My father has a Samsung 65" DLP set that he bought last year. It has started acting funny - losing picture after 2-3 hours of continuous use. The problem corrects itself after the unit is off for a period of time (apparently to cool down). My guess is that it is a bad circuit board, but Samsung has not been terribly helpful with this. Of course this problem occured just after the warranty ran out. I has been 2 months and the set is still not fixed. A circuit board is on order, but my father has to pay for the board and installation even if this is not the part at fault. I'm not sure anyone knows exactly why this problem is happening.
When the set is working it produces a very nice picture. The only thing that bothers me is a wierd effect with the white lines during football games. (Luckily I am not a football fan.) Maybe this is the "rainbow effect" that people talk about.
After this experience, I would consider an extended warranty as part of the price of a new set DLP set. Buy from a retailer that has the option for at least a 3 year warranty. A 5 year one would be even better. From my experience it would be worth the extra cost.
3 chip DLP sets may start to appear in the near future, but they will be VERY expensive at first. There are already some 3 chip DLP projectors available for consumers, and this is the standard for movie theater DLP projectors ($$$$$$$$). Apparently this totally eliminates the "rainbow effect."
When the set is working it produces a very nice picture. The only thing that bothers me is a wierd effect with the white lines during football games. (Luckily I am not a football fan.) Maybe this is the "rainbow effect" that people talk about.
After this experience, I would consider an extended warranty as part of the price of a new set DLP set. Buy from a retailer that has the option for at least a 3 year warranty. A 5 year one would be even better. From my experience it would be worth the extra cost.
3 chip DLP sets may start to appear in the near future, but they will be VERY expensive at first. There are already some 3 chip DLP projectors available for consumers, and this is the standard for movie theater DLP projectors ($$$$$$$$). Apparently this totally eliminates the "rainbow effect."