Buying late model Samsung DLP rear projection TV?

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

I've always found the off axis picture quality of DLP's and other rear projection TV's to be the biggest drawback.

Good call Cruz123

Off axis viewing was a much bigger issue with early generation RPTVs. For me available screen size, great picture, visibility in high daylight conditions not to mention affordability were the important attributes leading to purchase of an LED-based DLP rear projector. Off axis viewing hasn't been an issue at all in our great room.