I have to agree with Azryan on S&V. They never really say anything bad. They never really pick a winner even when they review three items. The only reason I like them at all is because they do review DVDs and music and will say if these suck or not.

Concerning CR -- this magazine lost me when it rated the Bosch dishwashers worst in cleaning. Bosch dishwashers rock! They also have testing methods that are basically unpublished. When I was looking for a refrigerator, they uses a 100 point list in their tests, but they didn't tell you what the 100 point list was or how it was scored. I could not, therefore, gauge whether they cared the same as I did or not about particular tests. They can also be very biased. For instance, when testing electric ovens (ranges + cooktops), they hated the flattop because they were expensive to replace if you broke the flattop and they had less heating power. I personally would not buy anything but a flattop because of its ease of cleaning. And, they aren't that bad, if you search brands, when heating. Therfore, CR's ratings were useless for me for refrigerators (I did my own tests and research -- CR actually rated this model high), dishwashers (I bought a Bosch, rated the worst in cleaning), and ovens (I bought a flattop convection oven, which CR rated low because of the flattop).