Mitsubishi Announces Its 2010 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs

[PaulGo]

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Announces Its 2010 Large Screen 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs

New Immersive Sound Technology and Streaming Internet Media Bolster 3D TV Experience

IRVINE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Apr 08, 2010 Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. (MDEA) today announced its 2010 line-up of large screen 3D1 DLP® Home Cinema TVs, which integrate 16-speaker 5.1 channel Dolby® Digital surround sound and internet media streaming capability, delivering the ultimate 3D home entertainment experience. Offering the most 3D TVs in the industry, MDEA brings an unparalleled, immersive 3D experience home with its cinema-like 60, 65, 73 and mammoth 82-inch screen sizes.

MDEA has been selling 3D-ready TVs since 2007, was the first to demonstrate 3D TV at retail, and has been showcasing 3D directly to consumers for over two years running. The 2010 line-up represents the fourth generation of 3D-ready TVs from MDEA. Its large screen 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs utilize the same core DLP technology that is used in the vast majority of 3D movie theaters. DLP technology is up to 1,000 times faster than LCD technology, providing for a more realistic, sharper 2D and 3D viewing experience.

"3D is a large screen, immersive experience, and we're proud to offer consumers the most affordable line-up of 3D TVs available today, in cinema-like 60, 65, 73, and 82-inch screen sizes," said Max Wasinger, executive vice president of sales and marketing, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America. "3D represents the highest level and most advanced form of home entertainment, and we clearly see our 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs playing a key role in meeting consumers craving for the best, most advanced 3D home theater experience."

Ultimate in Home Entertainment

Significant, new feature enhancements for 2010 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs include StreamTV™ Internet Media and Immersive Sound Technology. StreamTV™ enables instant access to an extensive library of high quality entertainment and social media content, featuring over 100 different applications including Vudu movies, Pandora, Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, Associated Press, The New York Times and more.

The newly integrated Immersive Sound Technology utilizes a 16-speaker 5.1 channel Dolby® Digital surround sound system to deliver perfectly balanced home theater audio, without the need for separate components. Diamond 838 models of MDEA 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs now join 3D sound with a brilliant 3D picture, for the ultimate in home entertainment.

All 638, 738, and Diamond 838 series 3D DLP Home Cinema TV models for 2010 include 3D DLP Link, Brilliant/Bright/Natural and Game Modes, Plush 1080p, 3 HDMI with CEC, HDMI-PC Compatibility, 2 Component/Composite Video Inputs, and MDEA's exclusive 6-Color Processor™ which provides significantly more color reproduction than typical flat panel TVs.

The MDEA 738 series is available in 60, 65, 73, and 82-inch screen sizes, and offers StreamTV™ Internet Media, USB Wireless N Network Adapter Compatibility, Plush 1080p 5G 12-bit Video processor, Smooth120, EdgeEnhance™, DeepField Imager™, Advanced Video Calibration, and Universal Remote Control.

MDEA's Diamond 838 series boasts three premium 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs in 65, 73, and 82-inch screen sizes. In addition to all features within the 638 and 738 series, each Diamond model includes 16-Speaker Immersive Sound Technology with 32W total system power, Bluetooth® A2DP Audio Streaming, Center Channel Mode, Surround Channel Outputs, Subwoofer Output, Dark Detailer, PerfectColor™, PerfecTint™, ISFccc® Advanced Video Adjustments, 4 HDMI with CEC, NetCommand, and Wired IR Input.

"With the advent of the unprecedented box office success of 3D feature films such as Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, it is clear that consumers have fully embraced the large screen 3D experience," said Frank DeMartin, vice president of marketing, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America. "The thrill of 3D is to feel as though you are a part of the action, and our mammoth 82-inch 3D DLP Home Cinema TV delivers that immersive experience in the home by featuring three to four times the viewing area of a small screen 46-inch flat panel 3D TV."

Availability and Suggested Retail Pricing


638 Series

WD-60638 - $1,199.00 WD-65638 - $1,499.00 WD-73638 - $1,999.00


738 Series

WD-60738 - $1,399.00 WD-65738 - $1,799.00 WD-73738 - $2,399.00
WD-82738 - $3,799.00



838 Series

WD-65838 - $2,199.00 WD-73838 - $2,799.00 WD-82838 - $4,499.00

[Grand Bob]

Are these laser, or regular light source TV's? Depending on what the PQ is like, $4500 for an 82" set sounds reasonable.

[obiwopkenobi62]

Yeah I was just reading up on these today. Since I love my 73" Mits, the wife says she wants the new 82" one. Who am I to argue. I have to figure out if I want the one with the integrated 16 speaker 5.1 built in or not.
I'll have to see one. Also want to check out the Panny 3D, and the new Vizio. All of these will have 3D, internet, Apps etc, so it'll come down to price and what looks the best to me.
The Mits will use Nvidia 3D glasses. 1st pair comes with the emitter and 1 pair for like 199.00, then extra pairs are 149.00 each. I probably won't upgrade till around Thanksgiving Christmas timeframe.

[Trogdor2010]

Are they still making rear projection sets? Really?

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

the wife says she wants the new 82" one.

Sounds like a keeper!

[sarge1976]

Originally Posted by Trogdor2010

Are they still making rear projection sets? Really?

Yeah, I was surprised to hear about these new sets. I used to have 65" Mitsu Diamond before I got my Kuro. It was a pretty good TV but I couldn't take the blacks crushing all the time. Besides that I never had any problems with it

[4Dblu]

yes, they STILL make DLP just Mitsu and i'm glad they do. i like these tv's better cause they don't have all the hype & confusion. like the LCD & Plasm with their 120hz, 240hz, 600hz "my tv is better then theres". whatever DLP's never pretend to b anything else. plus DLP is the closet thing to movielike picture. flat screens are just flat screen tv's, don't get me wrong i like some flat screens and some i don't. but i like my DLP better.

