Posted on 07/05/2008 5:49:43 PM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
Mitsubishi has revealed that its Laser LCD HDTVs will come in 65-inch and 73-inch sized models later this year.
The company, which is now billing the sets as 'LaserVue,' said they will revolutionize the high-def industry by offering crisper pictures, more vivid colors and 3-D viewing capability.
The 65-inch set will ship in the third quarter of this year with the 73-inch model to soon follow. Mitsubishi has not revealed pricing on either set, but considering the screen size, they could run into the thousands of dollars.
The sets were first unveiled at last January's Consumer Electronics Show. Mitsubishi also showcased the sets to reporters during a spring exhibit and many came away impressed.
The New York Times, which attended the Mitsubishi exhibit, wrote that "if production models are like what was on display today, consumers should react strongly to the new technology."
"One immediate impact: with a laser light engine, colors dont look so much as if theyre painted on the screen as if theyre shooting out from it. Colors are alive and vibrant in a way that mimics the brightness of neon light, or a large advertising transparency being illuminated from behind in a light box," the Times stated.
Mitsubishi also says the sets, which are 10 inches deep, operate at under 200 watts, consuming less energy than other LCD models now on the market.
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That’s gonna make my Bravia look like a 13 inch BW-Zenith........
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You may want to take a look. Nice!
starting at 1800.00, it might be possible.
I can see all the actor’s pimples and wrinkles now on my 42-inch plasma. They probably look like the Grand Canyon on a 73-inch.
Geez, if you have a small house, where the heck would a 65-inch screen not be overwhelming? Outside, maybe.
I waited 50 years for HD only to end up seeing phosphor-dot feces taking up so much of the screen real estate on almost every channel. Ads, “you’re now watching”, logos, etc.
Big whoop.
ESPN is the worst. Hard to watch sports with all the crap surrounding the screen.
You’re right - it is pretty bad, as bad as the tabloid channels (Fox, CNN, etc).
Oh, I forgot to praise the incessant crawls.
Funny how all that video poop disappears during commercial breaks. Advertisers won’t tolerate the nonsense the stereotypical masses will.
Minow was a prophet.
Of course all bets are off if I go out to a store and look at the picture. Then it could be a case of absence makes the heart grow fonder.
BUMP!
I bought a Toshiba 57” DLP R/P last year, it was the last of the model line and it was a floor model plus on top of that Sears had a fathers day sale, in the end I paid like $1200 for it, it was a hidden gem, while The overpriced Mits and Sony’s kept cropping up with problems like premature lamp failures mine has been totally trouble free, however I have learned a valuable lesson similar to buying the most up to date computer, if you want the best, newest and latest thing on the market you pay through the nose, if you can afford it then its obsolete.
Technically DLP is obsolete but still its such a stunning vivid display with extreme minor screen door effects and frankly I can hardly ever see it unless it a fast moving object.
I would suggest checking out close out deals on LED Tvs before jumping the gun on a laser unless which I seriously doubt Mits does what Toshiba did and lowers the unit price way down, thats why Sears dropped carrying them, they were so far below compared to others and had better picture quality that they had no profit margin, that I was told by a Sears employee.
From what I hear the best image quality screen coming around in the near future is an organic phosphor, there is a puter screen available now, its like a million to one contrast ratio.
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