DLP TV

[doma]

What is the best DLP TV that is currently out right now?

 

[RossMAN]

Samsung although I'm not crazy about the pedastool models.

 

[frankgomez75]

mine 😉

If you can... try to find one with an HD2+ chip... very nice contrast. Thats whats in mine RCA Scenium DLP. Plus order yourself a copy of "Digital Video Essentials" to at least setup the TV properly. Than later on if you can.. get a pro to calibrate it.

Oh and remember that the proper viewing distance for HDTV viewing is 2.5X's the screen size.

ie: A 50" HDTV would be >>>> 50 x 2.5 = 125 inches or 125/12 = 10.41 feet

 

[Ameesh]

samsung 1080p dlp, they have a 72" model available i belive

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75
mine 😉

If you can... try to find one with an HD2+ chip... very nice contrast. Thats whats in mine RCA Scenium DLP. Plus order yourself a copy of "Digital Video Essentials" to at least setup the TV properly. Than later on if you can.. get a pro to calibrate it.

Oh and remember that the proper viewing distance for HDTV viewing is 2.5X's the screen size.

ie: A 50" HDTV would be >>>> 50 x 2.5 = 125 inches or 125/12 = 10.41 feet

Or he can get a 1080p model 🙂

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
samsung 1080p dlp, they have a 72" model available i belive

aawwwww..... yes the beautiful 1080P models. Nice... how much are these running for?
I'm happy with mine, picked it up for $2300 last January.

Which brings up another question. Whats your budget?
Personally... the 720P models are your best bang for your buck.
You can pick up a 50" 720P for $1500 and up
A 50" 1080P will run you $3500 and up

Also... what will you be using this for?
I use mine for watching the Discovery Channel in HD and gaming on my HTPC.
Currently there is no plans for 1080P programming... I could be mistaken but I haven't seen or heard anything official from broadcasters about airing 1080P material any time soon.

Another thing sweet is to run your games at 1280 x 720 with AA and AF on a 50" HDTV DLP! 🙂

I would think you would need a POWERFUL HTPC to run 1920 x 1080 when PC gaming on a 1080P set. But (2) 7800GT's in SLI would prolly do the job 🙂

 

[DaveSimmons]

The Samsung 1080p sets are excellent for displaying 1080i which is reasonably common now (networks, HBO if you have cable)) and will be used for blu-ray / HD-DVD next year.

720p sets are about $1,000 cheaper and will look good, just not as good. They will accept 1080i signals too, but must scale down the picture to 720 lines (from 1920x1080 down to 1280x720).

My brother has the Samsung 1080p 61" model (tabletop not pedestal) and loves it. He tells me almost every week that I should be buying one in this line, which I probably will (50" though).

 

[Mani]

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[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
The Samsung 1080p sets are excellent for displaying 1080i which is reasonably common now (networks, HBO if you have cable)) and will be used for blu-ray / HD-DVD next year.

720p sets are about $1,000 cheaper and will look good, just not as good. They will accept 1080i signals too, but must scale down the picture to 720 lines (from 1920x1080 down to 1280x720).

My brother has the Samsung 1080p 61" model (tabletop not pedestal) and loves it. He tells me almost every week that I should be buying one in this line, which I probably will (50" though).

True. I bet 1080i would look sweet on a 1080P DLP.

So your brother likes his Sammy? I heard of issues with warping and poor geometry on the 1st gen 1080p Sammy models. Especially when using an HTPC and running Windows. A thread just started on AVS >>>>>>> HERE

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75
True. I bet 1080i would look sweet on a 1080P DLP.
Where did you hear that Blurary / HD-DVD would be using 1080P.

So your brother likes his Sammy? I heard of issues with warping and poor geometry on the 1st gen 1080p Sammy models. Especially when using an HTPC and running Windows. A thread just started on AVS >>>>>>> HERE

He only uses his HTPC as an itunes music jukebox so just needed the screen to be readable (had no problems doing that).

He uses a Samsung 850 upsampling DVD player (under $150, comes with the HDMI cable) and has the (time? cox?) HD cable package with dual-tuner DVR (which he also is very happy with).

He's had it for a couple of months now and has been 100% problem-free.

AVS forum people do report _mild_ lag from game consoles (480p worse than 480i if I recall correctly) but many people in the 800-page AVSForum thread said they didn't notice it.

He says he hears no audio lag from DVDs and only rarely from the cable box, which is probably from the cable channel itself: people in that thread pointed out some channels are just out of sync.

 

[frankgomez75]

Well the PS3 should be on his list since its native rez is 1080P.... sweet.
Plus its gonna be Bluray compatible. Another bonus!

I'm so mad that MS didn't at LEAST put in an HD-DVD player. WTH were they thinking?!?