Mitsubishi - bringing excitement to America since 1941 (R) /sarcasm off
Posted on 01/10/2008 11:37:18 AM PST by Reaganesque
You have a bad cable or...
You have a bad port on your tv (this one depends on how you're hooking things up).
Whose left????
CES:Mitsubishi's LaserTV looks hot, will it compete?
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This much we know. Mitsubishi's LaserTV looks sweet. The rear-projection TV, the first to feature three lasers, premiered at CES to mostly good reviews. It looks very clear and crisp with vivid colors and dark blacks.
But there are still a lot of questions for LaserTV. First off, manufacturers like Sony are giving up on rear projection TVs because consumers are drifting toward flat panels, specifically LCD screens. The 65-inch is not exactly super thin at just under 10 inches deep. Are people going to want to get back into rear-projection TVs?
"This is not rear projection like anyone knows," said Frank Demartin, vice president of marketing for Mitsubishi. "It's a whole new category, a new product and a picture that you've never seen before."
While Mitsubishi talked a big game, they didn't really answer the all important price question. Demartin said it will compete with similarly sized flat panel televisions in price. But it's unclear if we're looking at a premium product or something that will compete at least a little on price.
Mitsubishi did say the televisions will sell later this year and will be available in various sizes similar to LCDs.
So can Mitsubishi compete? It's hard to say. But lasers do have a nice upside. It's got a good picture that shows off colors other displays can't project. And the lasers are durable and should last the lifetime of the TV. And finally, LaserTVs boast low power consumption, about a third of similar LCD TVs.
It’s a projection tv but instead of a lamp with a spinning color disc, it has three lasers that produce the primary colors red, green and blue. It’s not as skinny as the plasma screen tvs but it uses 1/3 the energy and can produce 80% of the visible spectrum as opposed to the best HDTVs that can only produce 40%. Prices are supposed to be competitive with what is out now.
I read that. Amazing, isn’t it? And the light source never burns out. Cool!
Calbe guys have checked it out and it’s not the cable. Electrician has checked it out and told me, because of it’s size (32” and in a beautiful wood enclosure) to throw it off my balcony (not an option). TV only works when hooked up via the VHS player and that I just don’t “get”.
Very strange.... :(
Mitsubishi - bringing excitement to America since 1941 (R) /sarcasm off
Might be the internal tuner. If you hook up the VCR to the TV using composite cables (rather than coax), the VCR’s tuner splits out the audio and passes it into the TV’s audio input, bypassing the TV’s tuner. If all coax inputs have the problem, and all composite inputs are fine, that might be your problem.
Good, then I can get a nice plasma TV for dirt cheap. I’ll hold off for a few more years.
Hey I've got one of those too! a 48" wide screen....bought it in time to watch the superbowl a few years back. The party was at my house that year! Still love watching that thing although my buddy just got a 52" plasma and it's amazing.
I’m not familiar with composite cables but I’ll get on it. I love my old tv and now that I know about the laser, I’d like to be able to wait for it. Thanks so much for the suggestion!
Too bad there’s nothing to watch on the thing.
Question: what about compatability of DVD players in terms of projecting the same images? (Clueless here)
Composite cables are where you have 3 cables with RCA connectors. Normally the yellow connector is for video and the red and white are audio. I guess I’m assuming that your TV has such connections, but I may be wrong.
Where did they find a TV as crappy as the one on the right? Is it 10 years old or what??
I'm not sure I understand your question.
The same old inane drivel that passes for "entertainment, news, sports," etc. There is nothing left, but an seemingly familiar aroma from an empty bottle. Now, Mitsubishi is making available a more handsome bottle.
Those are among my more optimistic thought about television.
The preamp for the tv audio is probably going bad. The DVD player sends a line level signal. My guess, at least.
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