Check this new Bravia HDTV from Sony. EYO have them listed at $6995 and the cost size performance value is pretty bloody good when you consider a 55" Fujitsu Plasma is about a grand dearer.

Yes it is a rear projection jobbie but from the specs and the feedback being reported by a few in the world who have one thus far, the performance is stunning. A guy in Germany posted a whole ton of pics of his arrival and set up of his beast, the IQ in everything looks awesome. But as you know a common problem with the rear projecion technology was the horrible performance and IQ from off-axis psoitions, so he took a couple of pics to show you what the newfangle Sonysrxd technology can do...I reckon these angles would be just about 'off-axis' as anyone could possibly sit in relation to the unit in any normal situaion. Check the IQ.

http://www.users.on.net/~dwegner/Pics/sony1.jpg

http://www.users.on.net/~dwegner/Pics/sony2.jpg

As far as can be figured from the digital Oz forums they are due to hit Australia any day now and I give you a heads up here because if you were in the market for a unit that size (they have a 60" model as well) I reckon they would most defineately be worth checking out. I know I will be that's for sure. The German dudes page linked to in this post has a ton of pics of the units performance in movies, games ect...even his old Nvidia ti4600 throws up a pretty good image on the beast. :)

Oh and the xbox360 gaming images really do look sweet, would be awesome playing on a 70 inch screen @ 1080p

screw you and all your awsome toys, jerk.


e: o wait u dont actually have one =D

last edited by d[o_0]b at 10:53:20 23/Oct/06

Not sure what good 1080p is, the Wii only does 480p so it seems kinda a waste of 600 lines :)

Oh... there are other uses for TV?

screw you and all your awsome toys, jerk.


e: o wait u dont actually have one =D

hehe YET. It certainly is enticing a 2.5ms response time, no type of burn in issues whatsoever ect.. I just want to see one in the flesh and find out about bulb replacement cost and stuff before I even think about buying one. But like I said when you compare the price/screen size and the benefits it has over plasma/LCD it is pretty enticing. Admittedly it doesn't have the slimline profile of the plasmas/lcd but all too often I see people who have plasmas and they don't have them wall mounted anyway?

That's pretty good viewing angle for the RPTV actually. Nice TV

that sure does look sexy for a rear projection tv

I've been looking into those Bravia 3LCD tvs lately, they look like a pretty good deal, the picture quality is decent, viewing angles aren't great but I never really watch tv other than straight on. They're a rear projection LCD panel, 1 panel for each colour, RGB. They're cheap as chips $2500 for the 50" 720p

we put a pre-order for the 60" SXRD model a cpl of weeks ago, will hopefully have it here and installed by friday *fingers crossed*. will post pics and stuff when we get it

i must admit the resolution and colours on that screen look bloody hawt for a rear projection...

maybe sony wont go down the drain just yet

cool Strik3r, keep us posted mate.

hmm, that's going on my to get list once I win the lottery :)

I wonder if 70" would even fit in my house :(