[mythtv-users] [OT] *Real* High-Def TV!

[Michael T. Dean]

One reason that I haven't yet purchased a high-definition TV is the fact 
that TV's being sold today do not fully support the ATSC standard.  
Whereas the maximum resolution allowable in the ATSC standard is 
1920x1080 pixels, today's TV's only support 1280x720 pixels resolution.

While it's true that some manufacturers actually sold TV's supporting a 
full 1920x1080 pixels in the past (mainly CRT's and a few LCOS sets) and 
that you can buy high-end (=$45K) projectors that can fully resolve 
1920x1080 pixels, it's been impossible to buy a brand new TV that 
supports full 1080i resolution pretty much since the introduction of 
DLP.  Since the entire point of 1080i is better picture quality (=2x the 
pixels) at the expense of frame rate, I didn't like the idea of buying a 
1280x720 TV as the benefit of 1080i would be completely lost.

So, anyway, I've been watching for someone to come out with a 1920x1080 
TV and it seems that Samsung is planning to release the HLR6768W in the 
June/July timeframe ( http://www.cnet.com/4520-10602_1-5619186-1.html 
and 
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/ny-i4252140may10,0,1418798.story 
).  There have been rumors that the TV has been put on hold, but they 
seem to be unfounded.

The TV is in their DLP line and uses a new TI chip.  It's a 67" TV and 
has an MSRP of about $6K  Maybe once more vendors are carrying similar 
solutions, prices will drop.

I guess after June, the only reason I'll have left for not buying an 
HDTV is the $$$.

Anyone know of any others available or on the horizon?

Mike

BTW, I don't work for Samsung--I simply appreciate the fact that someone 
finally got HDTV right (again :).