| L.C.E.C. said: Ummm... You're saying wikipedia is a bad source but a forum isn't, on a forum? Meh, I don't think so... forums are somewhat full of biased and a little bit of uneducated people it seems... and this forum is no real exception... |
You are clearly clueless. If you were not, you would know immediately that the Wikipedia article is really OLD and DATED, and you wouldn't even have answered sth so stupid about AVS, a forum that clearly you don't understand.
Let me tell you what is stupid about what you posted (apart from the rear projection example you gave of your friend, which just shows more cluelessness on your part):
The article talks about LCD TV which are 32" or less in size, and compare them to 50"+ RPTV, which is plain stupid. How do I know that? Simple! The only LCD that are lighter than LCos based RPTV (like the Sony SXRD) are LCD of 32" or less. Every 1080p LCD (or plasma) is far heavier than these RPTV, and can't be hanged on the wall without very special reinforced mounts. The bulkier part is still true, but it just shows this wikipedia article was made a long time ago.
The disadvantages list of LCD is very lacking, you can esily add ten more (dead pixels, banding, screendoor, motion dithering, ...).
@sieanr: stop the nonsense, you described how a LCD pixel work. The only difference in 120 Hz LCD is that the response time is enough to display 120 Hz, which is a multiple of 24 Hz, 30 Hz and 60 Hz, which is the main reason to go 120 Hz (compatibility with these 3 frequencies). You can be assured they have sufficient response time for normal HDTV content, that's all.
Then, talking about RPTV, you forgot the part about them having the quality of movie theaters, which is what people want when watching their movies: picture fidelity and quality.
Talking specifically about SXRD, it is not susceptible to glare, as the silk screen effect (SSE) is caused by the special treatment applied on the glass, so that it doesn't glare. Plus, the viewing angle is actually pretty good (as good as CRT). The only time when it's not good, is when you're too close to the TV. As these are big screens (50+"), you must have a reasonnable viewing distance.
The fact that they place that the lamp has to be changed as a disadvantage is actually very strange, and clueless.
Every TV looses quality over the years, because the parts that provide the image wear off, affecting colour mainly (and gamma). That's true for all of them, plasma, LCD, CRT. The big advantage of RPTV, is that you can change the lamp and then the image is fixed. So, provided you want to keep the TV for a long time, this is a pretty big advantage.
The choice of a DLP by the OP is actually a pretty good choice, and you can see he informed himself before choosing.
If it wasn't for the price, I would advise to get the Sony RPTV SXRD 50", provided his model doesn't suffer too badly from green blob and he can live with no 1080p@24 support (and don't expect to use VGA for more than 720p).
