Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included

**MIG-31** · Apr 8, 2009, 03:42 PM

No need for 16 speakers built right into your next HDTV? How's about the ability to watch 3D content whenever it infiltrates the home? Mitsubishi's other big introduction today comes in the form of its 2009 Home Theater TV line, a family that includes the 737 Series (60-, 65-, 73- and 82-inch), 837 Series (65-, 73- and 82-inch) and the standalone 82-inch WD-82737. The big screen crew is completely 3D ready and the whole lot features 120Hz dejudder technology, the firm's exclusive 6-color processor, four HDMI 1.3a sockets and a JADE Activity-based user interface. For those badly in need of a new set after suffering through March Madness on that 22-inch CRT, you'll be elated to know that every set mentioned here is shipping now from $1,499 to $4,999, with the full gamut of details waiting just past the break.
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Source: Engadget

BWX · Apr 8, 2009, 07:45 PM

I'm happy with my 52" Aquos, but by the sounds of that, they offer a 60" for $1,499? You sure about that?

mike2h · Apr 9, 2009, 02:06 AM

if u got a newer higher end aquos i would probably stick with that.
if u want/can to spend 2100 then the 65837 would be a great upgrade option.
personally i would wait 6 months for 2nd gen. bugs will ironed out, refinemnets added, price cheaper. mistsubishi is notorious for 1st gen probs. but once they get it dialed in they have good value & great pic quality. just dont settle for the factory settings- wich is true of any good tv.

BWX · Apr 10, 2009, 04:59 PM

I'm not buying another one till this dies.. probably 10 years from now.
I just have a hard time believing the price for a 60 incher..

mike2h · Apr 10, 2009, 06:16 PM

its one of those things were the tech & manafacturing proces have been around long enough & refined ebough that it is significantly cheaper to make them than it was even 3rys ago.
i paid the same price for a mits 45" rear proj about 10 years ago. it was a very good set for the time but its pic & feature quality were vastly inferior to any of the lowest tier sets out now.

BWX · Apr 15, 2009, 06:17 PM

I think they mis-worded that page.. or are trying to get people to think they have a 60" LCD for $1500. Now that I am curious I started poking around a little.. I found nowhere with prices anywhere near that for an LCD TV. Plus, those ones are DLPs, not LCDs. Well, some of them are. It's a but confusing- they don't say which model numbers are which type.

Gizmodo - Mitsubishi WD-82737: 82-Inch, 3D-Ready TV for $4200 - Mitsubishi tv

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Mitsubishi just announced a bunch of new DLPs and LCDs. But the most interesting is, by far, an 82-inch DLP for $4200 that's equipped with "3D-ready viewing technology."

That 82-incher is part of the 737 "home theater" TV line. Mitsubishi also has updated their soundbar-integrated LCD TVs with their latest 16-speaker-wielding Unisens. Those televisions start at $1800 for a base 40-inch model and work their way to $3,300 for the 52-inch.
737 Series
WD-60737 - $1,499.00 WD-73737 - $2,499.00
WD-65737 - $1,799.00 WD-82737 - $4,199.00

837 Series
WD-65837 - $2,199.00 WD-737837 - $2,999.00 WD-82837 - $4,999.00

I think the 60" for $1500 is actually just a DLP.. I have seen enough DLP TVs to know I will never buy one. So those LCD TVs are the same price as they were 3 years ago apparently, or more. I couldn't find any specs on them either. It is just as ambiguous on Mitsubishi's FLASH website.. You can download PDF files 8 layers deep, but all those are listed as DLP TVs.. Hmmm

Mitsubishi TV - 73" Home Theater TV: Model WD-73737 It's like they are trying to hide the fact they are DLP. You have to dig to see which is which.

mike2h · Apr 15, 2009, 06:36 PM

not sure what your point is. te op vever mentioned lcd & a search of mits site will give u all the info u will need to determine any other info. meaning if u were curious & wanted to find out more info, y didnt u got to the mits site instead og yet ano5ther site that seems to be a little confused about what they r talking about

dont know what your bias towards dlp is but we all have different req for our viewing pleasure so that is cool

i definetly dont get your 'hide' thing. while mits site could have been layed out better it is very plain to me what is what as far as what type of tv is what. now figuring out wich is wich in a given grouping is another matter entirely. lol.
bty all 737 & 837 models are dlp.

BWX · Apr 15, 2009, 06:52 PM

Well I guess when I saw "new DLPs and LCDs" and then they list the prices for all the models and none are LCDs, it just seems a little odd. Oh, I did go to the Mitsu site and that's what I meant when I said it looks like they are trying to hide what they are.. It doesn't say on the flash site when you click the model.

It's just weird. no biggie, I won't be buying one anyway- but if there WAS an LCD 60" for 1500 bucks I might have to at least consider it.

