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2008 a make or break year for plasma manufacturers? {Engadget HD}
Apr 4th 2008 4:08PM I forgot to mention - DLPs do not suffer from uneven brightness that you mentioned. I've never seen this in my experience with DLP technology, nor have I ever read that this ever happens with DLP, LCOS, or on any other Rear Projection technology. Brightness is always even with all rear projection technologies, including my 2002 RP-HDTV. (I've did alot of research in reading and viewing the display technologies.)
I do however see uneven brightness on LCDs (and I've also read about it). This happens because LCDs do not produce "true black levels" as the other competeing technologies do. The backlight prevents a black scene from ever being true black, so this will never be acheived on an LCD TV. What some LCDs do to get darker scenes dark, they use a cheating mechanism by dimming the backlight during dark scenes. When the scene moves from dark to light, the light amplfies back to its normal level, which in turn gives the display what I call a "breathing effect". Unfortunately, this technique is not a successful approach as it is easly noticable. Another reason why I will never go LCD, unless they can offer something that I cannot get from a DLP HDTV.
2008 a make or break year for plasma manufacturers? {Engadget HD}
Apr 4th 2008 4:06PM I forgot to mention - DLPs do not suffer from uneven brightness that you mentioned. I've never seen this in my experience with DLP technology, nor have I ever read that this ever happens with DLP, LCOS, or on any other Rear Projection technology. Brightness is always even with all rear projection technologies, including my 2002 RP-HDTV. (I've did alot of research in reading and viewing the display technologies.)
I do however see uneven brightness on LCDs (and I've also read about it). This happens because LCDs do not produce "true black levels" as the other competeing technologies do. The backlight prevents a black scene from ever being true black, so this will never be acheived on an LCD TV. What some LCDs do to get darker scenes dark, they use a cheating mechanism by dimming the backlight during dark scenes. When the scene moves from dark to light, the light amplfies back to its normal level, which in turn gives the display what I call a "breathing effect". Unfortunately, this technique is not a successful approach as it is easly noticable. Another reason why I will never go LCD, unless they can offer something that I cannot get from a DLP HDTV.
2008 a make or break year for plasma manufacturers? {Engadget HD}
Apr 4th 2008 3:43PM Because it is not listed, does not mean its an inferior technology. Remember VHS vs. Beta - although VHS won the mass consumer market, it was the inferior format. Even 8MM was better than VHS (although it would have to bow down to its big brother - Beta). And before you say what about S-VHS ? It was a better format than Beta ! It gave a sharper picture than Beta ever could ! Although only THAT part would be true (hi-fi audio and assemble editing capabilities were always supererior on the Beta), S-VHS would still have to bow down to Hi-8. And of course - S-VHS and Hi-8 would never be able to beat out the best of them all - ED-Beta !
When you compare DLP. vs. LCOS. vs. plasma vs. LCD, on comparable price points, you will see that the DLP and LCOS HDTVs outshine the plasma and LCD counterparts.
Tests have been performed for MANY years between all 4 competing technologies. DLP always comes out on top because of their superior blacks and the rich colours it produces (this is still true even in todays display standards). LCOS was considered to set the new standard in picture technology which DLP held (and more over plasma and LCD, in that order). Although the best LCOS may just beat out DLP, it never got enough market recognition because LCOS was hard to manufacture and was an expensive technology to utilize when it first became production on the Sony and JVC 2003 displays. It just never got enough oxygen in the tank to become a true market force.
Keep in mind that LCOS and DLP are superior in many areas over their plasma and LCD counterparts, even at the same price points. They do not suffer from motion blur, screen burn in, and picture deterioration (I hear that it still happens on plasma displays from friends who purchased their monitors a year ago). They have the deepest blacks, the richest colours, and excelent picture uniformity over todays popular plasmas and LCDs. The only thing that DLP MAY suffer is something called a rainbow effect. Its when a pixel, or colour area on the screen changes from one colour to another. Very few people can see this, if at all. If you dont see it now, you never will. Now, with colour wheels rotating faster, and with 6 colour wheel sets on all DLPs, the rainbow effect has all but been diminished. As for viewing angle that you had mentioned, DLPs do have a pretty wide viewing angle, 130 to 160 degrees, even with my set.
