I went to my local Costco yesterday and they were selling this 62" Mitsubishi 720P LCD for $1999 on the floor. I go there about every other week and this is the first time I've seen this model there. The price includes a stand also. I told my wife we ought to buy one. She said she didn't like the visible screen grid while standing directly in front of it about 3 feet. I said nobody watches TV that close.

Anyone have this model? There's not much on the web about it. I currently have a 5 1/2 year old 65" WS-65857 CRT model. Of course there is no visible screen grid on that one so the LCD might be a hard sell to my better half. I tried to tell her it would look much better in our living room than it does on the Costco sales floor. I don't think she bought that one. Is she right? Should I stay with the old CRT?

It's not on the Costco web site. This sounds like a great price. What does anyone think about this model?

http://www.mitsubishitv.com/televisions/details.asp?id=212

Specs:
http://www.mitsubishitv.com/common/getfile.asp?uuid={330EC99F-F1E1-48F5-A183-7AD389BC1EEB}

Buddy

I have the 62527 which is similar to the 62526. I love my set but I sit 10-13 ft from the T.V. How far from the set will you be sitting. That is a good price. I paid that price without the stand.

Does this LCD has a dynamic Iris like the sony, if so, I think it will be a good buy, as I to am looking at this set for my Bedroom. But for me, the Visio is still the front runner. :-)

We would be sitting 10 to 14 feet away. I think I can convince my wife, but if I get it home and the picture is worse than my 5 year old WS-65857 (in her eyes), I'm dead meat and I'll never hear the end of it. She'll rub it in light salt in a wound. :eek:

Will HDMI make a noticeable difference in picture quality over component? My Comcast digital cable box has DVI (my current TV is only component).

Would an upgrade from my current Pioneer DV-563A component only DVD player to an upconverting HDMI DVD player make a noticeable improvement?

If I take the plunge, I'd like to have these potential input upgrades in place.

I can't find any iris (dynamic or not) info on this set. Maybe Dave327 can shed some light on this.

Buddy

I would be interested in this as well. I've been shopping for a sub-$2K TV to replace my 27" CRT for about a week now. I had almost decided on the Sony 50" A10 DLP and was at CostCo to check out the AKAI 50" they had sitting next to it when I saw this giant Mitsubishi. It looked great, was huge, and just at $2000 with a stand.

But yeah, the first thing I noticed was the screen-door effect. I couldn't back up far enough to not see if (the aisle was kinda crowded.) Also, it may just be the model on display, but I noticed something like the opposite of LCD bleed-through (the 4 corners were all much darker than the center.) :(

I really like the size and price, but I'm still tempted to get that AKAI 50" DLP for $1600 with stand. I couldn't see much difference between that and the Sony sitting next to it, other than the $600 price differnce.

ii just got the wd 52528 with stnd for dirt cheap too. Its the 52 inch version. Over all its a great picture. Bright whites and the black levels are pretty good. The only thing is that there is a bit if SDE, but if u are sitting back enough its not that noticable. I just did the basic video calibrations off the avia disc today via hdmi and it was a huge improvment. Just make sure to turn off the edge enhancer, the deep field imager and set it to natural low, and for the price, it can't be beat!

I got the WD62526. can't believe that these new TV still don't have VGA inputs for me the connect my laptop. It made a big difference on my projector vs. a S-video connection. I might return it just for this one reason. Anyoneknow of any TV's that usually have a VGA connection?

I also spotted the Mitsubishi WD62526 at a local Costco. The first time I was convinced I would buy it, but then they sold out. The second time they had it in stock the picture quality was much lower than I remembered, but that has to be a poor signal feed since they split it 20-30 times in the store. The price is $1900 with stand.

Any updates to this thread, BuddyC? What did you decide? I'm looking for more information/experience about this set from anyone so I can make an informed decision. It would replace my 6 year old Hitachi 61HDX98B. My viewing distance is 12-14ft.

Thanks,
Ken

HHGregg has it for $1900 (without stand)..........they are having a 20% off sale this Wed too (Just got a sale flyer in the mail)

I just got the WD 62530 from costco, price is lower than it was 4 months ago obviously, and now the 2007 model is offered. One night, and I am happy. At the current price with stand, I did not do much comparison, I just assumed the Mits was a good unit and for roughly 1400 for the TV itself (stand was included in the higher purchase price - 1600) I cant go too wrong. Anything I find missing in this unit will be correcten when I buy my next HD tv, because all of our SD sets will be replaced in the next few years.