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Keep in mind I am no expert at this video stuff but........
I finally had a chance to see this DLP (50") watching the phillies on high def. comcast channel. It was stunning. I haven't seen anything like it. It was bright, colorful and crisp and the red phillies logos were unbelievably sharp and clear. Too bad the team isn't as good as the picture.
I also had the salesman turn on Comcast SD material. Obviously, the PQ was not as good as HD, but better than any rear projection CRT or LCD technology I have viewed, except for the Pioneer elite CRT RPTV's. I would place this Samsung equal to the Pioneer elite CRT RPTV's for SD material, which makes it enjoyable to watch, but not perfect. Of course, we have to remember that within the next 5 years there will be 30 or 40 HD channels instead of 5 or 6 (crossing my fingers......)
I watched a Bruce Springsteen concert on DVD. There was a little "clay face" phenomenom on close ups of Bruce's face but the tv was not tweaked, and was brand new "right out of the box" according to sales guy. This concert dvd had a lot of blacks in it, and the dark detail was very good, much better than the LCD screen that it was sitting next to.
I can't imagine how good the image quality on this unit would be after ISF certified tweaking. Luckily, where I demoed this unit, they have an ISF technician who will perform all required calibrations upon delivery for 300 bucks, which I think is a pretty good deal.
Lastly, I have been lurking on this forum for a long time, and have been reading some of the complaints about black levels, audio delay and rainbows. I looked very hard for all three of these "issues" and none of them popped up. I had the salesman turn ambient lighting on and off and I must have moved the chair to 10 different places to see different viewing angles. Before I make my final purchase though, I will take a couple of very familiar dvds, such as Matrix, LOTR and Terminator 2 and make an even more thorough evaluation.
In all I spent close to an hour viewing different sources and found this tv to be brighter than CRT, darker than LCD and had overall the best HD picture I have yet to see from a RPTV. I believe this is the one my wife and I will end up with.
For what its worth.....
I finally had a chance to see this DLP (50") watching the phillies on high def. comcast channel. It was stunning. I haven't seen anything like it. It was bright, colorful and crisp and the red phillies logos were unbelievably sharp and clear. Too bad the team isn't as good as the picture.
I also had the salesman turn on Comcast SD material. Obviously, the PQ was not as good as HD, but better than any rear projection CRT or LCD technology I have viewed, except for the Pioneer elite CRT RPTV's. I would place this Samsung equal to the Pioneer elite CRT RPTV's for SD material, which makes it enjoyable to watch, but not perfect. Of course, we have to remember that within the next 5 years there will be 30 or 40 HD channels instead of 5 or 6 (crossing my fingers......)
I watched a Bruce Springsteen concert on DVD. There was a little "clay face" phenomenom on close ups of Bruce's face but the tv was not tweaked, and was brand new "right out of the box" according to sales guy. This concert dvd had a lot of blacks in it, and the dark detail was very good, much better than the LCD screen that it was sitting next to.
I can't imagine how good the image quality on this unit would be after ISF certified tweaking. Luckily, where I demoed this unit, they have an ISF technician who will perform all required calibrations upon delivery for 300 bucks, which I think is a pretty good deal.
Lastly, I have been lurking on this forum for a long time, and have been reading some of the complaints about black levels, audio delay and rainbows. I looked very hard for all three of these "issues" and none of them popped up. I had the salesman turn ambient lighting on and off and I must have moved the chair to 10 different places to see different viewing angles. Before I make my final purchase though, I will take a couple of very familiar dvds, such as Matrix, LOTR and Terminator 2 and make an even more thorough evaluation.
In all I spent close to an hour viewing different sources and found this tv to be brighter than CRT, darker than LCD and had overall the best HD picture I have yet to see from a RPTV. I believe this is the one my wife and I will end up with.
For what its worth.....
