Samsung HLT6187SAX 61-Inch Slim LED Engine 1080p DLP HDTV
No need for a lamp ‘bulb’ with the LED, unlike other DLP, LCDs, SXRD/LCoS, etc projection TVs. AND… no ‘spinning’ color wheel, which you hear in some units.
This LED is rated to last about twenty years. No need to wait for a service technician to replace a bulb…while you have no TV.
Samsung LED HLT shows an the image in 4 seconds, while it is not uncommon for others to take over 30 seconds.
You get deep blacks. Compared to other projection TVs, colors are more vibrant.
Samsung HLT6187SAX 61-Inch Slim LED Engine 1080p DLP HDTV screen
The cabinet is sleek with a small surrounding frame (less than one inch border).
The audio/sound is not great. A home theatre system is needed to get surround sound.
Other makes place the inputs/output in the back center. This can make it difficult to get to the plugs during installation or to make changes later. Samsung puts the rear inputs/outputs on the right side. Yet, it still allows plugs/cables to be concealed while viewing, instead of them coming out the side. The power cord itself is on the back-right (and removable). If you use a cabinet, the power cord does not get in the way.
Samsung HLT6187SAX 61-Inch Slim LED Engine 1080p DLP HDTV chicken little movies
Some complain that changing/flipping channels. Not a problem with this Samsung. Channels show immediately.
No ‘screen door’ effect nor ‘image trailer blurs’ of a LCD. No burn-ins and it is not an energy drain like a Plasma. This Samsung has a fast start-up compared to a LCoS system. The screen has a wide viewing angle.
This Samsung LED has a great contrast. Be sure to customize the picture to your particular tastes.
Samsung HLT6187SAX 61-Inch Slim LED Engine 1080p DLP HDTV HTPC home theater setup
My Home Theater Setup.
1 Cerwin Wega CLSC-6 Center speaker
2 Hole punch to direct center speaker sound slightly upwards.
3 JVC 7-DVD changer
4 Something called a “VCR” (just using it to prop up the shelf for item [3]).
5 HTPC:
* ThermalTake Bach with iMon VFD
* Seasonic 500 W power supply
* 500 GB + 320 GB drive with Win XP. Drives are mostly empty. NAS devices hold all my media.
* ASROCK SATA2 939-Dual
* Opteron 180 (2.4 GHz x2) S939 CPU
* 4×512 MB OCZ Gold DDR-800
* eVGA 8800GT
* LG combo BluRay/HD-DVD/DVD-RW drive
6 Sony STR-DE-995
7 Philips 5982 1080p Upconverting DVD/DivX player
8 Samsung 61″ HL-T6187S LED DLP connected to HTPC via DVI-HDMI
9 Harmony 880 recharging cradle
10 Apple iPod Universal Dock (Harmony 880)
Mitsubishi WD-60638 60-Inch 1080p 3D-Ready DLP HDTV rear panel back
Comparisons.
The Sony A2000/A2020 have motion blur. The Mitsubishi reviews rated the Samsungs higher for color accuracy (Mitsubishi’s 6-color light system is no good if the colors are off) among a host of other things.
This Samsung does 1080p over component video on an Xbox 360!
On screen menus are good.
Colors are bright and vivid.
The cabinet is a little flimsy. It is easy to shift the cabinet and “bend” the screen.
This was chosen over the Samsung 6189S because of the HDMI 1.3 spec, which appears 5 years away from ANYthing being ready for it, and maybe 10 years for HD. By then, HDMI will probably be irrelevant anyway.
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