Mitsubishi debuts 3D-ready Home Theater TV line, 82-incher included
By Darren Murph 
posted Apr 8th 2009 9:00AM
posted Apr 8th 2009 9:00AM
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Announces Its Large Screen
2009 Home Theater TVs with 3D-Ready Technology
New Line-up Offers Incredible Picture Quality and Exceptional Value
and Includes World's Largest 3D-Ready TV at Giant 82" Screen Size
IRVINE, Calif. - April 8, 2009 - Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. (MDEA) today announced its new Home Theater TV series for 2009, offering a larger than life, vivid viewing experience and includes 3D-Ready1 viewing technology – a feature becoming more in demand among consumers as 3D content production continues to increase. In addition to 3D-Ready, the new Home Theater TV product line features a solid offering of large screen sizes including an impressive 82" model. All eco-friendly MDEA Home Theater TVs are highly energy efficient, consuming approximately one-half the operating power of similarly sized flat panel TVs.
"Based on current economic conditions, consumers are looking for products that marry high quality with significant value, and TVs are no exception. Our new Home Theater TVs provide unparalleled picture performance and value, and are the best performing displays for large screen entertainment," said Frank DeMartin, vice president of marketing, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America. "We view Home Theater Television as a growth category, and our new 2009 line-up provides larger screen sizes, new technology enhancements, and notable efficiency in operating power consumption, which is becoming a prominent factor that consumers now consider when making a TV purchase."
Best in Large Screen Entertainment
MDEA continues to lead the competition with the largest Home Theater TVs available. The new 737 Series will include the all-new 82" 1080p model along with 60", 65" and 75" screen sizes - all featuring 3D-Ready viewing technology. The models will also include Smooth 120Hz™, New Advanced Video Calibration Mode, JADE Activity Based User Interface, Improved DeepField™ Imager, SharpEdge™, Video Noise Reduction, UltraThin™ Frame and Mitsubishi's Exclusive 6-Color Processor™ which provides significantly more color reproduction than typical flat panel TVs. All models are EnergyStar™ 3.0 qualified.
The MDEA 837 series boasts three premium Home Theater TV models ranging from 65"to 82", offering consumers outstanding picture performance with the ability to take advantage of the 3D-Ready capability. All of the Home Theater TVs are highly energy efficient and are EnergyStar 3.0 qualified offering another layer of value with each model consuming approximately one-half the operating power of similarly sized flat panel TVs, at around half the price. Other features include PerfectTint™, 4 HDMI 1.3a, Dark Detailer™, NetCommand®, USB Media Input, ISFccc Certified, and RS-232C Interface.
"As the home theater market continues to flourish and the cinema space continues to embrace 3D, we clearly see MDEA's 3D-Ready Home Theater TVs playing a key role in meeting consumers craving for the best and most advanced home theater experience," said David Naranjo, director of product development, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America. "MDEA's is clearly keeping pace with this increased demand and our new line-up of Home Theater TVs offer consumers the opportunity to bring 3D into their own home to enjoy 3D movies and games."
3D-Ready Redefines Home Theater Experience
MDEA's entire Home Theater product line re-defines the large screen entertainment category by offering 3D-Ready viewing technology. Mitsubishi is committed to making 3D a reality in consumer's homes worldwide and over the past several years, MDEA has worked closely with leading technology and content providers to develop the most compelling 3D experience for consumers, particularly for 3D gaming and movies.
Availability and Pricing
MDEA's Home Theater TV models are available now. Retail pricing is as follows:
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'm assuming this is rear projection DLP technology??
Or is it LaserVue? Or is it a huge LCD panel??
What the hell is this?
DLP. Not that great.
$1500 for 60-inch DLP vs $1500 for 150-inch projected image... tough choice...
The TV above is not a DLP, it clearly states that it is a "Flat Panel" TV which suggests LCD/Plasma I would learn more towards LCD if it were me making a guess.
@7egend
The only place "Flat Panel" is mentioned in the press release is when these TVs are compared to "similarly sized" or "typical" flat panel TVs. Nowhere does it claim that this TV is a flat panel.
This TV is a DLP.
Their 61" Laser Vue blows the competition away. You have to see it to believe and it is 3D compatible as I played Bio-Shock in 3D at my friends house. But he price is....$7500. Out of the reach for most of us.
I would like a little more information regarding the products. The article states that the TV's contain 3D-Ready1 tech, "– a feature becoming more in demand among consumers as 3D content production continues to increase." I googled "3D-Ready1" and all (ok not all bt FP) results were either leading back here or were other press releases from this morning.
