Mitsubishi LaserVue L65-A90: First Tech Review of LASER HDTV-HD

hdguru.com ^ | Nov. 2008 | unknown

[Las Vegas Dave]

Laser illuminated HDTV has arrived, in the form of a 10” deep 65” display. It represents Mitsubishi’s effort to capture the top rung of home theater enthusiasts. For $7000 retail price, the L65-A90’s will treat you to a level of performance that exceeds any display I have tested to date in terms color gamut, brightness and low power consumption. In addition, its black levels were as deep as the darkest display previously reviewed. Complimenting the TV’s black level is its ability to resolve dark detail and not bury it (into black) as some other displays do.

Overall the L65A90 rates in the stratosphere of top displays, specifically the Pioneer Kuro Elite plasmas, the LED backlit Samsung 950 LCDs and the 65” Panasonic Premiere TH-65VX100.

Mitsubishi has announced it will sell additional models in the future, including a 73” in 2009. Lasers have been demonstrated by other companies for use in LCD flat panels and front projectors and while Mitsubishi remains hush-hush regarding other future products, after seeing the L65-A90, I have no doubt that we will be seeing a line of LaserVue HDTVs in the not to distant future.

[I Drive Too Fast]

Sony XEL-1 11-Inch OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) HDTV cost $2499.99 at Amazon. The panel is 3mm thin and it has 1,000,000 to 1 contrast.

For an eleven inch tv, this one is VERY expensive.

[SunkenCiv]

Only six grand? Perfect! I’ll use my first of eight stimulus checks I expect to get from the Obama administration.