I have a DLP too, but it's not a Samsung. The DLP chips are all made by TI and there are a few variations. The HD2 was pretty much the original and it's basically a plain jane 720p native chip. It's what's in mine and I absolutely love it. Black levels could be better and the red and greens are over done even after adjustments but it's basically a crystal clear 56" 1280x720 computer screen. While mine is no longer made (Gateway of all things) it has precious little overscan, another feature to watch out for. Less is better imo, the Gateway has an almost perfect amount. I think Costco is selling a rebranded version of this TV for ~2500 though that was awhile ago.
The newer TI HD# chips like the HD3 are not true 720p chips, they are like half that resolution but they "vibrate" at double the normal rate to produce 720p using some funky technique. The advantages to these new chips are less of a screen door effect inbetween the pixels and better black levels. I am not sure how this would look as a computer screen, sounds sort of fishy to me, I would check one out in person before I thought about using it as a htpc. The newer models also have an improved color wheel for a lessened rainbow effect, but I never see that anyways. Take anything I said with a grain of salt as I could be mistaken on some things, it's just my cursory understanding of the DLP market. As has been recommended the AVS forum is the place to go. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Heneghan Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 10:47 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Shopping for an HDTV for Myth I believe all the Samsungs are based on the same DLP chip. The HD images are great. As another e-mail noted, check in with the AVS forum < http://www.avsforum.com/ > for more details of what is going on with the current generation of HD sets. JCH Ron Johnson wrote: >On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 22:27 -0500, john roberts wrote: > > >>I've helped several of my friends build MythTV boxes and they have many different makes/models of HDTV's. >> >>I would say the best HDTV I've seen so far has been the Samsung. >> >> > >Any particular model, or are all Samsungs good, like Sony used >to be? > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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