I am in the market for a new, large rear projection TV and have pretty much narrowed it down to the Samsung 61" HLP6163W. The only thing keeping me from pulling the trigger is that when there is text on the screen of the demo model, it is not as sharp (actually looks fuzzy) as other DLP's and LCD's. I tried monkeying with the settings but to no avail. Is this a common characteristic of the Samsung?
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Your on the right track. DLP technology is the best. I almost bought the 61" myself. What kept me from it was the large size/less quality picture and the distance I would be from the set in my home. The P5085 is a refined generation three DLP product. Signal quality in the store may not be up to snuff either as they usually split it and amplify it to show on more sets. This adds noise. Do this test. Find one playing a DVD. Walk up close to it and you will see a deteriation in picture quality that you won't see at let's say 10-12 feet. Measure your true viewing distance at home. You may not want to go any larger than a 50" set. In other words, bigger isn't better. I'm 12 feet from my P5063W and it's just incredible to watch. I use a Direct TV signal as well as off air HD here in the Dallas area. I have refined my picture settings, bringing the contrast down to 80, brightness to 50, sharpness at 50, and I'm not overdriving the color. I keep it between 40-45. I doubt the store has spent any real time doing this. I've turned off the DNLE feature. I use high quality component cables, not DVI or S-Video. High Def blows my socks off. I'm a trader who watches FNN, Bloomberg, and news with word crawls. Nothing's fuzzy on my 50". If you can get back at least 15-18 feet from a 61" you may have similar results.