Honeywell to release 82-inch Altura LCD this fall

Soyo's been marketing poorly-reviewed LCDs under the Honeywell name in the US for a few months now, and it looks like it's going to try and make up in size what it's lacked thus far in quality: get ready for the 82-inch 1080p Altura LE to hit a shopping channel near you. Actually, get ready for quite a few Altura LEs, since they'll be offered in five screen sizes as Honeywell's "top of the line." Hopefully that means the poor black levels and shoddy, impossible-to-defeat image processing of the original Alturas have been improved, but honestly, we're not willing to let this 303-pound behemoth anywhere near our now-precious Kuro to find out.

[Via HD Guru]

[mdntcallr Posted Feb 19th 2009 11:02AM]

What a silly idea, announcing a 82" tv now, that won't be out for about 6 months. lame.

on top of that, on the Honeywell website it doesn't even say that it is 120 hz, so you are buying a huge panel, but get big artifacts.

no wonder it gets a bad vouching from engadget.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 19th 2009 12:03PM]

Hey, 82 inches for $1200, I'll take that.
I say $1200 because it's a soyo tv..

[Dalhectar Posted Feb 19th 2009 2:28PM]

I can't think of any reason why a person would prefer a 82" LCD over a projector in their home.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 19th 2009 11:47PM]

Because it is in a living room or similar room in which they don't have full light control during the day

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 20th 2009 7:22AM]

I can't think of any reason why a person would prefer a 82" LCD over a projector in their home.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 20th 2009 1:02AM]

Again: You cannot use a projector very well (or at all) in a room that gets a lot of sunlight during the day and in which you don't have full light control. LCD is the solution for such a room.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2009 3:52PM]

what the hell... did they completely rip off the Pioneer KURO LCD Design?!? I guess they don't forsee getting sued.