picture quality, menu is easy to use

only one HD input

I've liked this TV since last years model. Finally got around to purchasing one. Why did I wait so long?+

The picture is as clear as you can possibly get from a progressive scan DVD. I have not seen a picture in 920i or 1080i yet. No reason to expect those to be even better.

I like the menu structure. It's easy to use and intuitive. I was a bit worried about getting set up. An hour or two of putzing around and tweaked my convergence and programmed all my channels.

There are 2 component inputs but only one is HD ready. I suppose no big deal, since I will only need one for my dish, but a weakness never-the-less.

In my opinion, this is the best rptv dollar for dollar. The only question left is 55" or 65".

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friend of mine has the ws65857, last years model but very impressive.

Video Modes, PIP options, removable glass shield, 2 component inputs, 1 HD input, 4 other (svideo/composite) inputs

None so far

I was looking at getting a widescreen from sears since they were having a year interest free this past weekend but upon reviewing what they had available I wasn't quite as gung ho to get something.

Then I stopped in at HH Gregg here in Indy and started looking around. I'd seen some good reviews of the Mitsubishi line and noticed they also had no interest finance for 1 year (Mitsu, not HH). So, after looking at the various models we'd just about settled on the 46" (I believe) until we realized we'd have to get the stand so it would be at the proper height. That's when I noticed the 55" model, which had the same video performance (clarity, sharpness, vibrance, color etc) as the smaller model.

This lead to that and we got it home and I got it hooked up to my dvd player's component out and loved it.

Notes:
There are 5 viewing modes -

Normal (or Narrow, don't remember, at work right now) with grey bars on either side and what is supposed to be the usual format showing in the middle.

Standard - full screen - uniformly stretches a TV image to fill the screen.

Expand - full screen - stretches the image vertically, useful for non-anamorphic DVD's, just makes tv look funny :)

Zoom - full screen - Zooms in on part of the image and lets you cursor around to where you want - not something I plan on using

Stretched - full screen - similar to Hitachi's Smooth Wide, it leaves the content in the middle of the screen at it's normal aspect and stretches the image more on the sides to fill the screen. Unlike Hitachi's smooth wide, it isn't quiet as nauseating when the scene is panning left to right (or right to left) for some reason.

It also stores video settings per input so that you don't have to flip around when changing from input to input.

It had decent convergence when I got it though after a couple of days and the THX video setup from Fight Club I checked it again and could finally tell what I needed to do to get better convergence. I haven't had to touch it since.

The glass protecting the screen can be removed if one desires. I might yet remove it to reduce glare from the window the tv reflects, but the again I might leave it on to protect it from dog noses.

Sound:
Decent, I can't really rate it much beyond that because I use my external speakers and my receiver primarily.

PIP:
Dual receiver PIP works quite nicely. It will do split screen, 1:3 (3 scrolling shots to check channels), 1:9 (9 scrolling shots) and 2 actual pip sizes within the primary image.

Image:
I've been quite pleased with it. It has performed exceptionally well with DVD's since I moved to component and told the dvd player to output 16:9. It even expands non-anamorphic movies very nicely. We watched Flubber with it the other night and used the expand feature successfully. (I'm pretty sure Flubber isn't anamorphic, if it is, something is wrong with my player). I noticed some artifacts last night while watching Two if by Sea, but I'm not sure it was the tv because other channels didn't exhibit the same sort of problems (I'm leaning towards digital cable compression being the culprit at this point).

Remote:
The remote is okay. It controls the most basic functions of some of my other equipment, but no further. I've also been unable to find a code for my cable box.

Overall, for the price and the size and the features, I'm very pleased with it. My wife even commented during A Bug's Life that it looked almost exactly like it did on one of the very high-end plasma dislpays that we saw it on as far as extra detail and facial texture etc. I've noticed a few small visual details that I would like to see cleaned up, but I think part of it is the limitation of my dvd player at this point (or possibly my cables, but there are always better cables out there). The HD images I got to see at the store were incredible with no artifacts, noise, distortion or anything so I am looking forward to that in the future as well.

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Size, Clarity, Progressive scan input, Clean overall look, Picture Quality

One HD-Input

WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!!!Does that says it all? I love this thing. My friend has the 46 model version and he know feels his is too too small. The view from every where you sit is AWESOME!!!!!! My living room is that the biggest but it is just right for viewing this beauty of a beast. The only thing that is on the down side is that it only has one input for HD, other than that, NOTHING!!!!! Even my wife who felt that it would bother her eyes, now says, "hey I can actually read the subtitles on Pearl Harbor when the Japs are talking"!!!! At the price I paid, I would do it again, now I just need the HD box....hmmmmmmmm!!!!!

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none, first buy

Great picture with progressive scan DVD and size

Picture seems poor with my Direct TV dish, might be operator error. I tweaked the convergence and it still doesn't look reasl sharp.

I love the TV, it looks great with my Progressive scan DVD player. The picture is not so clear with the Direct TV Dish I have. Using a good solid Monster S Vid cable and I tweaked the convergence, but it still looks pretty blury. Any assistance on focusing would be greatly appreciated! Henneberr@aol.com

Other than the potential for opeator error and the poor focus on the DSS setup, I love it. I have it set up through my new Onkyo AV 787 with new polk surround speakers and it rocks my TV room. Maybe I will figure out how to tweak soon!

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