2007 Mitsubishi WD-XX73X and XX831 Owner's Thread - Page 107

Originally Posted by Bangedup

You are not hearing the color wheel.....you are hearing air moving threw your set via the fans. It works like your event above your stove. when it is on high it will be a lot louder than when on low, b/c of the amount of air it is sucking out of the room. The easiest fix to this is to lower the spin speed and use a different angle on the fins of the fan to allow more air movement. Once you hear the fan you will pick up on it, however just like bad audio the more you listen to your Bose speakers the more you get use to bad audio and you cannot understand what is so bad about Bose. I apologize in advance for my rant.

Originally Posted by fitterguy73

My 65831 showed up this morning and thanks to $20 to the driver to help put it on my stand it's up and running. Amazing picture. I have a sony upconversion DVD player and a Comcast DVR both hooked up via HDMI. I have Xbox 360, obviously on componet and PS2 which I probalby won't be trying anytime soon. I'll have to work with my pics because the files will be too big but I will get them on as soon as I can. Both my Wife and I had our Jaws on the floor with Finding Nemo on the upconversion DVD.

Originally Posted by CHAS ZOSS

I ordered my 65831 From ABT Aug 18th, Have been in Guam working For the last 3 weeks. Has any one heard when ABT expects them in. Thanks

Originally Posted by dbburns

Please report on game lag or any other game-related issues with your Xbox 360 when you get a chance to test it.

Thanks,
Dave

Originally Posted by jbug

I just talked to ABT and they will be in by the end of the week. Eight of the twenty are pre-sold which means you are one of the eight. I haven't made up my mind to go XBR2 or Mits.

Originally Posted by gdog2004

On a side note..
Its very hard to judge TV's reading these owner threads ...every owner thread forum has owners saying the PQ on the New JVC, Sammy HLS, Sony A2000 is "mind blowing", Jaw-dropping", "amazing" , "fill in adjective here"

Sometimes its hard to tell what is real and what is everyone convincing themself and everyone else that they made the best purchase possible. IM not railing on anyone....Im just saying thats what I am observing.

Originally Posted by gdog2004

On a side note..
Its very hard to judge TV's reading these owner threads ...every owner thread forum has owners saying the PQ on the New JVC, Sammy HLS, Sony A2000 is "mind blowing", Jaw-dropping", "amazing" , "fill in adjective here"

Sometimes its hard to tell what is real and what is everyone convincing themself and everyone else that they made the best purchase possible. IM not railing on anyone....Im just saying thats what I am observing.

Originally Posted by PARASITE

I'm still waiting for the 831, however in the meantime seeing and showing the 732
everyday here at the store is holding me over until we get one in. put it this way, We have the 60a2000 less then 20ft away from the 65732 in better lighting, and we havnt sold one single a2000 since we got the 732 on display. I still stand by my post in were I say turn off the DFI and adjust the contrast and brightness to get the right blacks and shadow detail. The DFI darkens shadows too much for my taste, while at the same time kinda doing some edge enhancement of dark scenes. By turning it off you adjust the entire contrast range of the whole screen equally not just sections. I will also note that you get more shadow detail by doing this. Also I have found what really the three lamp settings are usefull for.
Honestly with the tv set to natural you do get great blacks but you must have a room that is fairly dark or you lose shadow detail because the ambient light of the room crushes the shadows. With natural setting and a dark room like at night with lights off will get you a really good cinematic almost film like image. However in the daytime its gonna be to dark in the darkest areas of the picture. The brilliant setting as I have played around with really is the setting that will make the colors look cartoony. If you like the pioneer or panasonic plasma panels that have jacked up colors and no "I'm not saying this is a bad thing just a preference"
then by all means use the briliant setting. My observations of the brilliant setting make the tv have very bright whites, great shadow detail and a touch less inky blacks. Whatever SSE you see will probally be the most on the brilliant setting because you are basically putting a magnifying glass on the texture screen. I also notice that in brilliant mode the primary colors are very intense, almost too intense, even with the color setting turned down. Bottom line here if you put the tv in a sun room knock yourself out. In real world living rooms with real lighting during the day the bright setting imo is the best setting to use and here is why: Still maintains the inky blacks and great shadow detail, primary colors are not jacked up and look natural, Whites are white not overly white so you dont lose detail in a white scene like a snow covered mountain or a sandy white beach. The biggest thing I have noticed is the tv has better gamma at the bright setting not over achieving in any area. I would even say unless you have a prefect dark room with controled lighting the bright setting is probally good for your nightime livingroom watching. Hope this clears a few things up for people wondering about the three lamp settings. These are not iris settings the iris is dynamic in all modes and the big diffrence between this and the sony is you cant see it work.
OK I"M SPENT

