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Originally Posted by davidJames ">[/url]
... Needless to say I purchased the 65" behemoth and have been in home theater heaven ever since.
The Panasonic is still doing a great job ( an excellent TV) but in our bedroom! Our living room is once again a "Home Theater" just the way we like it.
Moral of story, big is better, at least when home theater is involved. As an added bonus the Mitsu wasn't that much more in price than our Pany plasma.
[/QUOTE]Agreed! I own a large number of HD displays in my home (7) ranging in size from 15" in the kitchen to 110" in the HT and I have to agree that "bigger is better." While 110" (my JVC RS-1 3 chip LCoS 1080p FP projected onto a Stewart Studiotek 130 16:9 screen) might not be possible in many homes or apartments, one can usually "squeeze in" a 65" monitor into all but the smallest apartments if one has the passion and the space. Of all my displays only the 65" and the 110" give me the full "theatrical" experience. Of course part of that comes from the fact that both those monitors reside in my HT (screen comes down in front of the RPM) and benefit from my excellent full 7.1 sound system and good sound enhances the overall effect. Another display (a 37" plasma) has a 5.1 sound system associated with it and while it's good, it's not HT to me in the full sense.
The day will come when 65" (and up) flat panel 1080p sets drop low enough in price to make them accessible to those with limited discretionary mad money but for now the "Big Butt" DLPs are a nice entry into the Big Picture HT experience. I think that's one of the main reasons why Mitsubishi decided to remain in the DLP RPM market for now - and why their new line offers sets [i]starting[/i] at 65" and going all the way up to 82" (not counting the 108 [i][b]foot [/b][/i]Mitsubishi DiamondVision screen at the new Yankee Stadium).