Easy to setup, remote is easy to use, good color, tv is on wheels

Picture had a slight red push, but doesn't seem to be too bad after a couple of months. Only the Volume, Channel, and Input buttons light up on the remote.

Great TV. Price was great. Picture looked outstanding at the store, but they were show HDTV. I am not currently recieving HD.

Colors, Sharpness, Depth of focus (background images are still crisp, you can actually see that one image is 8', 10’ or 15' behind another).

Netcommand! It's more trouble than it's worth.

Mitsubishi makes the best displays I have ever seen! No other TV comes close! I'm not just talking rear projection either. I've yet to see the DLP front projector, Plasma or tube TV that looks better. There are a few flagship displays from other manufacturers that are as good as mitsubishi's entry level sets but, that’s all. Progressive scan DVDs look almost High Definition. High definition images look Amazing, breathtaking on the upper end Platinum plus and Diamond series sets. My advice to anyone is to buy highest level Mitsubishi set you can afford.

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great picture 2 component video inputs, lots of other inputs

red push...needs to be calibrated to get best possible picture

For the price i think this was the tv to get...no integrated HDTV tuner so once they figure out the specs i can purchase a STB. Nice picture, although with satellite it is a little weak...Great DVD playback, and the hi def at the shop i bought it was great.

Excellent 1080i quality. Excellent focus at the far edges of the display. Vibrant color display. 64 Point Convergence. Massive array of inputs. Remote is a sleeper! Looks great.

As with all big screen sets: pixelation with vanilla broadcasts.

Good looking clean cut set. Wheels make it a breeze to move around. I spent about 6 months comparison shopping. I narrowed it down to the Toshiba 50HX81, Mitsubishi WS-46809 and the WS-55819. I was tempted to purchase the 46 or 50 because of the size of the room I was placing the set in. I went with the 55819 because it seemed as though the Toshiba''s picture was too pixelated for my taste and a little too much blue in the picture. I set the sharpness down low and adusted all settings, but It still seemed to me that the Mitsubishi set looked better, with less adjustment. I have hooked it up to a Panasonic TU-HDS20 with direct tv. The HDTV channels look as expected: incredible. I have yet to hook it up to a progressive scan DVD player so I cannot comment on that feature as of yet.

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Toshiba 50HX81. Mistubishi 46809.

Great HDTV and Progressive Scan DVD images, easy to use remote, good focus (in the store WS55819 looked slightly sharper than the next lower model WS55809 with DVD images), 3 component and 4 SV inputs - more than I have ever seen on a TV (now I have to go buy more things to plug into my TV!), love the fact that picture settings are saved with different inputs...I find this important with HDTV as I set the color a little higher on high definition images and lower on standard TV and video tapes...it reduces the need to constantly adjust the color. Very good flesh tones and color temperature settings. I noticed that some people have said they adjusted the color immediately because it was too red when they plugged it in...the installers told me not to touch the picture settings for 24 hours during the break in period (who knows if this is true, but I didn''t take any chances...). The next day the color was perfect using the standard factory preset. A word of advice, when you do get an HDTV receiver don''t set your expectations too high. Don''t get me wrong, it''s great. However, I think some people think it will make DVD look like regular TV in comparison. You will not notice much d

Lack of 720P display options (720P from ABC up converted to 1080i looks good, but I wonder how much better it would look in native 720P), Sound is not balanced with cable input. For example, cable hooked into a VCR fed back into the AV inputs has much softer sound than the cable hooked up directly to TV. This causes you to adjust the sound up and down frequently when you toggle between cable input and AV inputs. I also wish the Mits had automatic convergence...manual convergence is a must, but when you don''t have time it would be nice to have auto...Like most projection TVs, there is a lot of glare in rooms with windows…(I purchased new privacy blinds because of this).

Excellent HDTV Picture (I got it bundled with a Mits SR_HD400 tuner), very good progressive scan DVD, average cable reception (compared to Hitachi and Pioneer). One of the few 55" 16X9 screens available (most are 53 and 57). More inputs than you will ever need! Wish it had a 720P display option. I considered other models: Toshiba Theater Wide models and Pionneer 58" HD5 (non-Elite mode). I was leaning toward Pioneer at the local warehouse club but the Mits was close in quality and the electronics retailer was running a free HDTV tuner promotion that made this TV a good deal. Overall I am very happy with the Mitsubishi. Good off axis viewing for a projection unit.

