HDTV’s – Both LCD & Plasma Popular – But What Happened To DLP ?
I read an article yesterday at PC World about how to buy a new HDTV this holiday season. I read the description between an LCD and Plasma sets, read the reviews about different models and brands, when I recalled the DLP sets. These sets were popular a few years ago, but were not even mentioned in the review.
Samsung had been the major company that produced the DLP sets. I recalled about 4 years ago, my buddy Denny buying a Samsung DLP and so did my middle daughter and her husband. In fact the kids bought one of those 65″ sets that set them back about $4k when they bought it.
So I took a spin over to Best Buy and the only company I found still selling the DLP sets was Mitsubishi. But over at Amazon they still have plenty of Samsung DLP sets available.
But I found this on a forum after doing a Google:
The main advantage of DLP sets was that the rear-projection design scales up to bigger screen sizes with proportionately less manufacturing cost increase than plasma and LCD. Manufacturing cost efficiencies have improved with LCD and plasma for sets up to 60 inch diagonal to the point where DLP lost most of its advantage. With costs being nearly equal, the DLP sets are not as attractive due to the triple disadvantages of greater depth, more limited viewing angle, and the potential for costly bulb replacement.
What is your opinion? Are DLP sets history already? Are the only choices going to be LCD or Plasma?
Share your thoughts.
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