HDTVs – Both LCD & Plasma Popular – But What Happened To DLP?

There Outlaw-in Plasma TVs in Cal.
I went with DLP because of Global Warming

I noticed it was warm at Denny’s house….

Denny – I don’t believe where you live is on this planet! LOL

Goose – LOL

DLP just doesn’t cut it in my book. It is a lousy technology necessitating expensive repairs and maintenance. (not to mention lousy picture) I sold 5 year warranties with every one I sold. When the warranty ran out I told my customers a renewal notice would be sent to them if they chose to keep the set.I didn’t even discuss the option of going without. I don’t hate my customers but I sold these things with every rear projection set I sold not because it lined my pockets. I took an order from people who wanted 40″ tube type TVs only available from one vendor, Mitsubishi. I would not actually SELL them I just took their money.I didn’t tell them an extra warranty was available for this passing fad, they had to ask for one. This TV was so stupid ( if you can call an inanimate object as such, I think this one qualifies) The gravitational forces of the earth messed with the TV’s picture, necessitating the use of a device that reminded me of the quackery displayed by Dr. Bombay on the TV show, Bewitched from the 60’s. Any one still have working examples of these hulks in which two grown men have difficulty moving these things without dropping them? There is a new kid on the block now. He’s sharper, leaner, and requires little outside power as he’s quite resourceful .He doesn’t come cheap now, but we know that won’t last long as fortunately for us, production costs will go down right at the time when enough people will adopt. That is when I’ll replace my tube type TVs which use far less electricty than our current flat panels. The kid’s name? That would be LED.The same lighting we have in our traffic signals and in some new cars you can see it in their taillights.

Well, in 2007 I bought a Samsung 56″ Widescreen DLP, did my research and at the time found that as long as you bought a decent manufactured DLP you made the better choice over the smaller LCD’s and the extremely high cost of plasma. That LCD’s lose their pixels, Plasma is far to expensive to repair and has a short life expancy, where DLP is the better buy and choice because the picture quality can be extremely crystal clear on a very large screen at the fraction of the price of Plasma.

I have never had my DLP repaired, never had a problem with it, Samsung had the highest review in workmanship, they all had Texas Instrument DLP Technology in them, and I paid under $1500 for mine brand new with a 10 year warranty that I have not had to utilize as of yet and it is on pretty much every day for many hours. Bulb is the only fix it will ever need at a managable cost of approximately $100….sounds perfect, so perfect in fact it is not worth it for companies to continue making them if they don’t make money off a new set sold to a household at least every year.

Make something too perfect, stop selling it or make it less perfect. Companies do not care about our planet, only profits.

None the less, I’m happy with my DLP, sad to see them off the market. I agree I have seen vast improvements on picture quality, but have also seen some nasty attempts too where regular movies look so clear in fact it looks like raw footage as apposed to a theatrical experience. But, we all have our opinions and are welcome to having them.

Only my take on the DLP

Thanks Goliath for sharing your experience with us.

I had a 52″ Mitsubishi DLP that I paid $3k for a little over 4 years ago. I made the decision because it was sold to me as a TV that will never go bad, you just have to replace the bulb every 3-4 years. 3 years later, the TV’s chassis went bad and I was told it would be $1k to fix it; Definitely not the bill of goods I thought I had bought into. In fact, 3 of my friends whom also had bought DLP’s had the exact same problem with varying models.

If you do a google search for DLP’s intermittently turning off or chassis problems, you’ll see it’s pretty widespread and it all happens around 3-4 years from the purchase date (conveniently outside the 3 year warrenty). You can even go to eBay and see there are auctions for people who will rebuild the chassis for you; Again, it’s become a well known issue with DLP.

Needless to say, I took the money that the repair was going to cost and bought a Panasonic Plasma instead. I wouldn’t recommend a DLP to anyone.