» Optoma RD50 50-Inch Widescreen DLP Projection HDTV-Ready TV

Optoma RD50 50-Inch Widescreen DLP Projection HDTV-Ready TV Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great TV, until is breaks....
Comment: I bought the RD50 about nine months ago through Amazon. Great price. Shipping worked fine. TV looked great. Then it broke. While under warranty, it took 2-3 weeks for Optoma to get a technician to come and conclude that it couldn't be fixed. Three or four more weeks to get a replacement, which will be a refurbished TV of unknown age. Buyer beware.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very nice TV!
Comment:
I own this TV for a month now.

The standard Definition TV display is GOOD (OK).

The DVD through component video input is BETTER. (Optoma suggests that the DVD player to be connected to the 480i component input. Their deinterlacer performs better than most of the progressive out of the DVD players)

The HD picture is AMAZING. I have connected comcast HD using component video cables.

The skin tone is perfect. The color looks natural.

This has the HD2 chip. But look at the contrast 1500 and the dot pitch 0.15 mm. This is better than or equal to the 3rd generation DMD chip.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Addition to Brian Woods' review
Comment: I feel like I should add to my previous review because I talked about what a great bargain this TV is and
the price has went up $500. I still love this TV. Everyone who sees it comments on how incredible the
picture is. My Time Warner service technician was out the other day and said that he sees a lot of
HDTV's and is usually not impressed, but this set is IMPESSIVE. Now, when the price was $2,000, I felt
like it was a steal. At $2,500, it is still probably the best HDTV you can buy for the price, but it's hard to
get as excited about it as before.

Bottom line: I would still buy this for $2,500 but I would spend a little more time looking at the
competition to make sure it's the best deal. I think it would be. From what I've seen, it's hard to find a 50"
DLP for under $2,600 + tax.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Bargain!
Comment: This is an outstanding HDTV for the price. It is everything I hoped it would be and more. No complaints about the TV at all. Beautiful picture.

The only complaint is the shipping. I had a very similar experience to the reviewer above. It was delivered through Eagle also. It took 13 days from the time I ordered. I also had to track it down and when it did finally arrive, it was delivered only to my garage. the shipping order stated:2 man, in house, set up, trash. No such luck.

Even with the shipping hassle I would buy it again. You can not come anywhere near an HDTV of this quality for $2,000!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: It's a nice television, has great picture
Comment: I kept checking on my order status, it was shipped via Eagle Freight. Status showed arrived at local freight company on November 15, November 17, still no phone call from shipping company, so I tracked down where they were and drove to freight company, it was sitting there. I had them fork lift it into my truck, guy sticks a paper in front of me to sign, I signed, luckily T.V arrived in good condition, but, after I got home in the light, in small poor carbon copy illegible print, I deciphered that it was supposed to be delivered into my home, unpacked, and HUGE box removed......the freight company got me...Amazon is vague on shipping and I had no idea it was supposed to be brought into my home and unpacked. At 99 pounds it's too much for one man to handle. I think Amazon rates poorly on communication, I sent an email asking what the status was on my shipment and Amazon replied about two days later with a generic answer that referred me back to online status check. I believe the Optoma would still be sitting at the freight company if I had not gone and retrieved it, I think that's their way of getting out of doing the inside delivery. I encourage anyone getting a big ticket item over the internet to really pause and think about it first, sometimes paying more for local service is worth it. (I've now had the Optoma for about 10 days, and it is a wonderful DLP at a really cheap price,and satellite gives much better image than cable)

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