See rear-projection TV.
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- Samsung HL61A750
- Rear-projection HDTVs, as a category, are on their way out, and DLP-based sets are the only microdisplay choice available, now that all manufacturers of LCD- and LCoS-based rear-projection displays have basically ceased production. Samsung and Mitsubishi are pretty much the only players left in this category--they're the only two...
- Product reviews 2008-07-18
- Sony to quit making rear-projection TVs
- Sony to quit making rear-projection TVsLCD/Plasma is great for those who don't care for deepest blacks.Me? DLP and LCoS only!!!Even though I don't have one, Sony SXRD KDS-xxA3000 series of TVs (50, 55, and 60) has the best quality picture, when caliborated correctly!!LCDs and Plasma, even though it had been...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-27
- Mitsubishi WD-65833
- Perhaps the best value in big-screen HDTVs right now is in microdisplays, more commonly known as rear-projection TVs RPTVs. As the category shrinks because of ever-more-popular and larger flat-screen models using plasma and LCD technology, RPTV prices continue to drop. There are always exceptions, however, such as the Mitsubishi WD-65833,...
- Product reviews 2007-12-05
- Sony KDS-55A3000
- Sony has a real winner with the new KDS-A3000 series, represented here by the 55-inch KDS-55A3000, the middle of three sizes. We liked Sony's LCoS-based SXRD technology when it was first introduced a couple of years ago, and the company has followed up by significantly improving performance. While not perfect,...
- Product reviews 2007-11-28
- Panasonic PT-61LCZ70
- Ever since the introduction of microdisplay rear-projection HDTVs based on DLP, LCD and LCoS technology, the bother and expense of having to replace their bulbs in your television has been an issue. Most of these behemoth TVs use conventional bulbs, just like compact two-piece projectors, to power their pictures, and...
- Product reviews 2007-10-04
- JVC HD-58S998
- It doesn't take a genius to realize that, all things considered, most TV shoppers would rather have a flat-panel television than one that takes up more than a few inches in the depth dimension. That simple fact will probably lead to the eventual extinction of rear-projection HDTVs, but for now...
- Product reviews 2007-04-18
- Not your sports bar's rear-projection TV
- Not your sports bar's rear-projection TVMy 56" RCA HD rear projection was $1000These guys are going to have to do better than $1300-$1500 if they want to hit the budget market.RPTVGetting below $1500 even with Chinese parts will be hard, OE's are $250 to $300, screen $150, case and electronics...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-06
- Mitsubishi WD-65831
- Big-screen rear-projection HDTVs are inexorably giving up ground to flat-panel models, and thanks to plasma and flat LCD price erosion, that process is happening more quickly than ever. Today sales of more-expensive 50-inch plasmas equal or exceed sales of cheaper 50-inch projection sets, and it's just a matter of time...
- Product reviews 2007-01-03
- JVC HD-61FH96
- If you want the Holy Grail of HDTV, you're going to look for a 1080p model that can deliver the highest high-definition resolution available today. Currently there are less than two dozen big-screen rear-projection television RPTV sets on the market that claim to attain this level of resolution. Narrow your...
- Product reviews 2006-02-27
- 66% of Americans who plan to buy a TV want a flat-panel set
- Flat-panel TVs are overwhelmingly popular, with 66% of US respondents who plan to buy a DTV in the next two years planning to purchase a flat-panel TV, In-Stat says. 45% of In-Stat survey respondents who plan to buy a DTV set plan to buy an LCD TV, while 26% plan...
- Blog posts 2005-06-10
- 5.6 mln rear-projection TVs will be sold in 2004
- Shipments of rear-projection sets will rise to 5.6 mln units in 2004, up 11.4% from 5 mln in 2003, iSuppli predicts. Rear-projection TV RPTV set shipments will swell to 7.5 mln in 2008, rising at a CAGR compound annual growth rate of 8.3% from 2003. Rear-projection sets compete in the...
- Blog posts 2004-09-17
- How to Design a New Product That Will Compete in a Brand Dominated and Choice Saturated Market Environment?
- The rear projection television market is saturated, price driven market dominated by consumer electronics giants such as Sony, Samsung and Mitsubishi as well as less known, low priced brands from China. HP wanted to capture the essence of their brand attributes. As a new player in the RPTV market, HP...
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