What is this tv?

Vegeta · 21 Nov 2006 at 14:40

Saw this tv, looks cracking what it is?

Paul11 · 21 Nov 2006 at 15:04

that is the Samsung SP-50L7HX

DLP rear projection

Vegeta · 21 Nov 2006 at 15:55

ahh rear projection, no thanks.

Paul11 · 21 Nov 2006 at 16:28

i know most people are quite anti rear pro's but i have to say the quality can be quite amazing, especially with HD material.. .

(no, i dont have this TV.. I have the sony)

HEADRAT · 21 Nov 2006 at 16:58

I have a 50" Samsung DLP and it great for HD as well as Xbox 360 fun

HEADRAT

Vegeta · 21 Nov 2006 at 17:01

No doubt it's good but a LCD will be better just to put it simply, if you demand the best image.
Shame though, its in the right price range massive sive and a very nice case, not a fan of the stand though.

Paul11 · 21 Nov 2006 at 17:29

but for value for money these are great...

compared to a 50" LCD (will be very expensive)

and i agree, i dont like the stand and you cant take it away . .

daz · 21 Nov 2006 at 18:32

Vegeta said:
No doubt it's good but a LCD will be better just to put it simply, if you demand the best image.

Dude, DLP front projection is used in digitally equipped theatres... DLP rear projection uses the same technology. DLP tends to give better blacks (contrast ratio) than LCD for a start.

Vegeta · 21 Nov 2006 at 19:38

daz said:
Dude, DLP front projection is used in digitally equipped theatres... DLP rear projection uses the same technology. DLP tends to give better blacks (contrast ratio) than LCD for a start.

Dude, just because it's used in a cinema doesn't make it on par with a LCD TV, it's out of convenience, don't see many 200"+ LCD panels around and they won't be cheap

daz · 21 Nov 2006 at 20:16

Vegeta said:
Dude, just because it's used in a cinema doesn't make it on par with a LCD TV, it's out of convenience

No, it's because LCD technology is inferior.

Otherwise they'd use LCD projectors instead of DLP.

sid · 21 Nov 2006 at 20:26

I dont know how you can say the contrast ratio is better,

From what i've seen in shops, plasmas and LCDS rape these big things, hands behind back. They look ugly and picture quality is worse than CRT, I suppose it would be ok in a dark room but for normal usage, you can barely see the picture on it

sid

james.miller · 21 Nov 2006 at 20:27

ive never seen a cinema screen with an impressive black performance.

whitecrook · 21 Nov 2006 at 20:39

As always there is no 'best'. It depends on what and how you are going to use it for.

Tesla · 21 Nov 2006 at 21:04

james.miller said:
ive never seen a cinema screen with an impressive black performance.

The limit is the environment the equipment is used in with projection equipment.

I rate these Samsung DLP's quite highly, installed Sky on one just yesterday and they are cracking for the money. You need the right room to use one in though.

HEADRAT · 21 Nov 2006 at 21:06

Certainly nothing wrong with the Samsung DLP's, I bought mine a year ago for about £1200 and back then that was a bargain

sid said:
and picture quality is worse than CRT

Can't remember the last time I saw a 50" CRT! in fact if you could get a 50" CRT I would imagine the picture would be cracking

HEADRAT

fini · 21 Nov 2006 at 21:15

If you're watching it in a dark room with all the curtains shut it will look great. If you're watching it in a light bright living room in the middle of a hot summer day with the sun shining on it - it wont look so great.

fini

Raikiri · 21 Nov 2006 at 21:19

The samsung DLP is a brilliant screen based on what I have seen of it, certainly matches my Samsung LCD.

HEADRAT · 21 Nov 2006 at 21:22

fini said:
with the sun shining on it - it wont look so great.

Well to be honest hardly any screen, plasma, lcd, DLP etc. won't cope with that

HEADRAT

DreXeL · 21 Nov 2006 at 21:26

I have one of these, and it is one of the best purchases I have ever made. The image quality is incredible, better than most Plasmas and LCDs I've seen.
Here's my thread about it.

sid said:
I suppose it would be ok in a dark room but for normal usage, you can barely see the picture on it

sid

fini said:
If you're watching it in a dark room with all the curtains shut it will look great. If you're watching it in a light bright living room in the middle of a hot summer day with the sun shining on it - it wont look so great.

fini

Sorry, but that's absolute crap

DLP's aren't like the rear projectors of old. I can assure you this set gives a fantastic picture even on a very bright day.

fini · 21 Nov 2006 at 21:42

DreXeL said:
Sorry, but that's absolute crap

DLP's aren't like the rear projectors of old. I can assure you this set gives a fantastic picture even on a very bright day.

I'm just basing my opinion on when we had this same tv in the window of the shop I have a Saturday job at. The darker it got the better the screen looked. The lighter and brighter it got, comparing it to an LCD sat right next to it, the worse the screen looked; all washed out etc. Eventually, after so many customers had commented on the picture difference between that and the LCD next to it (which I think was an Sony IIRC), the Samsung was moved to a dark spot at the back of the store...

fini

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