Mitsubishi Renames LaserTV, LaserVue

You might remember Mitsubishi introduced their new innovative "Lazer TV" at the 2008 CES show. It was said that it was the best looking TV that many experts have ever seen, and Mitsubishi claims that it costs less to make than plasma and LCD TV's. It's similar to DLP TV's, but uses lasers to create what Mitsubishi claims is the purest form of light.

Well Mitsubishi renamed the new sets that are scheduled to come out in Q3 to LaserVue. The picture is said to be absolutely amazing, and if you're in the market for a HDTV, you might want to wait for this one. Even HD Guru said that the LaserVue set popped colors that were "the most vivid of any display device I had ever seen" besting a Pioneer Kuro and Sharp LCD in a side-by-side.

The Pioneer Kuro is said to be the best HDTV in the world, so that's pretty high praise.

[HD Guru via Crunchgear]

Dream Arcade system

If an arcade system that features a 120-inch screen, 145 pre-installed classic games, a free Wii adaptor, and two-player control panel with numerous buttons, a spinner, and a lighted trackball doesn't give you a tickle in your pants, nothing will. On the other hand, the $4000 price tag may leave the average gamer a little unsatisfied. Additional pic and info after the jump.
If you do have the means, you will also have the high-output DLP projector with a 2000:1 contrast ratio and a native resolution of 1024 x 768 (1400 X 1050 max) to enjoy. There is also some decent power under the hood with the whole thing running on a "high-end PC" with AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ . Wow, it sucks being poor.

I hope they decide to sell kits for this, then at least it would be affordable.

[Product Page via Crunchgear]

DirecTV's New DVR's Can Ruin Plasma TV's?

If you have one of the newest DVR receivers from DirecTV, the H20 and HR20 models, and a plasma TV, you might want to take one of them back.

According to Gary over at HD Guru, the DVR creates standard def 4:3 channel with vertical black bars, which is a nice look but if you leave it on too long on a plasma TV the bars will start to glow bright (burn in). LCD and DLP sets do not have to worry about this, but it's strange that DirecTV would drop the ball on something like this considering how much interest they've shown toward the HD industry.

Most DVRs have the gray bars and gray letterboxing because gray is the color of average screen wear, why DirecTV didn't follow suit with this is beyond me.

Read more here. [HD Guru via Gizmodo]

Optoma Breaks Out Sub $3k 1080p DLP Projector

Optoma tries to bring HD projectors to the masses. Optoma is debuting its most affordable 1080p projector, the $2,999 HD80. The new DLP-based HD80 one-ups the HD70 (720p) delivering 1,300 lumens with a 10,000:1 contrast ratio.

The HD80 also has two 1.3 HDMI ports, DVI with HDCP, and both component and composite connections. It'll be out this July for $2,999.

If you like projectors and are in the market, you might want to take a look after the jump. [Optoma]

Skinny DLP set: makes fun of fat TVs

If you're tired of your fat HD TV but don't want to brake the bank buying a plasma or LCD TV, check out the new JVC HD-58S998. The slimmest DLP TV on the market has gotten pretty good reviews on Cnet. The JVC goes for about $2,400 and doesn't sacrifice performance for price. Cnet says if not for a few geometry issues (the TV couldn't display perfectly straight vertical or horizontal lines), this 1080p set would have been a near-perfect.

So if your eyes are not that of a jeweler and you're in the market for a thin HD set, take a look at this one.

Ghetto Ambilight HDTV

If you've ever seen the Philips Ambilight HDTV you know how cool it looks, and that the soft glow behind the TV actually has a function. If you watch TV or game in low-light conditions, the back light reduces eye strain.

But if you don't want to pony up the money for the Philips HDTV you can get the same effect for your HDTV ghetto style!!!

Thanks to our friends at instructables they show us how to get the same effect on the cheap.

Step 1: Buy Cheap LED Light strips from IKEA.

Step 2: Attach it to the back of your LCD/Plasma/or DLP.

And that's the way you do it!!!