We expect Mitsubishi to make claims that
its latest technology is the best ever, and we enjoyed seeing it for ourselves at CEDIA, as well as
reading other praises. But it's another thing all together when Gary Merson gets to run his own tests and comes back with almost nothing bad to say, and that is an understatement. Not only does he say it has the best color gamut of any TV he's ever tested, but the brightness is also second to none. To top it off, the contrast is as good as any set he's test -- yes including
the Kuro. And the
green people out there will be happy to know that it only uses about 96 watts -- in case your not keeping track at home, that's about one fourth the
amount of power as most plasmas. So if you can live without semi-wall-mountable TV that is 10-inches deep, and demand the best in picture quality, then $7000 for a 65-inch LaserVue is probably sounding really good right about now.
posted Oct 23rd 2008 3:46PM
Count me in when these things get to the $2500-3000 range :P
Hey I love the picture quality also, but a projection television is just way over priced for what it is. This ought not be $7000, it should be $4699 and on sale for $3200.
Sorry, Mitsubishi is losing the boat if they want profits and to sell volume. this just shouldn't have to compete with flat panel tv's. which the sharp 65" lcd is still way under this pricing. funny!
Give them a chance! They've just brought a completely new and (apparently) amazing technology to market. Let them have a few months of selling to stupid rich people so they can recoup their R&D costs. When someone else brings out a serious competitor, I'm sure the prices will nosedive.
If the technology were to be adapted to front projection (projecting onto a screen hanging on the wall) I wonder if a lens assy is needed. I'm guessing the laser aspect is that it has the ability to switch On/Off per pixel as it sweeps in a convention CRT-like trace. Many questions, here, but like others my RPTV days are over--especially at $7K for something under 90".
The price is just a first adopter price. The first LED based DLPs from Samsung were overpriced when first released, then came way down in price. Give it a few months....
Not sounding good at $7k, but if they get down to the price of current DLP's, then maybe I'll move my current 50" DLP to the basement and get one of these bad Larry's.
Do I even need to remind you guys how expensive plasma's and LCD's were when they came out? Here's something a little more recent, how about a Blu-Ray player? Of COURSE it's expensive right now! It's brand freakin new technology!
Looks like an amazing television according to the review. I saw it earlier this month and thought the colors were amazing and brightness was awful along with lackluster contrast ratio. It might have been Mitsubishi's current calibration was off.
No thanks, I'll stick with Panny plasmas. This design is ugly and you cant mount it on your wall. Can't wait for the Neo Panasonic's due out next spring.
Wonder if Ben and Steve will even give this TV a fair shot on the podcast considering their plasma/pioneer bias. Even if this TV was better in color and contrast Ben would find something wrong with it. Right Ben? LOL
Not to go all debbie downer, but contrast ratios are ratios. Kuro's arent about only the ratio, they also put a lot of stock in the absolute black level. You can have incredible contrast ratios and the blacks still look horribly grey. All you have to do is up the brightness output. Mr Guru uses all of 2 sentences to avoid talking about black levels with any real info. "Jet black" is the least informative phrase I've ever read.
Good Thing my 60" Sony XBR2 SXRD just crapped out (Optical Block) .. But $7000 damn ...
If they can get the price down into the low $3's or high $2's then this set may very well really kick some @#&%. Tens of thousands of flat panel owners of 40" to 50" displays should soon be wanting to move up in size and this baby may just satisfy their itch. 65" of awesome PQ that fits the budget may just be the ticket.
Dig the crazy base on that thing!
Sounds like an amazing TV apart from the thickness and the price. I wouldn't be surprised if the 2nd and 3rd generation units even start supporting some kind of 3D output using polarised images.
Why are these so expensive? A year or so back when people were talking about the upcoming laser sets there was speculation that they'd be around the price of traditional DLPs. I'm not going to pay a 300% markup just because it's new tech and they think they can get away with it.
How many times does it need to be posted, this price will come down!
Maybe the better question would be to ask who would be interested when th price drops to something reasonable? Maybe around or just above current DLP prices.
@reader.
Did you even read the review?
"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."
He's tested the Kuro, so that would be included in "any display I have tested to date."
I'll wait and see what hdguru comes up with when he runs some REAL technical tests rather then just eyeing it. The price will come down within 6 months to a more realistic level and by then we will know how it stacks up against Samsung Series 9, Sony's new 240hz and the kuro elite.
Is 240hz any better than 120hz or is it just more for the sake of more?
After reading the full review , I have to agree with those who say that the days of rear projection tvs are numbered . Better side to side viewing angle , but the vertical angle still sucks with the picture losing brightness when you stand up . That's got to be the kiss of death for such an expensive tech that can't be wall mounted , particularily in this sorry economy . When you can buy a 63 inch Samsung plasma online for less than 4K and with power consumption dropping in both flat panel techs by the time laser is more affordable , let alone OLED's drop in price , I give rear projection 4 years tops before that technology is dead . Maybe it survives in front projection systems where sheer size rules and I'll reserve final judement until I actually see one , but as of right now it doesn't look good for the survival of rear projection .
I'm a little surprised that they are not offering this set in smaller sizes. At least something in the 55 to 60" range.