[greg3278]

I just got back from CEDIA and will say a few things on what I saw. First off I believe Samsung and Optoma have the best new sets on the market. Their DLP's looked great and their is no glare on either of these manufacturers sets, this is a huge advantage. The Samsungs will have availability issues for a while, but the Optomas are available now. The Optoma sets were a real surprise. Many advantages include no SVM, a great user menu for video adjustments that are input specific, dealers have the service codes for gray scale calibrations, and it seems like service will not be an issue becaues they do have a nationwide service company to service these sets. RCA and Zenith had some nice DLP sets also but the glare on them is a drawback. Most sets at manufacturers booths were not adjusted, they were straight out of the box, so it was hard to tell what the capabilities of the televisions were. However Texas Instruments booth did have some Samsungs and Optoma sets and these were stunning. They were obviously properly set up and the Hi Def feed to them was awesome. Some sets I was not impressed with was the Toshiba LYCOS and some of the newer Sony televisions. Although the Sony sets did have a nice cosmetic look to them. The LYCOS was just too jumpy of a picture for me. We had installed two of these televisions last year and both ended up being returned. The set at CEDIA was better but the problem still existed. One more thing that stunned me was the quality of Viewsonics Plasma television. I would not be surprised if Viewsonic makes it in the home theater market.

 

[TCP]

Greg,


Are the Samsung DLPs you saw at CEDIA new, or are they the models currently available?

 

[Feddie]

Were you unhappy with the 610 GWIII's?

 

[htwaits]

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Originally posted by TCP Greg, Are the Samsung DLPs you saw at CEDIA new, or are they the models currently available?

Yes Greg, what models from Samsung did you see? The HLN models are widely distributed and selling well. The newest Samsung models I know about are the HLN467/567 sets with the thin bezel which have been available for sale in our area for a month.


Trivia: I understand that LCoS stands for Liquid Crystal on Silicon. I'm interested to know what LYCoS stands for.

 

[Mayor McCheese]

LYquid Crystal?

 

[rogo]

All Samsungs on display = current models.


Lycos = mediocre search engine. Go get it!

 

[htwaits]

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Originally posted by Mayor McCheese LYquid Crystal?

According to the forum spell checker LY-quid is a good candidate.


But, according to the American Heritage Dictionary: LY-quid


"Sorry, no matches found. Try again!"


Who can you trust anymore?

 

[greg3278]

Lets see first off, spelling error on LCoS. Sorry. Secondly I did not pay that close attention to the Sony sets. I did look at all that was on display but did not pay that close attention to model numbers and such. At Samsungs booth they did not have any thin bezel Samsungs on display. However Texas Instruments booth did have one on display. And I am having a hard time finding any in my area. Where are these currently available?

 

[htwaits]

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Originally posted by greg3278 And I am having a hard time finding any in my area. Where are these currently available?

Where is your area?

 

[greg3278]

My area is North Carolina. Would love to get my hands on one, through a distributer though.

 

[htwaits]

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Originally posted by greg3278 My area is North Carolina. Would love to get my hands on one, through a distributer though.

Is there a Tweeter or one of their associated stores in your area? They carry the HLN467 and HLN567. I think they have a web site that might help you find one of their branches.


You might also start a thread asking for the location of a HLN567 dealer in North Carolina.

 

[greg3278]

Thanks for the help. I am actually a dealer myself. I am having a hard time finding any distributers that have them. Samsung said they are building a new factory and don't expect to have these available to the mass until the end of the first quarter. Possibly some may have them if they bought enough at first, but I don't think these will be that available for a while. I did take some pictures of Sony sets and the Samsung if anyone would like me to e-mail them to me. You can get an idea of the color off these pictures actually. I was impressed.

 

[htwaits]

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Originally posted by greg3278 Samsung said they are building a new factory and don't expect to have these available to the mass until the end of the first quarter. Possibly some may have them if they bought enough at first, but I don't think these will be that available for a while.

Sorry, I thought you just wanted to buy one for your self.


Samsung is already building them in Mexico and Korea. It sounds like they expect to produce and sell them in large numbers next year. With the LCD's selling so well, it looks like a very competitive 2004.

 

[ConceptVBS]

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Originally posted by greg3278 Samsung said they are building a new factory ...

With all the demand for their products, they need to.

 

[faceoff]

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Originally posted by Feddie Were you unhappy with the 610 GWIII's?

BUMP!


Anything from Sony's GWIII's?


David

 

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did anyone at cedia see the new sony lcd's i am curious because now they have the new non-xbr nad the new xbr 950 coming out for lcd screens. i was just wondering on initial impressions of these.


-robert