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Yeah, I'm leery of first-gen of any tech considering my experience with SXRD. We'll see if my thinking changes as I save.

Just sell me one of ep800s for the difference...

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss DLP, unless they need to hang it on a wall (or use it as a PC monitor). The PQ on a modern DLP is nothing to complain about and the size/dollar ratio can't be touched.

I wouldn't trade my Mits 73738 for any 60" Plasma or LCD/LED. The extra size more than makes up for any slight difference in PQ (IMHO).

Some people can't stand color wheels though. I can't be around a color wheel based DLP (especially if I'm seeing the screen out of my periphery) without feeling sick.

3-chip DLPs are fine, and the laser light source ones are too.

It doesn't make me feel sick, but I find it extremely annoying. DLP projectors are worse, though, since the image covers a large area. Moving my eyes from one part of the other really makes the rainbows come out.

Dude, that's the Mescaline.

When I first got my DLP RP in 2004, it bothered me for a few days...then I was simply aware of it for another week. Now I can honestly say that I haven't even been aware of it for years.

Of course, I'm on Mescaline too.

So sorry to hear that you got DLP/RP in 2004.

I'm glad, though, that you said it doesn't bother you anymore, even though you've had it for years.

Is there a standard treatment for DLP?

Yes.



Mescaline.

I didn't read this whole thread since it is long, but I may be the perfect person to answer the original question.

Get the S2.

I have the Panasonic 65 V10 and it is an excellent TV. With calibration the S2 should have a similar picture.

I upgraded from a 60" Sony 60A3000 SXRD that I gave to work. ( i own the company)

I also bought a Mistu 65" 737 model DLP for my parents recently. It lacks the auto-iris.

Upon changing from the SXRD to the Panasonic, I wasn't blown away. It was a substantial improvement, but I was expecting to be blown away by how awesome the picture was. I wasn't and initially wondered if it was worth the $ I paid ($3600). I think this was just that I had amped up expectations and how good the SXRD was. But, now I go back and view the SXRD and it disappoints me. I've become accustomed to the better picture quality and it hurts a lot going back to anything else. I now notice the silk screen effect, average black levels, and bad viewing angles on the SXRD more than I ever did when it was my primary TV.

The Mitsu DLP sucks compared to either the Sony or the Panasonic. It isn't even a contest and you WILL NOT be happy with it. It's fine for my parents and I can watch it and it looks fine in a lit room, but it isn't a great TV. It's an adequate TV and the saving grace is the $1000 price tag. Colors are off ( i never calibrated it beyond setting cinema mode), silk screen effect, poor viewing angles, poor black levels, and poor uniformity.

I did see a 60" LG plasma at Costco for $1300 yesterday, and my sister called me today to ask about it, since she saw it, too. What are people's thoughts on LGs? I've always heard to get Panasonic if you go with plasma, at least since Pioneer left the picture, but how much difference is there, really? I wasn't impressed with the picture on the one I saw, but that's almost always the case when I'm looking at TVs around town. They never have them set up properly. The convenience of buying from Costco would be nice, and the price is right.