Also, with DLP moving to the new laser technology in the next year or two, colour wheels and bulbs will no longer be used on DLP sets, making DLP TV flatter, and will become a wall mountable technology.
For now, the market, which includes those who review display technologies, has shifted its focus away from the DLP and LCOS technologies and given into the buying public for the sheer reason of selling - people are more interested on how their TVs will look on wall than how the picture will look overall.
Before commenting back that plasmas are superior over DLPs, keep in mind what I mention about market shift. The buying market is not always the best informed, and the experts tend to sway due to market pressure, even if it is against their own best judgement. I have been in this business of research in audio and video for over 20 years seeing it all, from the golden age of audio research and expansion offered from many companies, to market contractions - with superior technologies reaching a peak in the market place only to watch the market settle on an inferior technology. We are seeing that happen right now in the video industry once again - with LCOS, DLP, and plasma bowing down to LCD.
I've made careful decisions about which format is the best or has the best strengths over others, whether it is an audio or visual component, and I have been well rewarded because of it. My audio components, which are over 20 years old (turntables and tape decks), are still in great working condition. But I do admit, I dont make as much use of them as I do with the more digital gear of CDs and DVDs. You will be glad to know that my 10+ year old hefty amplifiers are still kicking and screaming as they did when I first bought it, with no signs of wearing down.
I invite you to come to my house to take a look at a DLP for yourself. You will see how stunning the picture quality is ! Then take a look into at an LCOS TV display. You will be convinced that DLP and LCOS technology are very hard to beat.
2008 a make or break year for plasma manufacturers? {Engadget HD}
Apr 4th 2008 10:50AM There is a dirty little secret that no one is telling you - DLP offers the best picture around - better than plasma, better than LCD. Anyone telling you DLP is inferior to either technology is wrong wrong wrong !!! My gf at the time bought a 1080P LCD based on my recommendation, since she was more interested in screen depth than picture quality. When I got my 1080P DLP a month later (Nov 2006), she was blown away on the picture quality it has to offer. On the CNET reviews, my DLP was number 2, hers was ranked 7. Everyone who sees my DLP is blown away compared to what they have !!! Manufacutures should get back into the game and start mass producing DLP TVs for home use. The best movie theatres use DLP Cinema technology. If you have an LCOS TV, it too gives a superior picture over plasma and LCD. No way in hell will I go with plasma or LCD for my next bedroom tv. A friend of mine who got plasma is now thinking of getting of getting a DLP based on both his and my recommendations.
If you want the best picture money has to buy, go with a DLP from Mitsubishi, Samsung, or Toshiba. You wont be sorry !!!
2008 a make or break year for plasma manufacturers? {Engadget HD}
Apr 4th 2008 10:48AM There is a dirty little secret that no one is telling you - DLP offers the best picture around - better than plasma, better than LCD. Anyone telling you DLP is inferior to either technology is wrong wrong wrong !!! My gf at the time bought a 1080P LCD based on my recommendation, since she was more interested in screen depth than picture quality. When I got my 1080P DLP a month later (Nov 2006), she was blown away on the picture quality it has to offer. On the CNET reviews, my DLP was number 2, hers was ranked 7. Everyone who sees my DLP is blown away compared to what they have !!! Manufacutures should get back into the game and start mass producing DLP TVs for home use. The best movie theatres use DLP Cinema technology. If you have an LCOS TV, it too gives a superior picture over plasma and LCD. No way in hell will I go with plasma or LCD for my next bedroom tv. A friend of mine who got plasma is now thinking of getting of getting a DLP based on both his and my recommendations.
If you want the best picture money has to buy, go with a DLP from Mitsubishi, Samsung, or Toshiba. You wont be sorry !!!
