Why do Plasma TVs look washed out in the store?

CNET reader Rob wants to know why plasma HDTVs look washed out compared with LCDs, when so often reviewers recommend plasmas. Geoff Morrison helps him out. Originally posted at TV and Home Theater

Format change for North Sioux electronics store

NORTH SIOUX CITY | Dakota PC Warehouse plans to convert its North Sioux City location into an outlet store carrying heavily discounted electronic products.

Home sweet Myrtle Beach

It seems that way each summer when our family settles in at an oceanfront resort to enjoy a few weeks of sun and surf on the Atlantic.

Barbara D’Arcy White, Interior Design Guru, Dies at 84

Ms. D’Arcy was an interior decorator whose eclectic sense of style helped change Americans’ taste in home furnishings in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, when she worked at Bloomingdale’s.

Sound improvement

It may be called "multimedia" or "home entertainment," but for the last 10 years home entertainment technology has been mostly about video, ever-larger screens and, now, 3-D video.