Mitsubishi WD-73837 73-Inch 1080p 120Hz Home Theater DLP HDTV

Got this TV a week ago, and I have to say I'm very impressed. I was originally planning on putting in a ceiling-mount projector with an 80" screen, but I saw a huge price drop on the 73835 and ordered it through Electronics Expo... after I placed the order, they called me and said they had oversold it and upgraded me to the new 73837 for the same price! Great customer service. A few things about the TV: It's big and bright! It comes set on "brilliant" picture mode, which is horrible. I usually calibrate my TV's as best I can with Video Essentials or Avia, but this model has an in-depth picture adjustment menu with ISF level adjustments. There are two advanced picture presets and the second one looks perfect to me. Had a bunch of people over for the Penn State-Iowa game this weekend and they could not believe how real the game looked. I bought the Bell'O AVSC-9870 stand for it, which fits it perfectly and is selling cheap on Amazon right now. (note, this stand looks fabulous,...Read more

This TV was a replacement for a 62" Toshiba HDTV from late 2005. The Toshiba had been calibrated using a DVD calibration disc (and the color filters that come with the DVD) fed into the component video inputs.

First of all, 73" is a dramatic step up from just about anything you may have seen short of a front projection set up (Mitsu, however, now goes even one larger, 82", if you have the living room real estate.) It is about 1" less deep than the outgoing Toshiba -- but this means it will require at least 12" more distance from the wall (or whatever is behind it) behind it than "flat screen" HDTVs which usually require 3" to 6" of rear clearance. In our case the 73837 is in a large family room and it does not eat up an objectionable amount of real estate.

Second, the "super thin" frame and very low base, make the TV, when off, not overwhelm the room the way the Toshiba with its side speakers and high base seemed to do.

Third, the picture,...Read more

We've owned a few Mitsubishi's over the years simpy because they've been so reliable and last forever. Our old WD-62725 DLP got moved downstairs to make way for our new WD-73837 DLP.

We'd always been impressed by the 62725's picture quality and expected the new WD-73837's picture to certainly be an improvement based on it's newer technology. What we didn't expect was the absolutely stunning picture quality the WD-73837 delivers. With its crisp picture and incredible colors it's just like looking out of an open window minus the smells in the air. Because of its great picture HD movies take on an almost 3D-ish quality.

One of the reasons we decided to stay with another DLP is because of the ability to see the screen even at a high angles off to the side so we could watch it from our kitchen. This TV doesn't disappoint and is viewable even at 60-70 degrees away from the screen.

I can't comment on the WD-73837's speaker sound quality as we have it...Read more