ParadigmDawg
Audioholic Overlord
Well I told you guys I would let you know my thoughts on the DLP so here they are.
My original purchase was 50” plasma for my HT system. My listening/viewing area is 11.5 feet from the display and after 6 months I decided the TV was just not big enough. I wanted to get a PJ with a 100” drop down screen but doing this proved too much since we have 14ft ceilings and the wife has a custom ceiling fan right where the PJ needed to go and there were no other mounting options except a motorized system coming out of the ceiling which was just too expensive. I had never considered a DLP and even considered it a step backwards from the sexy flat panels. My dealer finally talked me into trying out the Mitsubishi Diamond 73833 which is their top of the line 1080p 73” DLP with 4 HDMI 1.3 inputs.
My plasma always looked pretty good with SD so I was shocked when I plugged in the Mit and tried to watch SD TV; the picture was one of the worst I have seen. Well, onto BR movies I went and they were very nice- deep dark colors, nice big picture, absolutely beautiful. That’s good but you can’t watch much live football, golf and NASCAR on a BR DVD and hey, I watch a lot of those 3 things. I tried a few more times but just couldn’t get over a square golf ball, motion blur of a running back flying down the field or a fuzzy car going 200 mph. I was to the point of returning the TV but decided that the 73” was just showing me what was there all along. I went ahead and ordered HD DirectTV with a promise of 15 channels now and 100 more coming soon. All I can say is wow! I have heard people say that the 1080i from DT isn’t that impressive but I have to disagree; it is very close to the picture I get with my BR. Even the SD looks better with this new box and dish. My wife is in love with the TV and I have a hard time getting her away from it now, all she says is “you did a very good job with this HT”. I smile every time I walk by my set-up; it looks awesome, sounds awesome, it is awesome.
When I look behind the TV and see that it is 17 inches deep; I sometimes miss the sexiness of my plasma but hey it’s in my bedroom and if that’s not good enough, there’s a LCD in my office. You couldn’t drag this DLP out of my house at this point; it is here to stay.
My original purchase was 50” plasma for my HT system. My listening/viewing area is 11.5 feet from the display and after 6 months I decided the TV was just not big enough. I wanted to get a PJ with a 100” drop down screen but doing this proved too much since we have 14ft ceilings and the wife has a custom ceiling fan right where the PJ needed to go and there were no other mounting options except a motorized system coming out of the ceiling which was just too expensive. I had never considered a DLP and even considered it a step backwards from the sexy flat panels. My dealer finally talked me into trying out the Mitsubishi Diamond 73833 which is their top of the line 1080p 73” DLP with 4 HDMI 1.3 inputs.
My plasma always looked pretty good with SD so I was shocked when I plugged in the Mit and tried to watch SD TV; the picture was one of the worst I have seen. Well, onto BR movies I went and they were very nice- deep dark colors, nice big picture, absolutely beautiful. That’s good but you can’t watch much live football, golf and NASCAR on a BR DVD and hey, I watch a lot of those 3 things. I tried a few more times but just couldn’t get over a square golf ball, motion blur of a running back flying down the field or a fuzzy car going 200 mph. I was to the point of returning the TV but decided that the 73” was just showing me what was there all along. I went ahead and ordered HD DirectTV with a promise of 15 channels now and 100 more coming soon. All I can say is wow! I have heard people say that the 1080i from DT isn’t that impressive but I have to disagree; it is very close to the picture I get with my BR. Even the SD looks better with this new box and dish. My wife is in love with the TV and I have a hard time getting her away from it now, all she says is “you did a very good job with this HT”. I smile every time I walk by my set-up; it looks awesome, sounds awesome, it is awesome.
When I look behind the TV and see that it is 17 inches deep; I sometimes miss the sexiness of my plasma but hey it’s in my bedroom and if that’s not good enough, there’s a LCD in my office. You couldn’t drag this DLP out of my house at this point; it is here to stay.