Judas · Apr 15, 2009, 07:11 PM

i'll wait for the 240hz 2160p tvs to arrive

BWX · Apr 15, 2009, 07:32 PM

are they gonna make BD movies in that res?

Judas · Apr 15, 2009, 07:36 PM

theres rumor that considering the multi layer support BD is capable of.... they quite likely could potentially provide a 4320p movie on a single 8 layer disk with high compression

taking into consideration that some movies that are 1080p fit onto a 25gb blu-ray disk nicely (with no other content on it), 2160p should fit onto a 4 layer 100gb blu-ray just as easily,... @ 8 layers, a 4320p video (with twice the compression would fit)

i think anything above 2160p on a blu-ray isn't going to be benificial without changing formats altogether.

mike2h · Apr 15, 2009, 09:07 PM

judas is spinning yarns yet again. hd movies fit onto bd just fine with all the content & hd master audio. with room left over.
judas fyi single layer= 25gb dual layer =50gb quad layer= 3.5 hrs of 4k.
sony has claimed to have developed a 20 layer bd.

Judas · Apr 15, 2009, 09:17 PM

i haven't looked into it since it basically finalized the standard..

at the time, 2 layer format was the norm... with sony claiming 8 layer support.

Obviously 16 layer (which was only recently announced) for a 400gb disk has come about course who knows how expensive that is, i doubt any movie is going to exceed the dual layer format until 2160p or higher resolutions become available.

All i know is that typically when i rip a blu-ray dvd, the size for a hour and a half is generaly around the 22gb, the ones that are in the 39gb range give or take are generally longer.

Judas · Apr 15, 2009, 10:30 PM

btw.. just a fyi...

2160p =/< 4K

not to be confused

3840x2160 is 2160p HDTV standard, where as 4K is referred to as 4096x2160 which is used for digital theaters.

when i refer to 4320p i'm talking about 7680x4320 which would be referred to as 8K in the digital theaters which isn't even available yet...

mike2h · Apr 15, 2009, 10:57 PM

wich is y i didnt refer to 4320 as it of no importance to any of us for now or the near/intemediate future. 4k is just barely peaking above the horizon so dont know y u even bring it up.

Judas · Apr 15, 2009, 11:03 PM

i didn't initially bring up 4k... you did...

i mentioned that i'd wait for 2160p.... and then was asked if that would even work on blu-ray... and the answer was basically yes.....

from there you went on and brought up 4k itself.

mike2h · Apr 15, 2009, 11:53 PM

you -

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they quite likely could potentially provide a 4320p movie on a single 8 layer disk with high compression

taking into consideration that some movies that are 1080p fit onto a 25gb blu-ray disk nicely (with no other content on it), 2160p should fit onto a 4 layer 100gb blu-ray just as easily,... @ 8 layers, a 4320p video (with twice the compression would fit)

Quote:

3840x2160 is 2160p HDTV standard, where as 4K is referred to as 4096x2160 which is used for digital theaters.

when i refer to 4320p i'm talking about 7680x4320 which would be referred to as 8K in the digital theaters which isn't even available yet...

me-

Quote:

judas fyi single layer= 25gb dual layer =50gb quad layer= 3.5 hrs of 4k.

you-

Quote:

2160p =/< 4K

not to be confused

3840x2160 is 2160p HDTV standard, where as 4K is referred to as 4096x2160 which is used for digital theaters.

when i refer to 4320p i'm talking about 7680x4320 which would be referred to as 8K in the digital theaters which isn't even available yet...

me-

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wich is y i didnt refer to 4320 as it of no importance to any of us for now or the near/intemediate future. 4k is just barely peaking above the horizon so dont know y u even bring it up.

& you -

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i didn't initially bring up 4k... you did...

i mentioned that i'd wait for 2160p.... and then was asked if that would even work on blu-ray... and the answer was basically yes.....

from there you went on and brought up 4k itself.

now i did all this cause u seem to have reall issues going back & reading/understanding previous posts.
u brought in 8k(for whatever reason

) & mentioned that 2160 would nt work with current standards. i used 4k as a way of showing u the fallacy of your statement. uthem went on with several posts until your second to last post. wic where i clarified i wasnt talkning about 8k cause it is irrelevant at this time and for quite a while to come. the n u respond with some silly shit about me intially bringing up 4k.
wich means u got confused about wich res means what(actually understandable but still doesnt give much sense to your post) or ypu are just confused.
of course given that dragon setup u just got your brain spinning with some of the possiblities is undersatndable.

Judas · Apr 16, 2009, 01:09 AM

correction.. the first 2 quotes did not occur together... you mentioned 4K... i didn't initially

4k is not 2160p.... nor 8k being 4320p.

The problem was the technicallities of 4k for quite likely most people, specially anyone not familare with theater standards, would have figured 4320p.

