My hopes of owning such a righteous HDTV have been severely dashed. Mitsubishi has priced their 65-inch LaserVue HDTV that will begin shipping to Diamond stores at the end of this month and you may want to sell your car or take out a second mortgage. That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but the 65-inch set will cost a smidgen under $7,000, which is on par with other 60+-inch HDTVs, but there’s no word on the 73-inch set, yet.
The Laservue, hmmm i will continue with my regular tv
Unfortunately, no sale in Europe.
This is a shame!
Since 2 years, we are awaiting it, and then tells us Mitsubishi NO IN EUROPE!
Funny….when this technology was comming out they touted how it will blow the doors off of LCD and Plasma, not just from the picutre perspective, but also the pocketbook perspective. I remember reading of the initial price points with these in line of what DLP tv sets cost at 65″ (or 2,000.00 give or take a couple hundred.) Technology is very similar but more advanced modifications. Unlike the very expensive gases for Plasma Tv’s or expensive screen cost for LCD. This is a mistake in my part on mitsubishi’s part. There are going to be many skeptics on buying these due to it being a new TV technology. Dropping prices real low would be the ultimate in grabbing peoples attention in buying these in bulk. 90% of americans will not spend 6K+ on a TV. Good work mitsubishi…you could have cornered the market potentially with this new technology, now, you will only sell these in small quantities.
Enough already…..How long does Mitsubishi expect to drag this out. It’s now end of 3rd quarter and no 65’s to be had and no definitive date for the 73 or pricing. Something that is suppose to be state of the art is only a state of mind as no product is in the pipeline. If this keeps up Plasma will be less expensive by the time Laservue hits the market. Maybe Christmas is now the target date or with such a predicted high price and a poor economy we may never see the the 73 Laservue. I’m in the market and about to go to another brand as the 73 is more elusive than sasquatch….
Mitsubishi…the hype is over… Deliver the product now or just admit you can’t……
Has anyone any idea if the new 3D technology in the laservue sets require glasses or not, or any info about this built in capapability. I would like to purchase any necessary equipment to have ready for the long awaited arrival of the sets appearing in the stores.
Don’t be a tard, it’s the amount of colors that give it depth which in turn gives it the 3D effect.
I’m happy with the colors I get so far. The laservue isn’t making the picture quality any clearer. That’s the area that really needs improving in existing hdtv’s (the scaling of standard definition broadcasts), the blurriness of fast scenes on lcd tv’s, etc. An extra $5K for 200% better colors is not worth it. Sorry Mitsubishi .. I won’t be buying. Knock the price down to $2000-$2500 and then I’ll buy.
On the 3 D, yes you will need glasses.
On the demo I saw at CES, colors were vivid but as usual at these domos, too much saturated, no side by side LCD or plasma to compare. Viewing angle impoved over the normal DLP but not as good as Plasma or LCS. At 7K very pricy, I bought a 60 inch vizio at Costco for 2K. Wait a year or with some competiton, the price will drop to under 3K.
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On the 3 D, yes you will need glasses.
On the demo I saw at CES, colors were vivid but as usual at these domos, too much saturated, no side by side LCD or plasma to compare. Viewing angle impoved over the normal DLP but not as good as Plasma or LCS. At 7K very pricy, I bought a 60 inch vizio at Costco for 2K. Wait a year or with some competiton, the price will drop to under 3K.
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“a smidgen under $7,000, which is on par with other 60+-inch HDTVs”
I’m finding much, much, much, lower prices for premium 60+ TVs.
Sub $2,000 for example:
Mitsubishi WD-65735 65″ DLP HDTV
The laser-vue is basically a DLP AND it has fewer parts and is easier to manufacture.
Mitsubishi’s 65″ Diamond for LIST of $2,500, so I really don’t get how the $7,000 is in line with anything I’m seeing.
Plasmas run higher, like this for $5,000
Panasonic TH65PZ850U 65″ HDTV Plasma TV
You can get an LCD, 65-inch AQUOS LC-65D64U for $4,000.
Puzzled and highly disappointed over the Laser-vue pricing. :-(
I WORKED FOR THE BIGGEST LASER COMPANY IN THE WORLD AND I COULD HONESTLY SAY THAT THIS LASER TV’S PRICE IS DISHEARTHENING. G R E E D IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS WORLD ECONOMIC MESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I heard the same news on how the price would be comparable (i thought 4k) but after the long wait I deciced to buy the samsung 61″ led dlp ($1500). mitsubushi made so many marketing blunders that I am amazed. Not available to average consumer (sizes 32″-50″) which is 2/3 of the market. priced to attract high end consumers who have spent a lot on the tv they currently own. Another blogger on this page wrote that mitsu could have cornered the market but instead will be selling very small quantities
. The good news is 2-3 years from now this tv will be on sale for less than half@xmas. and last and least, mitsu has loss all of their footing evwrywhere else. No one talks about their plasma and lcd displays, their projectors are terrible, and their 3d tech and color wheel in their dlp display has been trumphed by samsung and led’s. Get it together Mitsu!!!
All these comments tell me that none of you seem to have the full story. If I can piece some things together, I would say this is what we know. Price = ~$7000 USD. Manufacturing costs are lower than todays conventional LCD and Plasma TVs. 200% color gambut is not showing any “real world” improvements since the picture quality remains the same.
The questions I have are Why is the cost so high? They don’t seem to be competing with high-end plasma even. Can we get some side-by-side comparison and bench marking against other high-end plasma or LCD products such as Pioneer Elite’s Pro-151FD? The problem with all these companies, they like to list their specs, but they never show us a real comparison…somethign we can all understand. Take a kick ass movie with some fast action scenes on blu-ray and start comparing.
My 2 cents..
The following is just speculation, so if anyone can refine it please do.
Pricing is a strange thing, particularly when it comes to a new product using new technology. I believe Mitsubishi does not presently have the manufacturing capability to produce hundreds of thousands of Laservue sets so it would be foolhardy for them to price the product at a level that would generate hundreds of thousands of orders. I think they are rolling-out the product slowly and pricing it at the 7K level so they can use the roll-out as a type of Beta test of their product. If there is a problem that shows up, the financial impact of a recall will be minimal, they can respond quickly and satisfy their handful of owners and improve the product without ticking off an enormous number of customers. Once they are sure the bugs are worked out and that there remains a significant market for the product, I expect them to ramp up production, reduce cost. Basic supply and demand.
Where I cam buy tv mitsubishi 72′Diamond and what the price.