DenimDude's Full Review: Mitsubishi WD-73837 73 in. HDTV-Ready TV
We had been viewing a 32" diagonal, regular-definition-picture TV. Surprisingly, this 32" set weighs a ton. (If used as an anchor, it may "easily sink a small boat" kind-of-heavy.) With two people moving this set in order to make room for our new 73" diagonally measured picture-sized, HDTV , it was a real chore just to move it onto a hand truck and then back on its stand which we relocated to the guest bedroom. When my significant other saw the size of the new 73" TV being delivered, his mis-guided perception of what it must weigh made him very frantic. He pleaded with the delivery man to help us move it inside. Since I had agreed previously to "Curbside delivery" only, the delivery driver was nice enough to haul it into the garage for us, and he and I calmed my friend down as I knew it weighed in at only 92.7 pounds.
As an accessory, Mitsubishi makes a 73" stand for this 1080p high-definition television. It is easy to assemble, and it has a large groove carved in it that accepts the tongue base of the television. A bracket screws the TV to the stand from the back which makes the stand and the television secure... as one whole unit. Now, how does this 73 inch picture look when lit up?
The huge crisp and colorful picture is produced by a Texas Intrument's, DLP chip. This "Digital Light Processing" chip has 99.99 percent working mirrors that reflect light from a light source, namely a user-replaceable, 180 watt projector bulb, to produce its brilliant and crisp picture. The bulb life approximates to that of 1 year, and Mitsubishi will replace it for free if it goes out during the 1st year of ownership. The surprisingly brilliant colors are produced from a spinning colorwheel within the set, and there are no artifacts, flaws, or rainbow effects when viewing the picture, even when you shift your gaze or move your head from side to side. How easy is this WD-73837 Mitsubishi television to set up?
Set up is not so easy if you are not familiar with the remote. So please, let me help you avoid the confusion and dissapointment I first had when I couldn't even navigate to select the "English" language when I first turned on our TV.
Initially, I thought the television was damaged and that it couldn't receive the appropriate remote control signals. As it turns out, the <, >, /\, \/ (left, right, up and down) navigation button is built-in around the "Enter" button. This button is barely visible to the naked eye, and it also can't be felt easily by touch because it lies flat around the "Enter" button. All other remote control buttons rise up out of the remote control's housing about 1/4", and since some of these type buttons are also located around the "Enter" button, one tries to use these buttons instead to navigate the television's Setup Menu system ...and... you won't be able to do this because you have missed the navigational button. In short, the navigation button(s) are built immediately around the "Enter" button, the likes of which may possibly exist on your cell phone. Now you may be asking yourself, "Setup is this complicated already"?
Actually setup is a quick gentle breeze... once you know how to operate your new remote control, you'll be watching brilliant HD television on Mitsubishi's huge 73" display almost instantaneously. This is because this television will automatically sense and add your connected devices to its "Activity Menu" once you power-on the devices first, and then turn your television on. Once you connect the WD-73837 television to Home Theater Amplifiers, Satellite or Cable boxes, Antenna's, DVD or Blu Ray players, and Windows Media Center Extenders and/or game consoles such as that of the XBox, the television will automatically sense these "Input Sources". If you have ever connected a new Plug 'n Play device to your computer, essentially this is the same easy process. These sources will be displayed on the HD television's "Activity" menu. You then may choose a source from a list of choices such as, View a movie from your Blu Ray player, play a game on your game console, watch Antenna TV, or watch Satellite/Cable TV. Wow, that was quick and easy. Now what about the picture? Does it need calibrating?
I found that if I used a few calibration settings from Tweak TV's website for this model WD-73837, I was able to achieve a superb and very satisfying picture. The settings used are for basic contrast, color, and brightness settings mostly. The television's preset settings for Perfect Color and Tint seem to be right-on target, and I didn't even have to adjust these, or fool with anything else in order to get a wonderfully vivid, colorful, and sharp image.
Mitsubishi displays a bright, uniformly sharp and colorful picture along the entire breadth of its massive 73" screen. There are no visibly defective pixels anywhere across the entire surface area. The television can display very black blacks despite the fact that its bulb is always lit up, so dark, that at times the entire screen can appear to be "off", or completely black. Now, since the image is produced using light reflecting off of rotating mirrors on the DLP chip, there is no chance of image "burn-in", and the colors are the brightest and deepest I've ever seen. There are no rainbow effects that I can get my eyes to detect even while rapidly shifting my gaze or rotating my head to and fro. I was worried that this rainbow picture degration effect might still be present on current DLP models but I am very happy to say...Wow. This is a perfect picture!!! So, what about reliability?
I have ordered a replacement bulb to have on-hand before this bulb has a chance to go out. This way, we won't have to be without a television because of a burnt out bulb. This television will not loose its brightness or color over time as some plasma's may because with each bulb change, it is like viewing a picture from a brand new television. The plasma gasses in a plasma display eventually ionize out with use, but I really suspect this to happen very very slowly so as not to be really noticed for many many years.
Aside from having to change a bulb about once a year and spending $100 dollars a pop to do it, the DLP technology used in this set is proven to be very reliable. The screen has a shiny sheen to it & looks flawless. Since the composition of the screen is unknown and is warranted for only 30 days, I will only occasionally clean it gently using a recommended damp, micro-fiber cloth or mitt. But why did I choose this set?
I chose this television because:
1. It uses less power than plasma's or lcd's of comparable size. 2. It is lightweight. At only 92 pounds, I can move this baby. Plasma's and LCD's of even smaller screen sizes can be very very heavy. 3. While it's 17 inches deep and can't be mounted on a wall, I love the stand Mitsubishi has made for it. I bought both the stand and television together, and the two of us set it up ourselves. How easy is that? 4. The screen size is massive at 73 inches, measured diagonally. The width of this television is 65 inches. 5. Cost. for $2948.00 US dollars, I have a 73", 1080P, HDTV with stand. 6. Picture Quality. Reviews were read with excellent markings for the quality of this television's picture. Mitsubishi's model # WD 73837. My actual perceptions of picture quality are the same..Wow. 7. Customer's seem very very happy with customer service received from Mitsubishi. I know Mitsubishi will care for my television service needs if and when I need them. 8. This television has many features...but I just turn it on... and watch in amazment of the perfect picture quality I am viewing across the entire breadth of this WD-73837's screen.
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