I was looking at the D92 - 46inch now selling for $3600 CAD after having abandoned my aspirations for the D62 because of the beautiful contrast in the D92 at 15000:1. Should I wait , ??? what is the contrast on this R model? it says 3000:1 contrast ratio , sounds strange
3000:1 is the 'real' contrast ratio. 15000:1 is the 'dynamic' contrast ratio. Dynamic is more for static images...3000:1 is the contrast ration (lightest color to darkest color) for moving images (movies, sports, games etc.) No mention of HDMI 1.3 scares me...I dunno about you but if I'm dropping 5 large CDN$ on a T.V I want to ensure it is completely future-proof. HD-DVD and BluRay will be utilising the 1.3 standard very soon...so if watching T.V is your thing--no worries. But, if you are and avvid movie fan I might sit this one out boys. Hi def is at a wonky stage right now. We are at the turing point for the next gen of crazy stuff, super high contrast ratio's, ultra deep black levels, HDMI 1.3 standard, THX display certifications etc. If you can wait, save your duckets, look to 2008 and by that time price levels should drop to the levels everyone has been waiting for. Of course by that time SED and OLED might be on the market--so you'll always have super high priced items. Regardless, by 08' the HD trends shold reveal more about what display type is likely the pinnacle--and of course how good the up and coming technologies are relative to LCD/Plasma/DLP, LCoS.
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I was looking at the D92 - 46inch now selling for $3600 CAD after having abandoned my aspirations for the D62 because of the beautiful contrast in the D92 at 15000:1.
Should I wait , ??? what is the contrast on this R model? it says 3000:1 contrast ratio , sounds strange
3000:1 is the 'real' contrast ratio. 15000:1 is the 'dynamic' contrast ratio. Dynamic is more for static images...3000:1 is the contrast ration (lightest color to darkest color) for moving images (movies, sports, games etc.)
No mention of HDMI 1.3 scares me...I dunno about you but if I'm dropping 5 large CDN$ on a T.V I want to ensure it is completely future-proof. HD-DVD and BluRay will be utilising the 1.3 standard very soon...so if watching T.V is your thing--no worries. But, if you are and avvid movie fan I might sit this one out boys.
Hi def is at a wonky stage right now. We are at the turing point for the next gen of crazy stuff, super high contrast ratio's, ultra deep black levels, HDMI 1.3 standard, THX display certifications etc.
If you can wait, save your duckets, look to 2008 and by that time price levels should drop to the levels everyone has been waiting for. Of course by that time SED and OLED might be on the market--so you'll always have super high priced items. Regardless, by 08' the HD trends shold reveal more about what display type is likely the pinnacle--and of course how good the up and coming technologies are relative to LCD/Plasma/DLP, LCoS.