors). Matching the output resolution to the broadcast resolution often results in a better picture.

Screen Size (Diagonal)

Screen Size (Diagonal)
How large does the screen measure diagonally? This is the traditional measurement of television screens.

Horizontal Resolution

Horizontal Resolution
For pixel-based products, how many horizontal pixels are there. On a standard VGA computer screen (640x480), this number would be 640.

Average Review Score

Average Review Score
Ratings for the product are reviewed by Product4Me staff and an average rating score is generated on a scale of 0.0 to 5.0.

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Can manually add OTA (Over-The-Air) Channels?

Can manually add OTA (Over-The-Air) Channels?
Can add digital (& HD) stations that your antenna can receive even if the auto-scan functionality cannot find them.

Channel Labels?

Channel Labels?
Allows you to label channels so that you see "ESPN" in addition to, say, 26. If you have a Satellite or Cable Provider, they will probably do this for you on their receiver/DVR box.

Favorite Channels List?

Favorite Channels List?
Does the product allow you to create one or more lists of favorite channels?

Grid-style Program Guide?

Grid-style Program Guide?
A guide format owned by Gemstar, which can only be used under license. This is the standard table you see in TV Guide or your local newspaper, especially for prime time.

Guide Data

Guide Data
How many days out does the guide data go? This is convenient for finding and scheduling shows immediately when they are advertised, rather than having to try to remember a few days before.

Guide for shows upcoming on current channel?

Guide for shows upcoming on current channel?
A guide format that shows all the programs coming up on a single channel.

Guide Info for manually added OTA channels (PSIP)?

Guide Info for manually added OTA channels (PSIP)?
Gets guide information for manually-added digital OTA (over-the-air) channels either by download or from the PSIP (program stream) information.

Integrated Program Guide?

Integrated Program Guide?
This product has a program guide built in.

Scheduled Channel Change (Reminder)?

Scheduled Channel Change (Reminder)?
Doesn't record the show, but pops up a dialog on screen telling you that the show is on.

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