Originally Posted by gdog2004

I currenly am trying a 50" A2000 and I am very impressed with HD PQ...No green or red blob and the pq is fantastic.
I do want the best of the best so I definitely still have my eye out for this 831
...can anyone tell me what use the firewire could be ? Could I record HD to an external HD ?

Originally Posted by Franchot

Please post your impressions after you see it. I think you and I are hunting after the same things in a new set. (I may be wrong on this, but weren't you, at one time, contemplating getting a Pansonic plasma? If so, what changed your decision?)

Originally Posted by PARASITE

I'm still waiting for the 831, however in the meantime seeing and showing the 732
everyday here at the store is holding me over until we get one in. put it this way, We have the 60a2000 less then 20ft away from the 65732 in better lighting, and we havnt sold one single a2000 since we got the 732 on display.

Originally Posted by btherndon

How about a quick definition of SSE?

Originally Posted by largdiag

the manual provides some instructions and a specific Mitsubishi fluid for cleaning the screen.

Do I need that fluid or is something I can pick up locally to do the job.?

Originally Posted by SupraLB

I saw the 731 and 732 next to an A2000 and XBR1 today. The Mitsu's looked much better. Brighter, more detailed, and richer colors. I ordered the 831 a few minutes afterwards, lol.

PARASITE- when do you expect your 831's in the warehouse or in stock?

Originally Posted by astro777

That's wild. I compared an A2000 and 732 at BB last weekend for about 30 minutes. The A2000 was obviously brighter and "punchier" with richer color, both when viewed directly and especially when viewed at an angle (the 732 looked washed out at a 45 degree angle, the SXRD pic still looked strong). Dissappointing for me because I was hoping to jump onto the Mits bandwagon.

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Originally Posted by cbm2006

Has anyone tried the cablecard with the 831? I was wondering how it compared with the STB.
Please pardon if this has been posted.

Originally Posted by astro777

I compared an A2000 and 732 at BB last weekend for about 30 minutes. The A2000 was obviously brighter and "punchier" with richer color, both when viewed directly and especially when viewed at an angle (the 732 looked washed out at a 45 degree angle, the SXRD pic still looked strong). Dissappointing for me because I was hoping to jump onto the Mits bandwagon.

Originally Posted by astro777

That's wild. I compared an A2000 and 732 at BB last weekend for about 30 minutes. The A2000 was obviously brighter and "punchier" with richer color, both when viewed directly and especially when viewed at an angle (the 732 looked washed out at a 45 degree angle, the SXRD pic still looked strong). Dissappointing for me because I was hoping to jump onto the Mits bandwagon.

In the 732's favor, I think it's representation of flesh tones was more accurate.

If the Mits you saw looked "much better" than the A2000, either the Mits I saw was calibrated horribly or defective, or the A2000 you saw was calibrated horribly or defective.

If the SXRDs didn't have QC/design defect problems (i.e. green blob, etc.), I'd probably pull the trigger on one immediately. At the moment (for me), the choice seems to be between a picture I prefer (SXRD A2000/XBR/XBR2) vs. a picture that might be less prone to green blobs (831). Ugh. I wish the choice was more clear.