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"Alan Figgatt" <afiggatt@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> CJ wrote:
>>>>Can anyone tell me a model number for a 3-chip DLP projection TV that
>>>>eliminates the "rainbow effect" that is available in stores now?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>CJ
>>>
>>>Runco MBX1.
>>>
>>>Leonard
>>
>> Runco?? Never heard of them.
>> Do you have any ideas from a known manufacturer like Sony, Mitsubishi,
>> Hitachi?
>
> Runco is a high end home theater specialty company. The last I read, none
> of the mainstream consumer electronic companies - Samsung, Mit, Hitachi,
> Toshiba, etc (Sony does not sell DLP sets) - has introduced a 3 chip DLP
> RP TV yet. The DLP chipset and optics are the most expensive part of the
> DLP TVs, so adding additional optics and controls for 3 DLP chips will add
> to the cost by a lot. The mainstream companies are directing their
> marketing efforts to higher resolution and newer TI DLP chips, rather than
> going to the 3 DLP set. There are several pretty expensive 3 DLP front
> projectors I think - $20 to $30K range IIRC, but I don't have any details.
>
> If the rainbow effect is that big a concern, get a LCD RP TV, the JVC
> D-ILA, or get a good plasma.
>
> Alan F
I was thinking about the JVC D-ILA, but then I saw it side by side with an
RCA Scenium DLP and the picture on the RCA was far better, yet I don't know
that it had a rainbow effect.
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