Guys:

I own the Samsung HL-R6168W 1080p DLP set, but I am selling it to a friend because the size is just too big, even that I got used to now, but I am moving overseas, and I will take a smaller set with me, about 50"-52".

I was wondering how many of you guys has other DLP 1080 sets, as I havent look what is new since I got mine.

I like DLP though. I not going to LCD or Plasma. Nothing wrong with them, but I like the DLP picture as it is.

Because this set I have is one of the first 61" 1080p released to the market, i am pretty sure that is newer and better stuff now. So if you have any suggestions and have seen other sets, please let me know.

Alberto, if Bernard(rat)sees this, he may comment since he recently got a 60" Sony SXRD which pleases him greatly, but let me suggest that you give strong consideration to the 50" SXRD . Hope that you'll be taking your Axioms with you and that you'll continue to post here from time-to-time.

The Axioms are going to my parents house for the time being. They are in Venezuela, and I am going to be working for a while in Lago Agrio, Ecuador (its in a jungle close to the colombian border, but that is the oilfield work... it take you around to places you didnt know it existed!!)

I will go and check out the SXRD TV's at a store. I am not too much into LCD but I have a couple of friends that got them (SXRD) and they are happy like the hippo. So better check them out to compare with DLP.

Thanks

Hi,

If you like DLP like I do, check out the new Toshiba 1080p DLP sets. They looked excellent at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I'm not sure what screen sizes are available.

Regards,

you may also want to check out Hewlett Packard's 1080p DLP offerings. The reviews that I've read have been solid in favor. HP has some nice consumer friendly features such primary cable connections that you can access through the front of the set. It is also the only set that I know of supporting native 1080p input (Sony's PlayStation 3 is the only device that I know of at this time that will output native 1080p signal, XBox 360 is capable and Microsoft says they will release a cable should the market call for it).

I wish I were with you in purchasing a new set! I've got another four years on the agreement that I have made with my wife!

Good luck!

Spence

The Sony SXRDs are LCOS not LCD. I came within a frog's hair of getting the Samsung 6168 but I just couldn't pull the trigger. I'm glad that I didn't because I really like the Sony.

I would recommend that you go to a couple of stores and look at the different models side by side. I think that you would be happy with the 50" Sony SXRD. I have not seen the new Toshiba or HP 1080Ps. I would look at those also.

I think that Bug has the 50" Sony. He may have a few specific comments for you.

I am totally satisfied with my Sony.

Good luck with the new TV and the new job.

STAY SAFE!!!

I love the tv. I hate the ears. If it wouldn't void the warranty I'd cut them off. May have to sell it and look at something else.

The ears bother you that much that you are thinking of selling it?

I'll buy it cheap

I'm thinking building it into a wall that covers up the ears.

Too much money in it to sell cheap.

Bug: repeat after me slowly, the ears are not there, the ears are not there, the ears are not there! LOL!!!

Seriously, I did read a post on the AVS Sony thread where somebody was marketing a cover for the ears. I think that there was even a link to a picture. It has been a couple of months and I don't read that thread very often any more so I don't think that I can find the post.

I do like DLP a lot. That's why I dont want to change technologies, but I dont think I will find a 50-52" 1080p display. In that size they are all 720p.

Toshiba and HP have 56" and 58" respectively. But going from 61" to 56" does not make that much different change in space, at least for me, plus the cost of selling the 61" and buying a 56" might not be the smartest thing to do. That why I am looking for something in the 50-52" range.

If I dont find it (that seems to be a fact after one day browsing the web), I will have to consider either other technology or sticking with mine.

Thanks

Isn't this Samsung 50 1080p?

Hi,

Yes, that Samsung 50-inch is 1080p and at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I compared it to the new LED/DLP light engine Samsung. Here's an excerpt from the Axiom newsletter where I describe the new technology:

"Wandering through Samsung's enormous booth, I came across a very cool new product: the HL-S5679W, a 50-inch HD rear-projection set that uses an LED DLP light engine instead of a projector bulb and color wheel. Rated at 20,000 hours of life, the LED/DLP light engine uses groups of red, blue and green LEDs that fire sequentially, eliminating the need for a color wheel. I didn't see any rainbow effects (and I've become quite adept at spotting them) but it was unclear whether the sequential-firing red, blue and green LEDs totally eliminate rainbow effects. (Rainbow effects are brief red, blue and green flashes on bright lights in dim areas, occasionally visible and bothersome to a tiny minority of viewers on any DLP projection device that uses a color wheel.) The new Samsung LED/DLP rear-pro set has 1920x1080p resolution, and looked excellent, perhaps a hair better than its regular projector-bulb DLP sibling next to it. It will retail at about $4,200 USD in April this year."

Regards,

Doug:

You are right. I dont know how I missed that one from the samsung website. Thanks for the heads up.

Alan:
I did read the newsletter, but I did not realize that the TV set will be available in April (I read it too fast). I will try to see how I can get into a powerbuy or something, to see if I can get it before the moving. If not, then I will go for the HL-R5078W that Doug linked.

Thanks for the light...