Mitsubishi's new DLP TVs and Firewire

[Talon]

This week I purchased a Mitsubishi WD 62825 which has a great picture and is "backward" compatible using it's NetCommand feature and IR connections. The intriguing connections, however, are the Firewire connections that could connect all components via a singe wire and make them much more compatible and workable as they do in the computer/video editing world. I haven't been able to find any consumer (A/V receivers, DVD players/recorders, VCRs, etc) that have a firewire control (prosumer decks for videoediting do). Anyone know of companies producing compatible products? Thanks!

 

[BMXTRIX]

No - it's a crap proprietary thing from Mitsubishi. They do NOT follow firewire protocol standards - so you can't even hook your camcorder up to the TV using that firewire port.

I asked them all sorts of questions about what the port could do when they debuted it and basically they said - "You can hook our digital VCR up to it!" - But, only to view off-air recorded HDTV broadcasts. It can't deal with standard definition or anything else.

Poor engineering at its finest!

 

[Leprkon]

Poor engineering at its finest!

I have a 55 inch rear projection Mitsu.. not only is the function a waste of space, they take up over half the damn manual describing the connection and the imaginary products to hook it to...

two years later, still nothing plugged in there...

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[Audioholics]

I hear you , but the Firewire connection does indeed work, however it simply functions as a control device, not for audio and video.

So if you run NetCommand and hook up your DV camera to it, you can use the remote to control FF/REW/etc. You'll still need to hook the camera up to the TV using analogue outputs, however, so its function (right now) is to merely allow you to sit back and control the camera via the Mitsu remote.

Since most cameras come with a remote, this is dubiously helpful.

I don't really put much value on TV or display audio anyway, so to me this isn't a big deal. It WOULD be nice, however, for them to license/enable the ability to connect a DV camera up via the IEEE 1394 connection and send everything to the TV.

 

[soundjunkie]

Mitsi follow-up

Hawke
I too had been looking at the Mitsi's at a local dealer. They too played up all the "benefits" of owning a Mitsi. Net Command was a big thing, and onboard HD tuner was the other, with available cable card slot. The biggest problem I saw in the TV was the picture. Every one had a ghosting effect due to what I believe is a reflection produced by the "anti-glare" screen. Even the "anti-glare" screen also had a much higher degree of reflectivity, than the Sony's they were setting beside. The sales person said if we didn't like the screen we could just remove it, but when we did on a TV there, it looked horrible (the TV, not the picture. It actually appeared to help the picture). In the opinion of the group, how much bang for the buck do you really get from a higher price TV, as opposed to other DLP's like the Samsung, Panny, and Hitachi?

Thanks!