Entered CNET Catalog: 09/11/2008
SKU: 0082400026828
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc.
Manufacturer description
Mitsubishi's LaserVue Laser TV harnesses the power of the world's purest light source to deliver two times the color of many of today's HDTVs. Laser beams provide an extensive range of rich, complex colors, truly distinct clarity, and immersive depth of field. LaserVue sets the new standard for large screen television by delivering unimaginable color at approximately one third the operating power consumption of similarly-sized LCD TVs and one fourth of plasmas. LaserVue also comes equipped with 3D-ready viewing technology. Mitsubishi LaserVue...Simply the Greatest Picture on the Planet!User opinions
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Outstanding performance and at only 100 Watts -- wow!
Pros: Brilliant colors, deep blacks.
100 Watt power usage -- Outstanding design!
Cons: None really.
I am enjoying 3D movies with DLP-Link Glasses and a Panasonic DMP-BDT110 Blu-ray player, which outputs the checkerboard signal required for DLP-Link 3D glasses and the Mitsubishi LaserVue. No IR emitter required!
out of 16 user reviews
I can't believe my eyes!
Pros: Amazing picture that has to be seen to be believed.
Cons: Clunky remote
Updated on May 11, 2011I forgot to mention that I have the 75 in.
out of 16 user reviews
Sub-par image for any amount paid over $2k. (Jan-2011)
Pros: Great colors, Elegant design. Dedicated LaserVue Customer Support Line
Cons: Having had 2 of these sets: Image quality is BAD. Customer support does NOT call back if you ask them to help resolve the poor image quality. To quote them "That's the way the product is meant to look"
I have spent countless hours on the phone with the Mitsu support group. Service reps came out twice, the first time the rep agreed the image didn't look good. He reported to Mitsu that it wasn't right. To quote Mitsu's response to the rep's report: "We will replace your set, but guarantee that there is nothing wrong with it." (They did replace it.) When the 2nd set looked just as bad, Mitsu sent a 2nd rep. He said to me "If you saw this on your 1st set, then the probability of you getting two bad sets is highly improbable, I'm going to submit a report that states The set is normal." I guess Mitsu was right from the start, there was nothing wrong, the 2nd set looked just as bad.
I feel burned! I spent a lot of time and money on this set. I guess I read what I wanted to read on the reviews, I wanted the set to be "All that", I wanted the latest and greatest and I ignored the reviews that bashed the LV. Never again will I buy new technology without heading the advice of the displeased!
To boot, I scratched the screen on my 2nd set and when I called Mitsu to order a replacement protective screen? guess what: There is none. The primary screen is permanently scratched. Great!
out of 16 user reviews
Purest color & lowest power consumption of any 65" TV
Pros: Many more colors than any TV I've ever seen. Lowest power consumption of any TV its size. HD photos are best I've ever seen. Plenty of HDMI inputs (4)
Cons: Initial price was high. Initial colors were a bit too saturated & somewhat unatural. Mits had a s/w update that corrected the problem. No older-type multi-pin monitor input such as from an older laptop.
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out of 16 user reviews
Bad technology, Horrible support.
Pros: looks, nothing good about it otherwise.
Cons: poor picture quality, Center of the screen is dim and periphery is brighter( which as per warranty service agent, Mike is "normal". In a white blank screen, you see pinkish verticle stripes.
Horrible support.
Go buy panasonic plasma instead which is $300 less at Costco. I already have two of them and they are great.
out of 16 user reviews
Technology Marches On - Great Use of Laser
Pros: I've had a 60" Sony Bravia for over two years and continued to love the picture. I only became discontent with the opportunity to view this set Mitsubishi gives me sharper detail, darker blacks, and more vivid color.
Cons: Only the price - but once you start watching...
The size is as large as I need. Add my 7.1 sound system and I don't want to watch movies at a theater. Heck, I am even likely to attend fewer games in person. My place - game's on.
Updated on Jun 25, 2010After living with the LaserVue for several months, let me add this. This television's clarity and blacks still impress me. The vividness of the color was slightly excesssive, resolved by a slight decrease in color level. I'm still very happy with it and recommend it, especially if it can be had for $4-5K (I admit $7K is excessive.)
out of 16 user reviews
I give it a 5
Pros: Its Great! Best set I've never seen.
Cons: None as I haven't viewed it.
As for my rating of 5, lets just say it's an effort to try and balance other misrepresented ratings.
out of 16 user reviews
Best picture you will see on any set...Period!
Pros: Best picture available, hands down. Nothing compares. The sharpness and colors are AMAZING!
Cons: Yeah, it's pricey, but if you want the best, you gotta pay for it, and the price is falling fast. Cheapest on the web at this writing is just over $4100.00.
out of 16 user reviews
DLP and Projection TV's.......why?
