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Samsung is making some good products these days. This is a good basic unit
with up to date inputs. IMHO Mitsubishi makes the "best" RP sets of this
"ilk" as their 64 zone, digital registration tends to produce the best
overall picture registration in the industry, combined with good CRTs,
mirrors, etc.
Most manufacturers, and I know at least earlier Samsungs I looked at...only
offer something like 6 or 8 little registration targets around the edges, in
addition to the center mark. Mitsubishi projects a full cross-hatch pattern
like that produced by professional test generators or higher end pro
projectors. Essentially, most manufacturers don't want you to see how much
registration error their sets exhibit, where as Mitsubishi knows their sets
can be registered by consumers to very close tolerances.
Don't get me wrong, this is just one man's opinion and there are many good
sets out there. I'm simply speaking about my personal preference, and
experience, as I value very crisp pictures...and that's what I'm getting.
I've recently seen local dealers offering "last years" Mitsubishi 42" at the
same $999 price. I don't think it's got as many inputs, but otherwise, is
very similar to the Samsung in overall dimensions and certainly picture
quality.
If you want to spend a lot more $$, Samsung's DLP RP sets are very nice, but
the pictures are no better...and in some regards, not as sharp as CRT based
sets.
Hope this helps...
"VZNG1" <moo@moo.com> wrote in message
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> Sears has it for $999.00 specs look OK and it for the most part has all
the
> features I need. Any opinions and suggestions regarding this model or
other
> recommendations.
>
> Thanks, Joe
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