Thread: Big Screen TV

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I've had a Samsung DLP rear projector for a couple of years and love it. Mine only goes up to 1080i, but newer ones do 1080p. There aren't a whole lot of 1080p signal sources at the moment, but this will likely change over the next decade so 1080p is good to have anyway. DLP rear projection units are both very bright, fairly inexpensive, and surprisingly light (my 53" is about 60lbs) so they're easy to move around when you're fiddling with cables. And the samsung units tend to have good scalers so even standard definition signals look good.

Here's a 61" at best buy for $2500 (add to cart to see the sale price)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1138085317167

There's a couple of 62-inch DLP HDTV's at onecall.com which are in the 2200-2300 range. One's a Toshiba, the other a Panasonic. I looked for them using www.pricewatch.com. Couldn't tell you anything about their comparative picture quality, though.

I like Mitsubishi for Projection, I have a 55" and i just love it. I was in Panasonic's lab last year looking at some cool stuff they were starting to work on, and DLP looked very cool, it is definitely the way to go, but if you cant afford it projection is just fine. Don't go with Plasma, I saw first hand at panasonic how awful the screen burn gets within an hour. I personally wouldnt go with LCD either, when you go slim you sacrifice picture quality unless you are using an actual projector.

DLP is also projection, it's just a different method of doing the projection. Mine is about 10" deep, not as thin as plasma or a pure LCD screen, but not too thick either.

Originally Posted by mparker762

DLP is also projection, it's just a different method of doing the projection. Mine is about 10" deep, not as thin as plasma or a pure LCD screen, but not too thick either.

Yes I should have clarified that. There is standard projection or digital light projection which uses lots of tiny mirrors to create a rich picture using less space and distance. It is definitely superior to standard HD projection TV.

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I concur, DLP should be ideal for your purposes, Bill. Modern rear projection looks leaps and bounds better than it used to, but DLP is still superior. Plasma and LCD will take up less space, but will probably be much more expensive. Plasma also has the shortest lifespan of them all, and the degredation in image quality is quite noticable. I do have to disagree with JL on LCD though, I've only have had great experiences with them and aren't suspceptible to forms of burn-in like plasma. I can't recommend any specific brands though, it's been a while since I've had that good of a look at the technology.

If you have the room for it, and it doesn't take that much, you could get a true projector system. You can get a top-of-the-line projector for around $3000. The only restriction is you need to darken the room.

You can project an image up to 100 diagonal inches - over 8 ft wide!!

Originally Posted by ToxIk

I do have to disagree with JL on LCD though, I've only have had great experiences with them and aren't suspceptible to forms of burn-in like plasma. I can't recommend any specific brands though, it's been a while since I've had that good of a look at the technology.

I personally have absolutely NO experience with plasma or LCD and going on what panasonic said as a result of their testing, plasma can achieve permanent screen burn with in one hour once video is paused and LCD doesnt have the same rich color as full projection.