Mitsubishi WD65C10 65″ 3D Ready DLP HDTV

Can’t beat the cost-benefit analysis, February 22, 2011

I purchased a 65 inch television for well under 1000.00. That’s insane. I’m going to go over some of the pros and cons of this model, below, but keep in mind (given the number of cons) that at this price-point the value is absolutely phenomenal. I was a little skeptical about DLP technology as it seems only Mitsubishi is left in the game. But, I went and looked at a few models, was reasonably impressed, and a size v. value equation was definitely at work for me.

Ergonomically, I wasn’t mounting this on a wall, the 10-15 inches of depth didn’t matter to me … though this certainly isn’t a very attractive looking television. I only care about how it works, though. Here are my pros and cons.

PROS

1.)Fairly Good picture quality for HD television. I am not going to say great. Basically all 1080p plasma and LED, and most LCD, televisions are going to do a better job with television images (though you’re going to get annoying motion blur issues with LED and LCD). But, the image quality here is very passable, particularly for certain types of HD feeds (discussed below). I was very surprised and impressed.

2.)VERY GOOD picture quality for HD movies. Blu-ray and HD-DVD imagery is noticeably superior to any television channel I could find, and I tested quite a few. A 65 inch television, at this price point, with this kind of image quality, is a huge bargain. High def movie viewing is definitely this television’s strong suit. The black levels and brightness were excellent, with far more vivid colors than t.v. stations. I was shocked by how great movie viewing turned out to be, given that I was only mildly pleased with the television watching.

3.)Zero blurring issues. Thank heavens. In terms of motion response, better than the LCD television that it replaced in my living room. The number one reason I could no longer tolerate my LCD is the continuous problem with motion blurring. The responsiveness is fantastic with gaming.

4.) 3D: no ghosting or crosstalk that I could see. I will never again buy an LED/LCD television due to this issue (I returned a toshiba 800×600 for this reason). Looks very good. You need to be prepared for some manual changes when watching 3d movies, though (discussed below).

CONS

1.)This is not a plug and play television. At all. I had noticeable artifact-ing and graininess out of the box with all HD television feeds. It took quite a bit of tweaking to get things looking good. Every setting is ass-backwards upon your initial boot-up. The contrast is at 100 (seriously …???? do they want us to have horrible line issues all over the place when we first turn it on?). The brightness at 50 is way too low. DLP is not a “bright” technology. I’m sure you’ll want to tweak this yourself rather than copy my settings, but be assured: YOU WILL HAVE TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THIS ISSUE. Nothing looked right upon first viewing. The “grain” filter was inexplicably set to off … this is a 65 inch television, of course we are going to want that on! Ugh. I could go on and on. If you don’t get the settings right, this television will have a poor image. It took an hour of twiddling before I felt things were decently optimized. Your room lighting could have a lot to do with it. I would say the image quality went from “I want to return this immediately” to “I can’t believe what a steal this was” once I changed my cable output to 720p, corrected all the moronic built-in choices (I am not kidding, basically every setting out of the box is dead-wrong), and focused on HD video.

In playing with the settings, I found some peculiarities. 1080i on this television looks awful with most HD television broadcasts. I re-set my cable box to broadcast at 720p and it looked shockingly better. We watch mostly Fox, ABC, and ESPN shows …. they broadcast in 720p … maybe check your own broadcast channels, because it makes a gigantic difference. As in, a close-up of a face being blurry and the color being off to having a vivid image in which you can pick out the moles on the actor’s faces. I found the difference to be that extreme. For a show with a lot of motion, 1080i did not work. A 720p feed, on the other hand, looked great. I do not know why this is, but I did a couple blind tests with a few members of our household, and they immediately agreed. I am going to theorize that the signal converter in this television is not a particularly robust model. As in, not very good. You need to have your cable box and your television on the same page in terms of broadcasting a native signal, or it will look bad.

This plug and play problem carries through with 3d movies. 3d glasses chop the brightness in half (literally, the glasses are blacking out in sequence). You need to have a customized setting for watching 3d movies that turns the brightness/etc. way…

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Great for a large living room, November 19, 2010

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Michael “Gunslinger” (United States) –

  

I bought this TV from Dell to replace my Toshiba 57″ rear-projection (non-DLP) HDTV. The old one was just taking up too much floor space. This beauty has a much smaller footprint, is very light, and the picture is amazing. Streaming from Netflix in HD, playing games on my 360, even over-the-air HD broadcasts look fantastic. Setup was a breeze, and the menus are pretty straightforward. Just keep in mind you’re going to have to spend at least $200 more for a stand for this monster. All in all, I couldn’t be happier with the new TV. If I had to pick something to complain about, it would be that the only audio out jack is digital coax, so I have to buy a new receiver to run audio to my speakers. The TV speakers work well enough for now, but I definitely want to get back my surround sound. If you want a giant, beautiful HDTV, ready for 3D, and you don’t want to spend a fortune on LCD, this is the TV for you.

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Amazing, November 12, 2010

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Shawn C. Williams (NY USA) –

  

You would think 65 inches, going to look like crapp because of the size, NO WAY, This thing LOOKS AMAZING..I can see everything, I saw Rothlisberger put his Hands in a Crowd when no others could see what was happining and i saw the whole thing, this kills me though, I see every Hold, every jump, eveything OMY do i Love it, YESSSSS, This DLP is Awesome Folks for the price you cant touch this…My cousin gave up on DLPs, He couldnt get the brightness he wanted, came over to my house thought my tv was a LCD, i was like No it is DLP. He like no way no DLP looks this amazing, i said Told ya the Mitsubishis are Bad to the Bone, His Jawbone almost detached from his head, and he does have two plasmas at his house…LOL I told him!!! Great Color, in my opinion this has more color than any other TV on the market, it is not as bright as his plasmas but by far looks , color, picture.. This Tv gets a 10 out of 10, a 5 out of 5.

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