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Mitsubishi's 65-inch LaserVue priced at CEDIA: $6,999 {Engadget}
Oct 3rd 2008 9:55PM Been a year of bad news. Screw Mitsubishi. They're a bunch of whale killers anyway.
Mitsubishi's 65-inch LaserVue priced at CEDIA: $6,999 {Engadget}
Oct 3rd 2008 10:28AM My instincts say that they will get crushed at this price point. Of course anyone would agree that on a stand, the depth is unnoticeable. But consumers do not make totally rational choices. I can make prediction about the marketability. People do want to put these on the wall and thin is bragging rights as well.
My claim is that if someone looks at a 3" thick or under (if there is such a thing) and this in a store, and the price is similar (two premium price sets), that the consumer will choose the thin plasma despite the better picture quality of the LaserVue. I like this TV -- it's what I want. What they have done disappoints me. I want them to succeed. Look, it's like this, it happens like this, a salesman and a customer talk. It all depends on commissions (if any) or what the store needs to sell and what their profit is and availability. There are dozens of ways to dis this TV and get the customer to walk out with a premium plasma or LCD instead. THAT is what the salesman must do when a customer comes in and if the LaserVue is not in stock. "I know it's new but frankly bub, you're buying an empty box -- pick up one corner.. see, it's a puppet show in a box... THIS plasma however, look, you're looking at the actual pixels! Why buy a projection TV?" I know I'm not doing a good imitation of a sales person :-) but, see what I mean?
Mitsubishi's 65-inch LaserVue priced at CEDIA: $6,999 {Engadget}
Sep 8th 2008 10:35AM That's offensive Mitsubishi! I'm personally offended at that BS price.
It looks like they are not passing on the low manufacturing parts and costs and trying to push it as a premium product. That's disappointing. It has fewer parts and less expensive parts than today's DLP TVs and the shipping size and weight is lower. Premium TV buyers will know they are being asked to spend a lot of money on a mostly empty light-box.
If they expect it will compete with other premium TV's, I think they will be sadly mistaken.
Asian and general Urban markets want 'thin' panels. Room space is important. I think Mitsubishi is kidding themselves if they think that a 10" deep TV will have the same appeal. And, although the colors are more true to nature, they are not what people are used to and the TV picture will look odd and turn people off. The majority of consumers like lite-beer and tasteless food.
There are many ways to market a plasma or LCD against this like: "That's just a toy! It's an empty box... we have this and this and this technology... Sure they have a bazillion greens, so what if it doesn't look natural... our exclusive processing gives you..." and so on.
It is the TV I want. I'm offended at the pricing though. Hope they still have them for sale after a year when the market kicks some sense into Mitsubishi and they regain their sanity.
Nintendo announces the Wii MotionPlus at E3 {Engadget}
Aug 25th 2008 3:34PM Why do you think this will work with the upcoming Star Wars game?
LG's BD300 Network Blu-ray player to stream Netflix in September {Engadget HD}
Aug 4th 2008 5:06PM Pic quality is just ok. Only reason to get Roku or other near-future Netflix is to watch the stock of TV shows and old movies. The quality now on Roku is still far better than when I watched some 1965 show THEN. It does have some anoying 'flash' every once and a while. I think they have an update soon from the current 1.0. I am watching Donnie Brasso and really it isn't that bad. I have a nice 65" wide-screen and believe me I see every defect. Still, it is like watching broadcast TV. I've seen much worse after Dish Network gets done compressing the hell of of a movie.
Popular Mechanics gets wise to HD compression {Engadget HD}
Aug 4th 2008 3:55PM Yes, it's sad. No simple way to determine picture quality. Dish companies say "100% Digital" -- well so is a crappy cell phone video! :-) So tell me another frigging story. Blu-Ray? Probably good. But HD over cable or a dish? It has 1080 lines. So? Because of compression, that says NOTHING about the picture quality of the movie you're thinking of buying? I won't spend the cash on upgrading my DISH Network equipment to get their HD. Why? They won't define it in any meaningful terms. So it is 1080 lines? So it is 100% digital. So? I already have reason not to trust them in the least: I was getting HBO in supposedly DVD-like quality -- ended my subscription. They compressed the hell out of it -- image artifacts, weak color. You could tell simply by watching the first run (Saturday night) to the same movie on HBO2, later. One had a lot of bandwidth and an OK picture and the rebroadcast was CRAP!
Is the answer some simple "bandwidth" meter? What if the product had an image that said something like "HD, 1080P, n.nn bps" or "HD 720P, high/med/low bps" Would that cover it? They need to do something. I'm not buying products based on "Trust Me!" from any modern corporation -- they simply do not seem to have any pride in their own products.
Wanted - New TV Show Ideas {Blog Maverick}
May 16th 2007 7:24AM Something showing the real Mark Cuban. Say, have you lost weight?
Just joking. I have the same concerns as in comment #2.
"Would I have development rights if you took my idea?"
I will say that when I watch HD, the sense of "being there" -- the beauty and detail of some natural settings -- is highly appealing. For some reason, water, whether the from the Summer Olympics pool, or in nature specials, works very well at making one feel, perhaps not that you are there literally, but at least gives you the same feelings. I would say the same for the sound of course but the same surround sounds without the higher quality picture, is not as effective.
Someone else mentioned exploring what it is that effects the viewer more, when in HD. Research may have been done in considering the difference between regular and IMAX theater experience. That's how I'd compare the home TV experience between regular and an HD TV picture.
So, in a word: Water
As for specific ideas . . . maybe I have some things . . . depending. :-)
I wish you all success with your project.
