posted on
November 01, 2010 at 01:52PM
I have 3 Mitsubishi DLP - and only the one that is 7 years old has had a lamp replaced. The new ones are beautiful, no repairs, and 3D if you want. If you are worried about it, the price differential will allow you to buy a closet full of bulbs or a 7 year extra warranty and probably still spend less for 60 inch + sets. If you want something that will drive you crazy, wait till a single pixel burns out right in the middle of the screen, or turns red and is in the middle of every face. A certain percentage of the flat screens consider this acceptable and not a warranty item ( I have 4 flat plasma too). Unless you absolutely have to mount it on a wall (and better get extra braces for the big ones, run wires through drywall, etc), there is simply no comparison in terms of bang for a buck . If you put stereo, cable, or sat box on a table near by, then what have you gained by putting it on the wall?