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Which do you prefer? The "through a window" reality of a good plasma display or the "movie theater" immersion of a DLP large screen projection? Why do you prefer one over the other?This really isn't a technical question, it's more about your preferences and emotional reactions.
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I personally have a problem with the apparently small imgage of plasmas. For a 50" model, the pixels become unobtrusive at about nine feet for me. That is the same distance that I view a RPTV DLP of 65". The difference in image size is quite dramatic. Also the "mosquito noise" (appearance that solid surfaces are constantly moving like a bunch of maggots) is far less objectionable on DLP than on plasma. Note that the front projection DLP's I've seen (In-Focus and Sharp) require an almost completely darkened room for an adequate level of contrast in low-light scenes. Neither plasmas nor DLP's are really that good at shaddow detail in low light scenes -- blacks appear blacker with plasma, but dark areas appear more blotchy and the mosquito noise in the dark areas I find really annoying. Considering the much larger image size of my DLP set, I found the image quality of inferior sources, such as digital cable feed, to be better with the DLP. There is less of the obvious big blocks of pixels that seem to be swimming around posing as solid objects.On the other hand, plasmas have much better color balance than any kind of set that relies on a bulb (DLP or LCD). The DLP's I've looked at have a very cool picture, while paradoxically, having a severe red push and a slightly magenta cast to whites. I manage to get reasonable color on my set (Mitsubishi) by cutting overall color saturation way back and pushing the tint control into the green. I got even better results pushing blue just a bit with a TAW Rock processor I borrowed, but that is a really costly addition.
Thanks Larry for your detailed post. It's interesting that you note that 50" in too small -- I think I agree, for me the big screen experience starts at about 60".I read in one of the magazines that one of the reviewers suffered from eye fatigue/discomfort from DLP viewing for extended periods. Have you ever experienced that? Can you view DLP for 3-4 hours? This weekend I saw a Sharp DLP front projector in a suitably dark room and the picture looked terrific -- hard to imagine eye fatigue, but I didn't stay all afternoon.
I've also seen the Mitsubishis at a local Tweeter, and they look like a lot of set for the money.
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