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Date: 2007-03-16 Mitsubishi WD-57731 57" 1080p DLP HDTV I was very skeptical to buy such an expensive and large item off line. I was affraid of it being damaged during shippment. However, to my surprise, it arrived safely and it great working order! I love it!! The picture, and quality, are outstanding and the service was GREAT!! Thanks! Date: 2007-03-09 Phenomenal Television -- Unbelievable VALUE!!! My family and I could not be more pleased with this incredibly beautiful product. The design as a whole is simply stunning and the screen quality is excellent! It was delivered just a few days after it was ordered. We got a call to schedule the delivery once it was in town, and the delivery folks were careful and did a good job. You have not enjoyed television programming in all its glory until you have watched the Discovery HD Channel. Truly remarkable. The colors are brilliant and the detail you can see in high-def will make you never want to watch an ordinary (or even smaller) television again. This was well worth every penny and I would highly recommend it! The only caution I will give is that the set up is not completely intuitive, so having a friend who knows the ins and outs of that would prove helpful. Also, until you get the adjustments right, you might think the TV quality stinks -- there are some setting adjustments you will have to make before you can see this HDTV as it is meant to display. So . . . having said that, if you take the plunge on this -- oh so worth it! -- make sure you have it properly hooked up and using the right settings. If you don't like this TV once it's set up and working, you HAVE to have it set up WRONG. :-) Date: 2007-03-08 Almost Perfect The Good: 1. Great array of inputs. 2. Great on screen guides. 3. Great display of SD signals. 4. Outstanding display of HD signals. Can't wait for some 1080p content! 5. Great customization options for color, brightness, etc. 6. Easy to use (even in the dark) remote. 7. Out of box settings aren't bad at all. You could tune down the brightness and color temp. and do nearly nothing else and it would look fine. The videofiles will want to further tweak. 8. At 88 lbs, I could move it myself if I could get a handle on it. If Mitsu incorporated some molded handles in a thought out location, us bachelors could move it solo. The Bad: 1. Processing fire, ticker tape and fast water movement (think surfing scenes) becomes pixilated. Hopefully better processing is included in latter models. 2. Switching from SD to HD signal takes about 4 seconds... even 720 to 1080 takes a few seconds. This MAY be more of an issue with the POS (piece of sh*#) DirecTV HD receiver which earns my frown of the year award for customer ripoff/ lousy design in an overpriced, under-engineered electronic device category. 3. Cannot split screen between TV and CPU. What's the point then I say! 4. To go from TV to CPU (set at a higher resolution like 1080 x 1920) you have to first tune to an HD (720 or 1080) station. Otherwise the CPU display is distorted and you receive an "invalid signal type" message. Overall: I doubt you'll find a better TV for the price. I've learned to live with the bad and you can too. Date: 2007-02-21 Difficulties with ordering a lemon online I purchased this TV on Sat, Feb 11, and it was received on Friday, Feb 19. For two days, the TV set was great and everything I hoped it would be. On Sunday, I tried turning my TV on, it sounded like it was starting and I could hear the audio, but there was no picture. Then, after a certain amount of time, the TV turned itself off. There was no error code shown in the indicator lights. I tried resetting it every way I could, but no cigar, it did the same thing every time (it was on the low power startup mode, by the way, but I can't find anyone else who has had the same problem). I called Amazon early Monday morning to return and potentially replace the TV depending on how long it would take. They said they would forward my request onto their "specialty shipper" Eagle USA so that they could make arrangements to pick up the TV. It is now Wednesday afternoon and I still have received no phone call. I literally have no TV to watch right now as I gave my old one to a friend who lives in a different city. I just sit here and stare at the giant black box in my living room. I called Amazon today and explained my situation a second time and again related how disinterested I was in waiting for the TV to be shipped all the way back to them and then a new TV shipped all the way back to me and how time was ticking by. They told me to call back if the carrier doesn't call me by the end of the day tomorrow. I intend on relating the rest of the facts on my experience later on. I think it is important for people to know the nature of the situation they could potentially get into by ordering online. Date: 2007-02-21 Excellent TV, Games look gorgeous, but a small issue... First off, I actually bought this TV at Best Buy ($1,899), but Amazon is a great place for customer reviews, and I would've bought this TV from Amazon had they been able to ship it to Alaska, but oh well. This HDTV is great. Not perfect, but awesome anyway! I did a lot of my own research in deciding what type of HDTV to buy, the whole LCD vs. Plasma debate, etc... It seemed to me that rear-projection DLP sets were the way to go, providing the best possible picture for the money. So I was off to find the right DLP, and decided to go with Best Buy, as they got it up to my remote town in northern Alaska for only $100! Anyway, I got it all hooked up and it is truly an awesome sight compared to the "little" 32-inch Panasonic CRT it replaced. It's fairly light for it's size, too, weighing in at only 96 lbs., which was much lighter than the 32" TV as well. It has oodles of hook-ups in the back, plenty to satisfy the audio/videophile in me. It's got a number of different screen formats to choose from, depending on your source. I was wanting to find one that didn't always stretch the regular 4:3 ratio of standard TV, you know, where it makes everyone look fat and squished... This TV can display standard format, stretched format, expanded format, zoom format, etc...... It's got plenty. As far as performance, this TV rocks. I bought this TV for the future, as there's not a whole lot of 1080p stuff out there right now, but there's plenty of 720p and 1080i media. I use this TV for a lot of gaming, and let me tell you, going from standard definition on a CRT to 720P on this TV will blow you away! I changed the setting on my XBox 360 from standard to widescreen/720p for playing Test Drive Unlimited, and the difference was amazing, I could hardly believe it could look so much better, but it does. The reason I only gave the TV 4 stars is that there seems to be a small issue relating to some games. When I play DDR Supernova or DDR Extreme 2, the video timing is off by about a 1/4 second. On most games and/or DVDs this is not even an issue, but when you're playing with a game that is all about timing (many sports games suffer from this problem as well) it makes it all but impossible for a good score without "adjusting" your own timing, which is pretty hard if you're dancing to a song with 180+ bpm. Anyway, I've contacted Mitsubishi support and am waiting for their reply. It seems from doing some searching on the net that this might be an issue with rear-projection DLPs as a whole, not just this particular one. I will post again if I find a way around it. Which brings me to another topic, the warranty. Wherever you buy it from, make sure you buy an extended warranty for it. In the end it will be worth it, and you won't end up like that other guy who left a poor review above. Best Buy offered a 4-year total care plan for $400, which is totally worth it, since a new lamp is close to $300, and they'll send you one of those for free if it goes out, as well as fix or replace the TV for free if it breaks. I don't know where that other guy got his, but he won't get anywhere dealing with Mitsubishi themselves. Buy from a reputable dealer like Amazon or Best Buy or Circuit City, etc, as they will offer warranty service and great customer relations. So, anyway, this TV rocks, and I can't wait to hook up a Blu-ray player to this thing and watch some great-looking movies. I am very happy with the TV, and in spite of the minor timing issue on those games I mentioned, I would definitely recommend this as a must-have TV.
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