Tell me what is so good about DLP?

[Adul]

Tell me what is so good about DLP?

just what makes it so great?

what are the pro's and cons

 

[maziwanka]

im curious too and i dont want to be directed to some website.

 

[Intelman34]

Decent viewing angle and good color.... physically smaller and lighter than a standard CRT Projo.

I still wouldnt buy one over a good CRT Projo though.

http://www.dlp.com

 

[Drakkon]

DLP?
Disney Land Paris?
Democratic Labor Party?
or something else that needs to be defined in the urban dictionary?

 

[Lyfer]

Its as bright as a regular CRT. (well most good sets are)

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: Lyfer
Its as bright as a regular CRT. (well most good sets are)

Maybe the question should be "What advantages does DLP have over CRT that justify paying more than twice as much money for the same size TV?"

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: DT4K

Originally posted by: Lyfer
Its as bright as a regular CRT. (well most good sets are)

Maybe the question should be "What advantages does DLP have over CRT that justify paying more than twice as much money for the same size TV?"

The picture is twice as good. And you can't buy a 50" CRT for half of what a 50" Samsung DLP set goes for.
The local Sam's Club has them for 2499.00. You can't beat that picture for that money.

 

[welst10]

1. Thinnwer, lighter
2. No burn-in problem
3. No convergence tweaking required

 

[cHeeZeFacTory]

yep, no burn in. CRT is a tough choice when you want a htpc to go with a tv.

There's also the issue of 720p vs. 1080i.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: DT4K

Originally posted by: Lyfer
Its as bright as a regular CRT. (well most good sets are)

Maybe the question should be "What advantages does DLP have over CRT that justify paying more than twice as much money for the same size TV?"

The picture is twice as good. And you can't buy a 50" CRT for half of what a 50" Samsung DLP set goes for.
The local Sam's Club has them for 2499.00. You can't beat that picture for that money.

My local Costco has a nice looking 55 or 60" (either Toshiba or Panasonic), for $1499.
They also had a smaller Panasonic (46" I think) for $1299.

I almost bought the 46" Toshiba that Sears had for $999 on BF and $1299 afterwards.
I'm assuming they had it hooked up to an HD source because it looked beautiful. To me, other than the decreased viewing angle, it looked just as good as the DLP and LCD sets I've seen.

I'm not debating whether it's worth spending the extra money, I was just trying to rephrase the OP's question because I was also wondering what the advantages are. I currently have a plain old 32" Toshiba standard tv but I've been thinking about getting a big widescreen tv.

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: welst10
1. Thinnwer, lighter
2. No burn-in problem
3. No convergence tweaking required

Are you POSITIVE about the no burn-in thing?

 

[MustISO]

Originally posted by: Mojoed

Originally posted by: welst10
1. Thinnwer, lighter
2. No burn-in problem
3. No convergence tweaking required

Are you POSITIVE about the no burn-in thing?

YES! No burn in on LCD or DLP although you can see image retention on LCD but it will go away.

 

[JDub02]

I think burn in is somewhat of a myth. I play video games all the time on my projection TV without a problem. I realize that it's physically possible if you have a static image on there for a while .. but that's not the case with most video games.

 

[NightCrawler]

I saw a Demo of DLP vs CRT, both were good but the DLP had just a little less noise.

 

[jammur21]

Burn in is a plasma issue, and its less of a problem these days with the more current generations of plasmas.

DLP has better black levels than LCD rear projection TVs. The trade off is some people see flashes of DLP rainbows if they have jittery eyeballs and a slow DLP color wheel. I went with JVC LCOS instead.

 

[Apex]

DLP advantages over CRT:

Brightness
ANSI contrast
Viewing angles
Perfect Convergence
Perfect Geometry
No burn in
Thinner
Lighter
Resolution vs uncalibrated CRT

DLP disadvantages to CRT:

Rainbow effect
Bulbs need replacing every 4-8k hours
More expensive
Black levels not as low as CRT
Shadow detail not as high
On/off contrast not as good
Dithering and other digital defects
Quality not as good with SD sources
Resolution vs quality calibrated CRT
Colors not as accurate as good CRT (especially reds)

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: JDub02
I think burn in is somewhat of a myth. I play video games all the time on my projection TV without a problem. I realize that it's physically possible if you have a static image on there for a while .. but that's not the case with most video games.

Tell that to my burned in CRT RPTV!