Review: Samsung HL-R6768W

c|net has a review of the Samsung HL-R6768W, which has been on the market for several months now.

The set is a full 1080p beast, using a DLP chip and colour wheel. The tiny DLP chip throws images up onto a 67″ screen, which is one of the largest sizes you can get for a rear-projection television. The DLP chip also helps gives this set a great black level (compared to other fixed-pixel displays, of course). This set uses that wobulation design that uses a 960 x 1080 grid of mirrors. The light from array of mirrors is shifted slightly to produce the missing 960 x 1080 set of pixels. While this set is a 1080p set and has two HDMI inputs, those inputs do not accept 1080p signals, which is a shame. (Though most sets have the same limitation. I always point this out, though, because I think it’s about time manufacturers wisened up.) However, it does accept 1080p on its VGA input, which is a rarety.

This is a pretty decent set, but one thing kills it my eyes:

After calibration, we found that the set’s black level, or brightness of “black,” changed when switching inputs or picture modes and even when chapter-skipping forward and backward on DVD movies. The fluctuation was clearly visible on both DVD and HDTV sources, not just on test pattern material. We believe it’s caused by the DNIe circuit, which last year was defeatable in the user menu and now can’t switched off at all. The set also doesn’t pass information that’s darker than “black,” which hinders its overall contrast ratio. Incidentally, DNIe also introduces severe edge enhancement in all but the Movie mode.

Who’d wanna live with that?

[via HTDude]
c|net - Samsung HL-R6768W

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