LCD or DLP?

DB,

In addition to the SXRD sets, I would also recommend looking at the HP 1080p DLP sets. Of the currently available DLPs, they seem to get the best comments at www.avsforum.com, and each technology has its own plusses and minuses.

If you are not in a big hurry to purchase, I would read the CES reports to see what may be coming out this year before making a decision.

Thanks
Bruce

Neither LCD or DLP...with the prices of plasmas falling you can probably get a very nice HD set for well under $3000.00...you just have to look around!...good luck!

Rysa4 is SED technology out on the market?

Thanks guys!

My takeaway thus far. LCD has better picture quality than DLP, with the possible exception of Samsung's new 1 chip DLP. The Sony SXRD is outstanding. Is SXRD a DLP or LCD?

Muchos gracias amigos.

Dawgbyte,

SXRD is Sony's name for what is essentially a LCoS technology. LCoS/SXRD is a form of reflective LCD technology. LCD technology involves a chip whose pixels are composed of long molecules that twist when an electric charge is applied. That twist determines if light will be blocked or passed through freely. The difference with LCoS is that instead of just passing or blocking light, there is a mirror surface on the back of the chip. When it is in the "pass through" mode, light passes through the front layer, reflects off the back and comes back through the front layer. Unfortunately, in the "block" mode, not all of the light is completely blocked. The advantage of LCoS over transmissive LCD is that by forcing the light to pass through twice, light is more thoroughly blocked so black levels are MUCH better. Transmissive LCDs can be made to block more light by making the layer thicker, but the thicker the layer, the longer time it takes for the chip to react to changes. So, the tradeoff is speed vs. black level. There is simply less need to trade off one or the other with LCoS.

I visited Circuit City and Best Buy this week and looked extensively at the pictures on all of their big screen plasmas, LCD's, DLP rear projection, LCD rear projection, LCoS rear projection, including the JVC I-LA, and Sonys 50" SXRD.Prices ranged from $1,499.00 to about $10,000.00.
Conclusion: The Sony 50" SXRD LCoS rear projection TV had overall the best picture resolution, contrast, deep blacks, and color accuracy in my friends, as well as my own opinion,
by a comfortable margin, and at a relatively reasonable price...Can be had for less than $3,000 delivered on the web!
I agree totally with the review of the Sony in the November 2005 issue of Sound and Vision magazine.
I am saving my pennies as well!