LCD Projection TV Questions ???

[loj68]

Im the Video Sup of Best Buy #113. I just wanted to add a lil to this post. First off in all fairness to plasmas, they are the most reliable designs as far as high end monitors. I can actually say that in my 3 years working at BB ive only ever seen ONE problem with a plasma, it was a Daewoo that had a cooling fan shut down. When you go into an electronic store to look at these tvs most places are running a sentcore style system that loops a compressed upconverted HD feed. It looks f'n awsome on the lower resolution tv's like the projo's and just faboulous on the lcd's and dlp's, but... if you can get your hands on a true uncompressed HD signal you will see where the plasma monitors shine above the rest. A lil info on the DLP vs the LCD projo. Which ever DLP you buy uses essentially the same chip, its produced by Genisis who is ran by texas instruments and who also badges the chips under the name Faroujda. The LCD projos are all proprietary to the manufacturer. The DLP chip can produce 16.7 million colors and do it MUCH faster then the LCD projo. This equals a much faster and accurate picture.

Tru mitsu's are pretty much the best consumer level projo's but as far as the diamond and platnium series They use 9" guns vs the 6" found in the silver and gold plus series. In general the Mitsu's perform best on a HD signal whereas a nice toshiba well outperform the mitsu on a lower level digital signal like cable or satelite. The only think I really like about the mitsu's is the Netcommand which allows the tv to control all of your home theater components and even a secuirity system if your house is set up for it.

I would say go for the DLP, its proven to have an awsome track record over the LCD projo. But I would wait for the new models to come out from samsung. They take the same size frame from this years 43" model which is 40.5" across and enlarge it to 40.6" and squeeze in a 46" screen. It is just beautiful. Also keep in mind with either the DLP or the LCD projo your gonna need a good power source, get yourself a decent line conditioner. It will help keep the running voltage in check that stops clouding of the bulb.

Good luck

wow, thanks for all the info.....looks like I'm making the right choice then with DLP. Now if only Time Warner would hurry up and get those HDTV DVR boxes ready......I'm going to have 2 cable boxes.....one is the DVR and the other a free HDTV reciever they give you.....that's retarded!

 

[Monstermile]

Monstermile, I just bought the Mits 55" silver plus CRT projection set, I really like the picture. However, we just got in the 55 and 65" platinum sets and if you can swing the price, they are worth it. Beautiful gloss black cabinet and the picture is comparible to the Pioneer Elite. They are an additional $2000 though.

If I could swing the extra $$$ I'd prolly be looking at a DLP myself. A friend of mine has the 65" Gold and the pic is incredible. I just don't want a set with a built-in HD tuner right now. The added cost of having to buy a digital antenna or HD sat receiver isn't worth it right now.

 

[DriftinS14]

Having a tv with an integrated tuner doesnt make a difference when it comes to having to or not to use a HD reciever. The tuners that are built into the integrated tv's are only for off air broadcasted local hd channels. You would still have to use a cable or sat HD decoder. The integrated tvs are nice because not only are you ready for the off air HD signals if you can recieve them, but they have the upgraded guns and better quality anti-glare screens. The RCA dlp actually has an integrated HD tuner built in and some awsome bells and whistles, although the picture quality is somewhat inferior compared to the samsung, but ive only seen the one at my work, which we unloaded with a burnt pixel so im hoping that our RCA dlp is faulty.