Buying late model Samsung DLP rear projection TV?

As long as it's really cheap & lamp is really only 150, go for it, not a fan of rear projection TV's but the dlps rptv's can look good when calibrated " not so bright". Should be under a thousand, otherwise competing with new 720p plasmas that are priced low in a 1080p world.

Mjcmt,

When someone refers to a LED, they mean a DLP or LCD display with an LED light source instead of a lamp. They provide long life and from what I understand a great picture.

Bill

Bought a new 60" Samsung slim DLP w/LED light source (2yrs?) ago from BB (interest free for 3 yrs). Really, really, really like it. Coming from a Sony SBR Videoscope 56" that was still going after 10 yrs. The Samsung is a great value in my opinion. I wanted as big as I could get. My wife wanted slim. The DLP slim (14 - 16" depth at most) was a good compromise. Further, in our great room with sometimes strong daylit conditions while trying to watch early morning F1, the DLP works. We watch a LOT of TV...it's been flawless to date. If you are right about the $150 for the LED (doh! I didn't ask the price for replacing the LED!!), sounds like a good deal.

I bought a "display" model Samsung from BB for my HT. What a great deal and it's still going strong after 3yrs, although it doesn't get daily use, more like once a week. However, that started the "Samsung" buying spree. We bought another for our family room and love it. My father-in-law loved them so much, he asked me to go buy him two for his house. I bought him the Samsung LED version for his HT.

No complaints, everybody is happy. I will say that my family room Samsung has one dead pixel. Other than that, Samsung is making some excellent DLP's & LCD's.

IME, the picture quality is very good, but maintenance issues are real. You will go through lamps and (I was told after replacing mine) the color wheels have a pretty high failure rate, as well. Make sure that there's decent ventilation around the set.

Good Luck

Marty