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New Giant Television

I am moving to a new house that has a basement where I intend on setting up my main system. The room is great, about 7' high and the walls about 18' x 23'. I'm all set on the audio setup, not much different from current (with the exeception of lots of room treatments since I will finally have a dedicated room), but with a dedicated room I will have a different video set up.

I want to be able to have ambient light in the room, so I don't want a projector. I don't believe that 3D is the next big thing, don't care about it at all. I don't care if it's plasma, LED, LCD, rear projection, whatever...

I want a giant TV with a great picture, without 3D, I don't care about it's proportions. I've seen Mitsubishi has up to 84" LCD projections screens, the bigger the better.

What suggestions?
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martykl
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Greg,

The entry level 73" Mitsu is available under $1200 (from Dell - see my post above). I agree that this isn't the very best image quality available, but it's actually pretty good. And, 73 diagonal inches of image does make an impact.

I use it every day and, aside from the operational quirks I mentioned, I can't bitch. A pretty unusual value proposition in the current market, IMHO, though admittedly not for the coinessuer.

Marty
allchemie
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Marty-

I guess I was looking further up the Mitsubishi food chain on their pricing. But my point still remains the same. The Panny's picture is better than even the best of the Mistu's. I will agree with you that if your priorities are very large picture real estate, such as the Mitsu's 92" set, then go with that. To me, the 65" Panny is so close in size to the 73" Mitsu and with the much better plasma picture resolution and contrast, it is no contest. To me it comes down to the 92" Mitsu or the better picture 65" Panny.

Greg
unsound
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FYI:
http://myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html#anchor_13194
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ncarv
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Greg, I don't doubt the Panasonic picture is better than the Mitsu, but the pic on the Mitsu is excellent.

As for size difference, I had a Runco 65" rear CRT before the 73" Mitsu and there is a BIG difference in picture size. Don't forget, it isn't just 8" diagonal. You wind up with about 25% more viewing area on a 73".

All things considered -- picture quality, size, price -- I opted for the Mitsu. YMMV.
chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
8 inches is huge in any situation dont be fooled. Even 92in screen to a 100 is huge.
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