It's one thing to witness an HDTV
under the watchful eye of the company that made it, but it's an entirely different experience to get out on your own, with your own hand-picked sources, your own food stash and the freedom to really speak your mind. From what we've seen under Mitsu's own conditions, the 65-inch LaserVue is truly a sight to behold, and even when the gurus over at
TheTechLounge managed to see this thing in their own element, they were equally amazed. They wouldn't go so far as to call it the best HDTV ever, but even when compared side-by-side with Pioneer's heralded
PRO-151FD KURO plasma, they found the laser-packed set to be superior in a few instances. The test subjects underwent a few grueling hours of
Iron Man and
Ice Age: Meltdown on Blu-ray, and at the end of the night, critics didn't hesitate to recommend the set for anyone with
loads of cash.
posted Oct 18th 2008 8:11AM
The money-brains inverse rule applies here. Only ignorant cowsumers presume they are going to get a high-PQ imaging display in an environment laden with lots of ambient light. Its all about perception, and perceived PQ.
LCD, plasma, DLP, etc. are all technologies where the premise is to produce maximum amount of light 100% of the time, and try to block it when not needed. I cannot say if laser is being applied, here, to switch on-off rapidly enough to mimic what a cathode ray electron gun typically could do (which is to not produce light when not needed), but this may be where it is applied successfully.
And considering the natural expense of this technology, and the technology it is being compared to, one questions if the brains-money inverse rule is naturally applied.
LCD (Non-local dimming LED) and DLP do produce 100% of the light all the time, however, plasma and LCDs with local dimming LEDs do not. Plasmas do have some (less and less, especially with the Pioneers) light emmission even when suppose to be black but we are talking very very small amount, and Local dimming LEDs are basically the same, with less light being used when not needed. LaserVue, don't know, if its always on like an LED lamp or regular lamp.
Honestly, I like the picture, but these tv's are a lil less than they could be.
1- great picture
2- horrible pricing, way to expensive for a projection tv
3- annoying blue lights below screen. a bit distracting, maybe they can be disabled in a menu.
i would be interested, but they are priced a lil too high.
Yes, the blue LEDs can be disabled.