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From my research, it looks like this is about the best widescreen TV for the price. Anyone think I'm making a mistake and should look at something else? g
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Check out the Mitsubishi Forum and Mitsubishi tweaks section at the Home Theater Spot...Mitsubishi makes a great set, but it has flaws, some of which can be easily corrected.
Over on HomeTheaterSpot.com you'll see all the good and bad about any of the brands represented in the forums. I've had small problems with techs and a geometry warranty fine tuning, but all in all I've been pretty darn tickled with my Mitsubishi widescreen. It's a lot of picture for the money. Just buy it from an AUTHORIZED Mitsubishi dealer to protect your warranty rights.The only other thing I'd suggest is bumping up to the 65" if you can sit 10 to 14' away. The 55" is nice, but my feeling is that it's just small enough to eventually lead to a case of bigscreen envy. It's fine if you're only going to be about eight feet back. Depending on the path to it's final destination in your house, the 65" may be easier to manuever, because it breaks down into two sections.
See ya. Dave
I agree that once you fix the inherent problems, it's a great TV.But it is quite difficult to fix the red push issue on an S-Video input.
Regards,
You are right. The only way I know to fix the red push on the S-video hookup would be to use an ISCAN box with S-video in and component out. Then you could put a red push attenuator on the component cable into the Widescreen TV. Not a very good fix, value wise.Cable TV is so much all over the place with color that I don't worry about red push. But Robert Yerrington's red push attenuator on 480p DVD component playback is excellent.
I haven't seen yet if the color decoder will be once again accesible on the 2002 models to fix red push internally.
See ya. Dave
The word I'm seeing over on hometheaterspot.com is the service menus are being COMPLETELY blocked out to the consumer on the 2002 model Mitsubishi's. Only the technicians will have a remote that can access service modes. I have not seen this verified by the manufacturer yet, but....Now I know there's some clever folks out there that will get the codes from a tech's remote and it won't be long till the tweakers will be back in business.
Marketing moves can be wierd when analyzed.
See ya. Dave
Thanks for the feedback. Any other comparable (better?) 55" rear projection TVs y'all would suggest? The 55907 is priced at $4,500. I'd like to pay less, but the platnum model wasn't as clear. g
I want to be sure to make the point that even though Mitsubishi is doing a few things different on the 2002 models, I'm still pretty damn happy with mine. The picture is great with a little simple adjustment via AVIA and a redpush attenuator on the 480p component input. It's a lot of picture for a reasonable (compared to other brands) amount of money.Just looks like Mitsubishi is wanting to lessen the service calls from the public messing around in the service menus. Or something.
As far as others...I thought the Toshiba and Pioneer brands to look pretty nice too.
See ya. Dave
George,I think our comments might have been taken somewhat out of context -- you need to be aware what the issues are before you buy.
As for other considerations, well the Panasonic 56" widescreen is one as is the Pioneer Elite 510.
I'm pretty sure the Pioneer Elite is more expensive than the Mitsu.
Regards,
Does the 55907 have the 9" guns?Honestly when I auditioned all the sets at several dealers, ultimately I couldn't see any major improvement in any of the sets over the plain Jane 807's with 7" CRT's, picture wise. At least nothing that would make me want to spend anymore cash. And I'm somewhat anal about this stuff too.
The 807 with a little bit of user control work with an Avia disc, and a red push attenuator on the component input can really make for a super viewing experience. The new 2002 models will be out in a few months, but what I'm seeing about them over at hometheaterspot.com doesn't seem to make waiting worth a whole heck of a lot.
See ya. Dave
Its hard to compare because, first, they have the 907 on a mount so your at eye level, whereas the 807 is on the floor. Thus, when you look at the 807, you're looking down at an angle so the picture is not as bright. Also, the 907 is probably fine-tuned to make it look better. I suspected that GoodGuys want to steer you in the direction of the 907, which worked with my wife who was all, "oh its so much clearer..." The saleman then agrees. The guns are not bigger, but the lens are supposedly better (glass rather than plastic) and, according to the salesman, "30% brighter and clearer." Buying a TV has become like buying a f'n car -- I hate it! g
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