So, you want a big screen experience in your home, but a 50-inch plasma won’t quite cut it and you don’t have the Benjamins for something bigger. To make matters worse, your room isn’t quite suited for front projection, or you can’t justify to your significant other why heavy blackout drapes or gray walls is a good idea. What is one to do? Get yourself a rear-projection DLP, that’s what you do. Rear projection DLP HDTVs offer most, if not all, of the features of their plasma and projection brethren with fewer drawbacks and lower prices. Rear projection DLPs come in a wide range of sizes, from 40 inches on up and, thanks to the wizards over at Texas Instruments, they’re shallower than ever, with an average depth around 15 inches, making them easier to place in and about the home. To top it off, rear-projection DLP TVs are way cheaper than their plasma or projection counterparts, save a few manufacturers, giving consumers more of that bang for their bucks.
Take for instance the DLP TV in question for this review, the Samsung HL-S6187W 1080p-capable HDTV. It retails for a mere $2,999, which for a 61-inch HD anything is quite a bargain. Throw in the latest 1080p technology, countless video enhancements and two HDMI inputs, and the Samsung begins to sell itself. At 61 inches (diagonally), the Samsung finds itself in the larger end of the display spectrum, measuring in at 55 inches wide by 38-and-a-half inches tall and 17-and-a-half inches deep and weighing in at a surprisingly light 81 pounds. Still, don't think you can move the thing by yourself. From the front, the Samsung DLP is extremely attractive, with a glossy black finish accented by a thin silver bevel that runs along the bottom of the TV, just under the Samsung nameplate. The silver bezel isn't just a decorative feature; it's actually the opening to the TV's internal speakers, which Samsung calls their "hidden speaker" technology. Clever. Along the lower edge of the "hidden speaker" and off to the right of the TV itself are the manual controls for options such as power, channel up/down, volume and input selection. Turing my attention aft, I was welcomed by a bevy of input options. First and foremost, the Samsung DLP TV features not one but two 1080p-capable HDMI inputs, which support not only digital video signals but digital audio signals as well. For those of you still in the analog realm, there are two sets of component video inputs, as well as two S-video inputs and two composite inputs, with the third located on the side of the TV. There is an RF or coaxial input as well, which takes advantage of the Samsung's internal HDTV tuner for those connecting their antennas or cable boxes directly to the TV. There is also an RGB monitor input, allowing you to connect the Samsung to a PC and use it as your computer monitor. Getting back to its inputs, the Samsung has a full complement of RCA audio ins for each of its video inputs, as well as an optical audio out and a single USB input with a photo viewer interface located on the side of the tv
No comments:
Post a Comment