Pros: There are no pros with DLP's or Projection TV's, they do not stand up to the picture quality of an LCD or Plasma and even the price gap is not a benefit now.
Cons: See Pro's above.
out of 16 user reviews
WOW Very Impressive Color Blacks Breakthrough Design
Pros: The color saturation and blacks are wonderful on this set. Best I have ever seen on any rear projection TV. BlueRays and 3D computer gaming are fantastic, so it's an all in one media set. All around, the best rear projection set picture ever.
Cons: Price is too expensive in comparison to LCD LED back-lit flat panels which has the best and brightest pictures and come close to screen size.
Why do 65"? Where's the 75", 85", & 95 inch size sets? Like others state, this technology would be great on larger sets and really bring out 3D and computer usage.
out of 16 user reviews
Do not buy!!!!!!!!!!!
Pros: The only good part about this tv is the power consumption, 135 watts is incredibly low, but not enough to make up for its flaws
Cons: These flaws include the fact that it only looks good on Speedracer, other reference materials or everyday blu ray discs look absolutely terrible.
out of 16 user reviews
Great Technology, but Marketing, Sales, & Pricing Sux!
Pros: The Picture, Color, Lumens, Tint, Refresh Rate, 3D are Excellent for a rear projection set I've always been a fan of the old RGB lens RPs blacks, but DLPs ruined the picture of RPs. WOW, now there's new life for Rear Projection sets!
Cons: Ridiculous Pricing Foolish Sizing, this set could of corner the market on large RP sets, but the sizing doesn't compare to equivalent Flat panels Sharpness needs to be improved on the 65" so anything larger in future models will suffer significantly.
You cannot compete with Flat Panel LEDs with this Laser light set at the same size and even higher pricing. ***? AGAIN...Go up in size, that will appeal to all, and I'll buy too. Maybe throw in your choice sports ticket season from Dish Network or DirecTV to seal the deal!
PS: I moonlight as an ISF tech.
out of 16 user reviews
Over Priced New Technology
Pros: none as its new technology
Cons: Overpriced
Mits customer service is terrible
Bad DLP tv's period
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7596_102-0.html?forumID=60&threadID=257865&start=0&tag=forum-w;forums06
Go the the above on cnet and you will find out that they have numerous problems with DLP?s tv?s.
out of 16 user reviews
For a rear projection set. WOW!
Pros: Best color I've seen in any rear projection
Futuristic look
Cons: Price. It's still a rear projection.
Bottom line; if this set debuted at 4999 you may be convinced to buy the best rear projection. But for 7000.00, you really have to ask yourself...why?
out of 16 user reviews
Best colors; best conntrast; images move smoothly
Pros: The REDs are amazing! Its the closest I have seen to watching an actual movie screen.
Cons: It is very important to sit with your eyes at the vertical mid-point -- the image degrades rather noticilable 8 inches either up or down from there. On the other hand though, moving side to side horizontially the image was not noticiably degraded.
out of 16 user reviews
Great Projection TV, Horrible Pricing
Pros: Great Colors, Wide angle viewing, good brightness, Good Picture, about 10-11 inches deep, which for a projection set it is good.
Cons: Horrible Pricing, Mitsubishi believes they can price a projection set against flat panel sets!!!
Annoying Blue lighting below tv screen, Picture is soft when compared to old Misubishi color contrast, more like a sony, but not so bad
For all the hype before the release, without soliciting any consumer or industry feedback for actual production units or pricing info ahead of time, Mitsubishi is fumbling a potentially great product.
My honest thoughts after spending some time with this set, "Why oh why did Sony kill off their SXRD based XBR projection sets?"
But, the controls looks kinda cheap, on a expensive set you would expect the buttons to be a bit more subtle, instead the engineers look like they just put them wherever they felt like it, also someone at Mitsubishi is drinking too much Saki when they put in large blue Led lights below the set. I have no clue why they thought a TV needed extra lights on it to try and make it cool like an alienware Computer.
My biggest issue is price, at $7000 USD list price, you can get alot of other tvs, all of which are flat panel LCD or plasma, probably with better picture. Isn't the idea for projection sets to be less expensive?
Anyway, it looks like the sets will be in short supply for the meantime, so i guess this is why Mitsubishi believes they can overprice them. My take on this tv. looks great, but definitely way over priced.
For me the sweet spot on this set is $3999 list price. and sale price a lil under that. it's obvious that Mitsubishi does not care about selling too many of these sets as they are completely misjudging the market. Especially when we are in an economic downturn.
So, my take on this set is mitsubishi needs to do revision with a better design.