We already know this, instead the whole discussion has been brought down to the technicalities of 4k vs 2160p. Obviously the consumer isn't going to be seeing 4K listed on their blu-ray disk boxes, it'll be 2160p. They can't be intertwined at all, and bringing it up is an apples and oranges comparison.

It's kinda like talking about imperial measurements and then randomly throwing in a metric wrench which tends to throw people off until it's better explained.

We essentially we are agreed, you just stated the 50gb is able to provide 3.5hours of 4k which i would guess you initially ment as well as 2160p, reguardless, there isn't any need to make sarcastic jabs at anyone over this. If you had been a little more clear it would have made more sense at the time.

mike2h · Apr 16, 2009, 04:13 AM

i give up. dont know what is wrong with me that i let myself get drug into silly shit.

Apr 8, 2009, 03:42 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 55,783 Rep Power: 444 System Specs	Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included No need for 16 speakers built right into your next HDTV? How's about the ability to watch 3D content whenever it infiltrates the home? Mitsubishi's other big introduction today comes in the form of its 2009 Home Theater TV line, a family that includes the 737 Series (60-, 65-, 73- and 82-inch), 837 Series (65-, 73- and 82-inch) and the standalone 82-inch WD-82737. The big screen crew is completely 3D ready and the whole lot features 120Hz dejudder technology, the firm's exclusive 6-color processor, four HDMI 1.3a sockets and a JADE Activity-based user interface. For those badly in need of a new set after suffering through March Madness on that 22-inch CRT, you'll be elated to know that every set mentioned here is shipping now from $1,499 to $4,999, with the full gamut of details waiting just past the break. ____________ Source: Engadget __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Apr 8, 2009, 07:45 PM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included I'm happy with my 52" Aquos, but by the sounds of that, they offer a 60" for $1,499? You sure about that? __________________

Apr 9, 2009, 02:06 AM	#3
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included if u got a newer higher end aquos i would probably stick with that. if u want/can to spend 2100 then the 65837 would be a great upgrade option. personally i would wait 6 months for 2nd gen. bugs will ironed out, refinemnets added, price cheaper. mistsubishi is notorious for 1st gen probs. but once they get it dialed in they have good value & great pic quality. just dont settle for the factory settings- wich is true of any good tv. __________________

Apr 10, 2009, 04:59 PM	#4
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included I'm not buying another one till this dies.. probably 10 years from now. I just have a hard time believing the price for a 60 incher.. __________________

Apr 10, 2009, 06:16 PM	#5
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included its one of those things were the tech & manafacturing proces have been around long enough & refined ebough that it is significantly cheaper to make them than it was even 3rys ago. i paid the same price for a mits 45" rear proj about 10 years ago. it was a very good set for the time but its pic & feature quality were vastly inferior to any of the lowest tier sets out now. __________________

Apr 15, 2009, 06:36 PM	#7
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included not sure what your point is. te op vever mentioned lcd & a search of mits site will give u all the info u will need to determine any other info. meaning if u were curious & wanted to find out more info, y didnt u got to the mits site instead og yet ano5ther site that seems to be a little confused about what they r talking about dont know what your bias towards dlp is but we all have different req for our viewing pleasure so that is cool i definetly dont get your 'hide' thing. while mits site could have been layed out better it is very plain to me what is what as far as what type of tv is what. now figuring out wich is wich in a given grouping is another matter entirely. lol. bty all 737 & 837 models are dlp. __________________

Apr 15, 2009, 06:52 PM	#8
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included Well I guess when I saw "new DLPs and LCDs" and then they list the prices for all the models and none are LCDs, it just seems a little odd. Oh, I did go to the Mitsu site and that's what I meant when I said it looks like they are trying to hide what they are.. It doesn't say on the flash site when you click the model. It's just weird. no biggie, I won't be buying one anyway- but if there WAS an LCD 60" for 1500 bucks I might have to at least consider it. __________________

Apr 15, 2009, 07:32 PM	#10
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included are they gonna make BD movies in that res? __________________

Apr 15, 2009, 09:07 PM	#12
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included judas is spinning yarns yet again. hd movies fit onto bd just fine with all the content & hd master audio. with room left over. judas fyi single layer= 25gb dual layer =50gb quad layer= 3.5 hrs of 4k. sony has claimed to have developed a 20 layer bd. __________________

Apr 15, 2009, 10:57 PM	#15
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included wich is y i didnt refer to 4320 as it of no importance to any of us for now or the near/intemediate future. 4k is just barely peaking above the horizon so dont know y u even bring it up. __________________

Apr 16, 2009, 04:13 AM	#19
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included i give up. dont know what is wrong with me that i let myself get drug into silly shit. __________________ Last edited by mike2h; Apr 16, 2009 at 04:29 AM.