Mitsubishi WD-73838
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Mitsubishi WD-73838 Review
WD-73838 review ByM. shatalov (NY-NJ)
I worked as a quality tester for the doomed Cablevision VOOM HD project in the early days of HDTV. Plus I’ve owned three other HDTVs (2 DLP and 1 LCD) since then, so i have a base to compare – not my first experience with Hi-Def TV.
This Mitsubishi WD-73838 is a monster compared to my old 50 inch Samsung (see pic).
The sound on this unit is pretty good, with all those speakers… but lets face it – if you are buying a huge home theater TV, you probably already own a good 7.1 AVR that supports all the surround sound HD formats. And if you dont – you should.
3D quality (updated below): For now, my experience on this TV with 3D content is limited to Motorsport 3D game for the PS3. But even in 720p and scaled down for 3D it looks excellent. Looking forward to seeing some of the 3D BD movies soon in higher 1080p.
For 3D you WILL need the 3DA1 adapter for any 3D source that doesn’t support checkerboard or side by side formats (see update #2 below!). Also, know that x102 DLP Link glasses are cheaper and will work well, but there is a known issue with them – they seem to lose the link to the WD-73838 TV if you are too far or the bulb is not bright enough. At 10 feet they start to flicker on and off, at 12 feet it’s very hard to maintain the link. They also have a proprietary battery and rape you on shipping charges, so that may be an issue for some folks.
WD-73838, A big screen with a ton of bells and whistles
WD-73838 review By clark41 - See all my reviews
I purchased the WD-73838 after months of research. I am a previous owner of a mits rear projection crt and I was happy with it’s trouble free performance for the last 8 years. I also considered plasma and lcd. But I am not a fan of plasma and lcd just does not have the screen sizes to do an impressive 3D or even a wow 2D. I was coming from a 55 inch so going smaller wasn’t an option. So the 73 and the 82 mits were the only way to go. So far I love the tv. Color was almost perfect out of the box. The other pieces to my home theater include the Oppo bdp-93, and an Onkyo tx-sr 707. All three do very well with each other connected via hdmi.
The only part of this experience that I did not like was the shipping/delivery. Home Direct is who Amazon uses and their customer service is horrible. They were rude and I did not like dealing with them at all. The delivery was free so I kinda just let it go.
Anyone looking for a big screen with a ton of bells and whistles can’t go wrong with the 2010 Mitsubishi diamond series dlp, the WD-73838.
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Awesome TV at a reasonable price., March 9, 2011
I purchased this DLP TV to replace another 73 Inch Mitsubishi DLP TV of the same line that I had bought five years ago. The old DLP TV worked flawlessly during those years. I bought the latest model looking for the new technologies that include 3D, brighter colors, a more powerful lamp and others. I also purchased the base made by Mitsubishi that complements the TV very nicely.
My speakers are of about the same depth as the TV, which makes them align beautifully. For playing 3D movies I bought the Panasonic DMP-BDT100P 3D Blu-ray player and also the Mitsubishi 3D kit that includes 2 sets of glasses, the emitter and an HDMI cable.
For the sound I use a two year old 7.1 receiver connected to the player with an optical cable. New receivers get both sound and video through HDMI connection.
Amazon.com made the deliveries perfectly and on time.
I am very happy with this WD-73838.
