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My dad just bought a rear projection TV [lock zilla]

tony_importanttony_important Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
My dad just bought a sony Sony's 50" SXRDâ„¢ Widescreen HD rear projection TV for $999.00, brand new.
The issue is, he is no longer sure if this was actually a "good buy" or not.
Can anybody tell me a good reason for him to bring it back? (He has 30 days, and he bought a 5 year service plan for an extra $200)

It seems like a good deal, but I've heard both good and bad about rear projection...

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  • truck-a-saurastruck-a-sauras Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Watch something in black and white like Sin City. If nobody in your household is affected by the rainbow effect you are good to go. Rear projection is excellent as it is the cheapest solution if you want a large TV 50 inches or larger.

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  • SarcastroSarcastro Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    It was prolly alright. They have decent definition- they are just huge and weigh a ton. If he's already got it home, that's pretty much taken care of.

    Weird thing is, I go into peoples homes who just purchased a shiny new flat screen, and they almost never wall mount them. Instead, they got some sort of table so the TV is still away from the wall and the screen is more or less in the same place.

    They get that the TV is thinner, but they just can't seem to grasp how to apply that concept in any meaningful way.

    Anyways, long and short of it is, that sounds like a decent price for what he picked up.

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    SXRDs are pretty good TVs as far as rear projection goes. They do suffer from some of the same problems as most rear-projection, but Sony's upconversion is really good and as as a result, standard definition content doesn't look like absolute shit.

    And SXRDs shouldn't have problems with the rainbow effect. It was one of the few reasons why they were better than the older single chip rear-projection DLP screens. Newer 3-chip DLPs shouldn't either.

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  • SamSam Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Sarcastro wrote: »
    It was prolly alright. They have decent definition- they are just huge and weigh a ton. If he's already got it home, that's pretty much taken care of.

    Weird thing is, I go into peoples homes who just purchased a shiny new flat screen, and they almost never wall mount them. Instead, they got some sort of table so the TV is still away from the wall and the screen is more or less in the same place.

    They get that the TV is thinner, but they just can't seem to grasp how to apply that concept in any meaningful way.

    Anyways, long and short of it is, that sounds like a decent price for what he picked up.

    wall mounting can be a bitch, especially if you plan on doing things like using it as a computer display

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  • Gabriel_PittGabriel_Pitt Stepped in it Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I didn't wall mount mine because I'm always fiddling with the inputs, and tend to rearrange rooms on whim. However, since it was so much thinner than a standard TV of the same size, that meant I only needed a thin stand to put it on, and having it back against the wall gave me that much more distance between couch and screen.

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Sarcastro wrote: »
    It was prolly alright. They have decent definition- they are just huge and weigh a ton. If he's already got it home, that's pretty much taken care of.

    Weird thing is, I go into peoples homes who just purchased a shiny new flat screen, and they almost never wall mount them. Instead, they got some sort of table so the TV is still away from the wall and the screen is more or less in the same place.

    They get that the TV is thinner, but they just can't seem to grasp how to apply that concept in any meaningful way.

    Anyways, long and short of it is, that sounds like a decent price for what he picked up.

    I rearrange my furniture too often to wall mount anything.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I don't wall mount because it would just hang above my table with all the consoles/receivers/ect.. so I'd rather just put it on top.

    If I could put my consoles into the wall however...

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  • YodaTunaYodaTuna Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Sarcastro wrote: »
    It was prolly alright. They have decent definition- they are just huge and weigh a ton. If he's already got it home, that's pretty much taken care of.

    They don't weigh a ton. I have a 50in SXRD and I could lift it with one arm if it wasn't so big. It weighs less than 20lbs easy.

    Your dad got an awesome deal. I spent $2100 on my SXRD when they first came out. The only bad things about projection TVs(if you don't mind the size) are the low viewing angles(which doesn't bother me at all) and the bulb replacements.

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  • GanluanGanluan Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    YodaTuna wrote: »
    Sarcastro wrote: »
    It was prolly alright. They have decent definition- they are just huge and weigh a ton. If he's already got it home, that's pretty much taken care of.

    They don't weigh a ton. I have a 50in SXRD and I could lift it with one arm if it wasn't so big. It weighs less than 20lbs easy.

    Your dad got an awesome deal. I spent $2100 on my SXRD when they first came out. The only bad things about projection TVs(if you don't mind the size) are the low viewing angles(which doesn't bother me at all) and the bulb replacements.

    Are you talking about a TV or a projector? A 50 inch rear projection TV probably weights 100 pounds.

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  • kazanmakazanma Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Sarcastro wrote: »
    It was prolly alright. They have decent definition- they are just huge and weigh a ton. If he's already got it home, that's pretty much taken care of.

    It's the old CRT rear projection TV's that weighed a lot. My DLP rear projection TV is 50" but it only weighs 70 lbs. I'm pretty sure the SXRD's are on the same order of magnitude, definitely not in the 300 lb. range.

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  • YodaTunaYodaTuna Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    stryker116 wrote: »
    YodaTuna wrote: »
    Sarcastro wrote: »
    It was prolly alright. They have decent definition- they are just huge and weigh a ton. If he's already got it home, that's pretty much taken care of.

    They don't weigh a ton. I have a 50in SXRD and I could lift it with one arm if it wasn't so big. It weighs less than 20lbs easy.

    Your dad got an awesome deal. I spent $2100 on my SXRD when they first came out. The only bad things about projection TVs(if you don't mind the size) are the low viewing angles(which doesn't bother me at all) and the bulb replacements.

    Are you talking about a TV or a projector? A 50 inch rear projection TV probably weights 100 pounds.

    Ok I looked, they weigh 75 lbs. I dunno it just seems really light when I move it around. My 29in CRT weighs way more than SXRD so maybe that was throwing off my perception. At any rate, their weight isn't something that concerns me.

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  • tony_importanttony_important Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Cool, thanks for the info guys.
    Someone can lock this if need be.

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