What is 3D-Ready1? Is it a standard? Is it HD compliant? Is the article title misleading by saying this is "3D-Ready"? Is that like HD-Ready where the HD tuner wasnt integrated, meaning that we have to purchase more hardware to display the 3D-Ready1 signal/stream?
This begs a follow-up.
-Rock
"She isn't hot because she isn't Asian" comments starting in 3....2.....1.....GO!
ddmeightball - you forgot the other prereq boilerplate comment - "I'll buy it if she comes with it"
Yeah, I'm kind of confused as to what type of technology it is - laservue or something else.
On the plus side, I'm glad to see 82" becoming a standard TV size. We've had 65" TVs for about a decade now, strange that larger sizes haven't become part of the affordable TV size standard yet. Sure you can buy $150,000 TVs in large sizes but 80" seems to be the elusive size for non professional athlete salaries.
Uh, whats up with the pricing? $4,999 for a 3D ready 82" tv?
You would be paying more than that for a 60".
Am I just reading this wrong?
second that.
5 grand for an 82 incher. 3D ready even..
Seems like an amazing deal to me.
Do YOU come with the TV?
Oh you! Hee hee hee hee!
Let me know when they have an 82 inch OLED screen.
so you can not buy that one because you are waiting for the 150" fluxcapaitor unit with 4d...
stop promoting your site you turd eating asshole
That hair in 3-D? Yikes!
Is that Rachel Specter?
What exactly does "3D ready" mean? I hate marketing speak =/
it means instant obsoleteness once a 3D standard comes out
I wish it was 3D Capable...then I'd buy it!
Some clarification:
- definitely DLP i.e. projection based tech, but before you say "eewwwww" (like a sissy) remember the excellent "Laser Vue" set by Mitsu is also DLP tech which leads me to...
- no mention of the lighting tech in the press release for the DLP chip which is more important... there are three options:
1. Standard bulb - crappy, dies after 2 years and ins ~ $200 to replace. Unlikely but possible.
2. LED array - quite robust, lasts typically as long as a Plasma/LCD set. Most likely solution since they're energy efficient and the press release goes on about that.
3. Fricken Lasers - best yet, and is the same tech as the "Laser Vue", highly unlikely though since they'd be making noise about it.
Best guess is LED tech which is very good overall. Compared to LCDs it's a tad dimmer and has ~2000:1 contrast ratio... but for size/price it's great.
- Lastly... the 3D tech... should work out of the box for anyone connecting the set to a PC and also buying Nvidia's "3D Vision"
http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1231407843592.html
Works pretty well and a neat bonus... they're more content coming out all the time too. Does require the wearing of polarized glasses.
I honestly don't know why some people now frown on DLP. Even the bulbs, especially the later models, had good pictures and an excellent size/price ratio. We have a bulb DLP that is roughly 2.5 years old (and, no, the bulb hasn't died and is still bright) and the picture destroys the LCD we bought just last week for the bedroom. No, the LCD doesn't use LEDs or anything like that (didn't want to go overboard for a bedroom TV), but it's pretty typical for what most people buy in terms of LCD tech. It looks very good head on, but quickly gets washed out from other angles. It's pretty absurd that people automatically claim LCD/plasma is better when both of those cover a huge range of image quality. Sure, the top end stuff looks great, but as you pointed out, the top end DLP is now the LaserVue which beats out the current top end from other techs. And in the end most people either can't or don't care to spend the money for the top end models. I think it's a shame that DLPs, which offer a tremendous size/picture quality/price balance, have fallen out of favor because everyone wants to buy the thinnest TV they can these days even though most end up putting them the same stands their older, thicker TVs used.
Just a little correction about the 3D glasses tech:
It uses active shutter glasses, not polarized glasses like those used in movie theaters.
/me high fives Vidikron
I agree with you on what you stated. I have a Mitsu 65" dimond series and I love it. I'm going to wait on getting an 82" laservue when it becomes available (some year).
I agree also of what you said about people wanting the the thinnest TVs then just end up putting it on a stand that would take up the same space of a DLP. LOL!!
she's really beautiful
Big whoop!
This is Mitsubishi's third generation of 3D-ready televisions. It won't be until they come out with 3D-capable Blu-ray players that it will be of any use, whatsoever. I have a Samsung 3D-ready TV, and the only content I see in 3D is the content I make, myself, with dual HD camcorders.
You can play PC games in 3D right now, too. In the future, consoles will support 3D. Mitsubishi has been in talks with Sony about the PS4 supporting stereoscopic games, but I haven't heard anything about it in the last year or so.