Just Purchased WD-52525. Quick Question about Picture

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Hey, How do you like your 52525? I'm considering getting one.

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I want to go check it out in the store tomorrow but I like the features it has. Man, this sounds like a sweet TV but still kinds skeptical about dropping so much cash on a TV which I have no experience w/.

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Which sony Wega did you upgrade from?


I had a 32" WEGA, and it was a great TV. NTSC stuff looked great on it. The Tivo screen looked great on it. It was deisnged for a TV with just 480 pixels vertically. And interlaced, at that.


But on my WD-52525, the TV has to upconvert that 480i signal to a 720p signal. So each pixel that the tivo sends out will have to be multiplied. The WD52525 is so sharp that 480i computer-generated images can look blocky.


Turn on PIP, and I bet it will look the same as your old TV, if not better because the image is scaled down a bit. But I'd rather a big image.


I think that the main issue with a Tivo is that it uses s-video to output to the TV. If it used component, even for 480i signals, I bet it would look a lot better. For instance, 480i cable or antenna signals going through the internal TV tuner look great. But the tivo leaves a lot to be desired, unfortunately.

Shape and sdkwan,


You are right the PIP picture looks incredible. I have the 36 inch WEGA. Not sure the exact model. I got it about 4.5 years ago when they were still around 1500. The glare is a little more now that the tv is lower, but still not enough for me to take the tv back. I only notice glare in a really dark scene and even then sometimes I have to look to see it. I really like my et center, but the tv barely fits. I should have had almost an inch gap but for some reason I have like a hairline. My friend and I had to put the tv on the credenza before putting the bridge on. Anyways I am rambling...cause I love the tv.


SDKWAN it is kinda hard dropping that much cash on a tv, but I found UE had the best extended warranty in my area so I got them to price match Fry's ( I hate fry's and to be honest that is the only good thing they have done for me was quote a really good price, they screwed me on a CPU a couple of years ago.) Once I have purchased the tv the price doesn't bother me as much knowing if it breaks in 5 years I am covered + they will cover up to two bulbs. Do some more searching and just go with your gut and I am sure you will never look back.

SDKwan..I am in kind of the same boat as far as dvd players. I have an old sony that was purchased back when dvd players were still $450. Mine is not progressive scan but looks pretty nice to me hooked up with component cables. I am also looking at getting a progressive scan that is less than $100 until the HD Dvds come out. If you hear what is a great player for less than $100 let me know. I hear you on it being a disease. I did purchase my surround sound system last October. I went with a Yamaha RX-V1400 (current model is RX-V1500) and I love it. I just got some mirage OmniSats all the way around for 5.1 with a Velodyne Sub. I am impressed with the quality for the size of the speakers. I had to get small satellites to make the wife happy. I am looking into digital cable as well for a HD signal, but really like my directv, and right now I don't have the $1000 for the HD Tivo after purchasing the TV. It seems like lots of people have them in this forum. I will have to wait for the price drop on these but have yet to see one. As soon as I get a DVD player and a HD Signal that has Tivo I think I am set. I agree about the protective cover on the Mitsubishi. I have some very young nieces and nephews so I think this is a total plus for me, and before long I will try to have a kid of my own. I thought the glare at the store was worse than the glare at my home. I only have two windows and a door to my backyard in my living room. The door and one window face east, and the other window faces south so early morning is really the only time natural light fills my room. I have my tv on the north wall so the glare from sunlight is not much of a factor. Depending on how many windows you have could determine how much more or less glare you may receive. Worse case scenario, purchase the tv from a store with a 30 day return policy, that should also make your wife feel better in case you get it home and she still focuses more on the glare rather than the program. Congrats on finally making a decision. It took me a while to come to one, but once I bought my et center it helped narrow my decision because only a couple tvs will fit in it.

Well, mine definitely is not sleek. Mine is in a full tower case.


I have an MSI K8N Neo Platinum mainboard with an AMD A64 3000+. 768MB of RAM. I have an NVidia 6600GT graphics card. HDTV Wonder. DVD Drive and 2 160GB hard drives for storage of ripped DVDs and HDTV that I capture with Windows Media Center over the air with my HDTV Wonder.


For me, 320GB isn't quite enough. I think I may add an additional 250GB of hard drive space. But only because Best Buy is giving me a $110 coupon for being a member of Reward Zone when I bought my TV.


Media Center is pretty damn cool. I'm very impressed with it.


For getting the video to the TV, I just use an RGB cable from an old monitor straight into the TV. that gives you a perfect 1:1 pixel mapping with ~zero filtering from the TV. Looks great.