I was impressed by the Toshiba and Samsung units in Sears. I think the noise reduction of Toshiba most likely will give a better viewing experience at home. Sony and Panasonic are also following other to start DLP TV lines. ( Texas Instrument is collecting more and more patent loyaties. )
I do wonder :
1. The life of light source, its cost, and is lamp replacement a do it your self items ?
2. There are rant about rainbow effect on single element DLP TV, but I have not detect any of them, is it real ?
3. For a 60" DLP TV, which make/model is the best buy ?
4. Can I assume dead pixel is not a DLP TV issue ?
5. According to the following info, the TV table height become very important ?
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DLPs are inherently brighter than other display technologies because it is a reflective device. Its higher-than-average light efficiency means that a DLP TV will perform exceedingly well under most ambient light conditions. Brightly lit rooms won't wash out the pictures on DLP televisions.
DLPs can achieve deeper, more realistic shadows and blacks than other fixed-pixel display technologies because DLPs create blacks by reflecting light away from the screen. And you don't have to worry about eyestrain, since DLP TVs don't flicker the way old-fashioned TVs do.
One of the quirks of DLP TVs is that their viewing angles are one dimensional--i.e., horizontal. You can watch your DLP television about 70° to 75° in either direction from the center of the screen along what would be the horizontal or y-axis.
This is not true of the vertical viewing axis. DLPs need to be positioned at eye level--any higher or lower makes for an awfully dim viewing experience.
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Originally Posted by singsing
Back to your question I highly recommend www.cnet.com for a review of the various sets that are out there. They have a lot of specs for each so you can compare resolution and input options.
Don't forget to check for HDMI inputsDonatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw? -
Cnet choice is an unit from HP. see : http://reviews.cnet.com/HP_MD6580n/4507-6484_7-31484737.html?tag=sub
It is pretty rare, to see the TV has built in surround sound.
The vertical viewing angle and the color wheel effect are suppose to be DLP problems, but I can't realy detect them by looking at the in-store display. -
Originally Posted by singsingDonatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw?
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This HP TV actually comes with 5.1 speaker, and not one of those two speakers virtual surround.
The virtual surround on Sony is so odd, it made you wonder where the sound come from.
Toshiba actually has a better idea, that they let you use the two built in speaker as center speaker. That's solved the issue that when center speaker is on top or behind a large TV, you can tell they are not from the TV. If only they let you control that feature by remote, instead of the switch behind the TV. -
Oh well than thats different. Real speakers are much better than virtual in my opinion. That makes it better having them real.
Donatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw?
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