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New Giant Television

I am moving to a new house that has a basement where I intend on setting up my main system. The room is great, about 7' high and the walls about 18' x 23'. I'm all set on the audio setup, not much different from current (with the exeception of lots of room treatments since I will finally have a dedicated room), but with a dedicated room I will have a different video set up.

I want to be able to have ambient light in the room, so I don't want a projector. I don't believe that 3D is the next big thing, don't care about it at all. I don't care if it's plasma, LED, LCD, rear projection, whatever...

I want a giant TV with a great picture, without 3D, I don't care about it's proportions. I've seen Mitsubishi has up to 84" LCD projections screens, the bigger the better.

What suggestions?
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ncarv
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I also wanted a front projector, but decided I had too much ambient light. I went for size, too, and got the Mitsu 73" DLP. It has a great picture and gives you the most bang for the buck in size.

I bought it online from Homegoodz. No problem transaction. I ordered it from "Adam." He was very helpful. It's selling right now for $1637, delivered. The 82" is $2627, delivered. The packing was great. Delivery was scheduled and on time.

I've had it for just over a year with no problems. It is 18" deep at it's thickest point. The thin advantage of flat panels was not an issue for me. You just can't beat the size, especially at the price.
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ncarv
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Greg, I don't doubt the Panasonic picture is better than the Mitsu, but the pic on the Mitsu is excellent.

As for size difference, I had a Runco 65" rear CRT before the 73" Mitsu and there is a BIG difference in picture size. Don't forget, it isn't just 8" diagonal. You wind up with about 25% more viewing area on a 73".

All things considered -- picture quality, size, price -- I opted for the Mitsu. YMMV.
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