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Used Toshiba Theater Wide models and the 58" Pioneer HD5 (non Elite Model) in stores. Replaced 27" Hitachi.

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Please help..if any...?

Still waiting for it to arrive, any help with bugs in set-up would be great..! overall...this is the set..! I''ve done the looking around.(victormcdowell/at/hotmail/dot/com)

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none so far.

Picture clarity, color, inputs, speakers, and easy to use menus.

This mutha is heavy but the wheels underneath make it a breeze to move around.

This was my first purchase of my home theater. I did as much research on big screens as Einstein did electricity. Mitsubishi is the way to go. After narrowing down a wide field of manufactures it came down to Mitsu. and Toshiba. Mitsu. won me over by their PROMISE. They will upgrade my television for a "minimal cost" so that it will be compatible with near future technological advances. Nobody has stepped up to match this promise, that says a lot about the manufactured if you ask me.
After turning the set on for the first time I could tell that the video settings were set to their max. After fine-tuning the picture with the Avia DVD the picture was phenomenal.
The set has enough inputs to launch a small spacecraft. Take total advantage of the component inputs. I hooked up my PS2 with standard composite and the picture was great. I bought the Monster Cable Gamelink 400 Component hookup and when I plugged it in I was blown away by the difference. I was skeptical about forking over $60 just for game graphics and kept telling myself that they couldn't make that big of difference, boy was I wrong. I had both the composite and component cables hooked up at the same time and kept flipping inputs just to see the difference, WOW. The cables are well worth the $$$ I can't wait to see Progressive Scan DVD and HDTV on the set.
My next purchases are going to be the Denon 3802 receiver and Denon DVD2800.

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switched from a 32 inch high performance panasonic.there in lies my problem after viewing tubes for so long i expected a picture at or near the sharpness and definition of a tube.I really dont know if this tv is giving me all its got,dvd are good regular tv reminds me of a picture on a cheap tv I have a cable feed for tv.Am I expecting to much from a rptv?Also set it up with avia dvd.Any inputs please let me know.

Sharp pictures, vibrant colors, numerous picture in picture option and HD upgradeable

1) Weight
2) Favorite Channel Memory bank is confusing to setup

I have been looking for a Big Screen TV for a long time. I did a lot of research comparing the different makes and models. I finally ended up getting the Mitsubishi WS-55819. It has everything I wanted, wide screen and HD upgradeable.

Several of my deciding factors are Mitsubishi reputation on building quality Big Screens, Mitsubishi picture clarity and its price. Sony are too pricey and they are fairly new to the Big Screen Market. If you are talking about tv tubes, Sony is the only way to go. Matter of fact I have a 25in Wega in my living room. Then, Panasonic is reasonable price and their quality is also there, but Mitsubishi have been building Big Screen longer than both, Sony and Panasonic.

The two DVD discs I used to test out my Big Screen are "Bugs Life" and "Gladiator". The clarity and colors are fantastic. I can not wait until I upgrade to Hi Definition. The pictures will be even more spectacular. I currently have a Panasonic RV-80. It works great on this tv, but I plan to upgrade to a progressive scan dvd player. I plan to upgrade to the Panasonic DVD-RP61.

If you are a home enthusiast or audiophile buff,
this is the Big Screen TV for you. It has everything you want except for a built in HD receiver.

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Sharpness,Black Level,Component inputs

Heavy

Awsome! that is the word to describe this rptv. had for 2mos
and have been enjoying ever since. this tv so far has done everything right. first experienced the new sony that was find and had a nice picture but sony's pictures can be a tad to soft at times on there rptvs so i went back to tweeter and saw the Mit819 and was amazed by its sharpness and picture accuracy got sound advise from buruti and Mark the manager of the Columbia store explaining why the Mit was better so i made the swop. DVD's are beautifully vivid. had to tweek it out some because the factory default settings for brightness and contrast are very high. one slight on set is the NTSC which comes with some artifacts but thats expected. Color is excellent i've found out that sony,toshiba,and samsung may have the bells and whistles but for pure picture quality other than the Pioneer Elite the Middle line mits819 for the money can't be beat.

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