[Memnoch71]

Originally Posted by Trogdor2010

Are they still making rear projection sets? Really?

Yes and they still use the same tech as all the High Def projectors people use in their Home Cinemas.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Memnoch71

Yes and they still use the same tech as all the High Def projectors people use in their Home Cinemas.

So all high def projectors in home cinemas are DLP projectors?

[Memnoch71]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

So all high def projectors in home cinemas are DLP projectors?

A lot of them are, including the one Trogdor2010 has listed in his setup. I can't say all of them are because I honestly don't know, but all of my buddies who have Home Cinemas have DLP Projectors in them.

[dobyblue]

There are definitely lots of them, but there are also LCoS (liquid crystal instead of mirrors), LED, CRT and LCD projectors also.

Right now if you're shopping for a projector you'll find roughly 1/2 of them are DLP and 1/2 are LCoS or LCD. The popular Panasonic (AE4000) and Epson (8500UB) projectors are all LCD.

http://www.projectorcentral.com/home...projectors.htm

[dobyblue]

Anyway, sorry to get off topic - this announcement should be very interesting to anyone looking for an engrossing 3D experience. 82" for under $4k? Sweet!

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by 4Dblu

yes, they STILL make DLP just Mitsu and i'm glad they do. i like these tv's better cause they don't have all the hype & confusion. like the LCD & Plasm with their 120hz, 240hz, 600hz "my tv is better then theres". whatever DLP's never pretend to b anything else. plus DLP is the closet thing to movielike picture. flat screens are just flat screen tv's, don't get me wrong i like some flat screens and some i don't. but i like my DLP better.

I couldn't agree more. I love my DLP and I also like what I paid for it. 73" 2,400.00.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

I couldn't agree more. I love my DLP and I also like what I paid for it. 73" 2,400.00.

we paid $2,999 for the the 82 diamond, bestbuy had a quite sale and we got our contracting company to match it when they finish our room

[Trogdor2010]

I don't really see the point of going for a rear projection set now. The prices of flat panel sets are close enough that there is alot less of a reason to go with a rear projection set, and the contrast from the plasma sets make them hard to go with. A few years ago, it was a great value, but the technology of LCD and Plasmas has matured in performance and price that I don't see why they are still manufacturing rear projection sets (DLP included).

If I had the money, I would have gotten an LCoS set such as the JVC D-ILA projectors, since they have a comparable light output to my Infocus DLP, unlike more popular projectors from Panasonic and Epson, and much better contrast than my infocus.

I never though that DLP has that so called "look" to it, although many sets are a bit noisier which can be mistaken for detail.

[dobyblue]

I would still choose a DLP over most LCD sets on the market, my personal preference. While several reviewers claim the motion lag is not existent on most material, it still looks surreal to me, un-natural. I much prefer the picture on DLP's and plasma's.

I don't think the price is anywhere near what DLP is offering though - 82" plasma or LCD will cost you tens of thousands of dollars.

[psx3man]

I will never buy a DLP ever again I bought a Mitsubishi WD-57732 at the end of 2006 and thank God I bought an entended warranty. Since the purchase and I bought it brand new I have replaced the bulb 4 time already. Which if I didn't have the warranty would have cost alot of money. So there won't be any recomendation from me.

[Semp1]

Saying DLP is outadated is like saying Plasma is dated. Plasma still experiences burn in no matter how many fanboys try to say otherwise. Plasma are much heavier and thicker then there LCD counter parts, and pretty much only a few companies continue to produce models not counting Panasonic of course. Point is whatever looks best to you, you should get. It doesn't matter what technology it is. Go and try to get an LCD or Plasma with the same specs as an 82 inch DLP for under 5 thousand dollars. It's not happening, matter of fact it's not happening for less then 10-20 thousand dollars.

[lojack1976]

DLP is still viable because A: you can get a big TV on the cheap and B: they still produce very good pictures. I was in a Magnolia Best Buy not too long ago and they had one of the newer 73" sets next to the top plasmas and LED LCD sets and it held its own very well. No, it didn't best any of them, but overall it looked very good.

There was a Kuro 151FD, a Panasonic V10, and a Samsung B8000 as well as some others and although these sets were clearly better its hard to ignore the much larger size of the DLP especially since the picture still looked very good.

The off-axis viewing was much better than older DLP's so it had a very good edge over most LCD's in the room. Blacks were pretty inky...certainly not plasma or LED LCD inky, but not gray in the least. Colors were good and the picture had plenty of pop...more so than a lot of the LCD's in the room. These sets are very good value. I just saw a 73" online for $1300 shipped.

If you want the best picture quality possible then yes you do need to go with a plasma or a LED LCD, but if you want the biggest quality picture you can get for the money then its either DLP rear projection or front projection. Of course a projector is not always practical, so DLP rear projection fills the void for those who need large sets at an affordable price.

Too bad Mitsubishi is determined to charge ridiculous prices for their Laser DLP sets even though they don't cost much more to produce than regular DLP sets. These produce pictures that can better compete with the better plasma and LED LCD sets. Mitsubishi's business model is definitely flawed. They could've probably grabbed a larger share of the market had they not been so greedy. After all, it was Mitsubishi themselves who stated well before the release that it didn't cost much more to make these sets yet they introduced them with retarded price tags. What a fail.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Semp1

Saying DLP is outadated is like saying Plasma is dated. Plasma still experiences burn in no matter how many fanboys try to say otherwise. Plasma are much heavier and thicker then there LCD counter parts, and pretty much only a few companies continue to produce models not counting Panasonic of course.

Hard to take your post seriously when you include so much misinformation in it.