Customer Reviews

Mitsubishi WD-82740 82-Inch 1080p Projection TV

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
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First: kudos to Amazon for using "White Glove Delivery". Two guys brought in the TV, unboxed it, set it up, made sure it worked, and took away the packing material.

Since I was replacing a 65" Mitsubishi DLP (started getting white/dead spots), all they had to do was plug in the power and the HDMI cable that runs to my receiver.

The old TV took 20+ seconds to power up, which was very annoying. This one takes about 10 seconds. (Man yelling at his microwave oven: "Hurry up! I don't have all minute!!")

The picture is huge compared to the 65" set. It makes for an immersive experience whether watching tv shows/movies or playing video games.

My TV table/stand is about 30" high, which was fine for the old set but is too high for this one. I'll give myself a chance to get used to it, but may have to buy a shorter table. The 65" TV was deeper (front to back) than a plasma or LCD, but it never seemed that bad. The 82" TV is much deeper, maybe a couple of feet.

I haven't hooked it up to the Internet yet because my Blu-Ray player already has Internet, but I'll probably hook it up because that's how you get firmware updates.

I'm giving it 5 stars based on picture quality (and size), ease of set-up, Internet capability, and past experience with the Mitsubishi 65" TV.

UPDATE, DAY 4:

Well, I may have spoken too soon. I received the TV on Monday and by Wednesday, it started acting flakey and on Thursday, I get nothing but a blank screen. I called Mitsubishi who contacted a service company in my area who says it will be a week before they can come out. Getting a bad TV doesn't bother me that much - these things happen. What matters is how such problems are handled, and a week delay in getting a tech out is unacceptable.

UPDATE, DAY 12:

If a week delay in getting a tech out seemed bad, I'm fairly seething at the fact that it will be TWO WEEKS before the tech comes out. I won't bore everyone with all the details, but both Mitsubishi and the local service rep have really dropped the ball on this. I still think the TV is worth 4 or 5 stars based on the 3 days it worked, but a TV is only as good as the people supporting it, and they have been terrible. Unfortunately, you can go to about any support forum on the Internet for any electronic device and find the same gripes about lousy support for anyone unlucky enough to get a faulty product right out of the box, so I guess that's just how things are these days.

I thought I'd share my odyssey with this TV. It has been quite an experience.

TV Purchase and Delivery
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After several months of hesitation, including several hours of agony on Black Friday constantly refreshing the Amazon website, I finally pulled the trigger and ordered this TV. Actually, I had ordered the WD-82738, but Paul's TV called the next day and informed me that that model was out of stock. Would I like to be upgraded to the WD-82740 for free? I said, heck yeah! So, I ended up buying this TV for $1,799. Incredible! But this was only the beginning.

Paul's shipped out the TV and it arrived in 3 days. I was home that day as the delivery truck arrived. I watched from the window as a lone, older gentleman (he seemed like he was 70 years old) stepped out and proceeded to unload the TV by himself! I was mortified! One delivery guy, and an older guy to boot, trying to deliver a TV that seemed to me like it weighed more than a Mini Cooper. Anyway, I ended up going outside and lending him a hand. After all, it was my TV and I did not want any accidental drop. More on that later.

When we brought this beast into the foyer, I knew immediately that the gigantic box was not going to make it down to the basement. So we proceeded to strip the TV bare and were able to carry it down. Boy, this TV is HUGE. I mean, humongous! And very, very heavy. You can't imagine how big 82 inches are until you stand before it. On our way down, my hand slipped once, and the side I was holding fell from one step down to the one below. A small drop, but one that left my heart beating feverishly, wondering if the TV had been totaled or the lamp broken. Well, after what seemed like an eternity, we were able to negotiate the steps down to the basement and set the TV on top of the Pinnacle stand I had bought and setup a couple days earlier. The old delivery guy stood back breathlessly but eagerly and watched as I plugged in the unit and turned it on. The fun was about to start.

TV Viewing
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After I loaded the remote batteries, I stood back and - drum roll - hit the power button. The screen comes to life in 10 seconds flat. Then, the amazement begins. The picture is just glorious! Absolutely magnificent! So crystal clear, you feel like peeling the picture off the screen. This TV was built for HD viewing. Don't bother watching SD on it. In fact, due to the massive screen size, SD appears a bit pixelated and blurry most times. However, after you see HD on this monster, you will never want to set your eyes on SD again. The old delivery guy must have stayed for at least 20 minutes, not wanting to leave this glorious picture behind. He kept muttering "wow" under his breath. I was speechless. He eventually got me to sign the delivery papers and reluctantly left me alone in my cave.

Watching my AT&T U-verse on this TV is truly an immersive experience. Netflix movies stream in full HD and I just can't believe it. NFL playoffs? Wow, you don't want to know. You have to see that one for yourself because I truly cannot describe how it looks and feels. Each time I turn this TV on, it never ceases to amaze me. My man cave is now more or less a full blown movie theater. The 8 speakers that are mounted on the front of this set are so powerful and the surround sound so impressive that I decided not to bother hooking up my home theater speakers. Thankfully, my man cave is fully sound proof because I was concerned that the TV would disturb the neighborhood. I have never had to crank the sound above 30 on a scale of 100, and the TV speakers just boom like crazy. I find myself rushing home after work now. My wife is mad at me for not showing myself in other parts of the house these days. But she understands. Sometimes, she even visits me down in my man cave and stays for a few minutes, silently, taking in all the amazement. Life is good.

3D
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First off, I am not a fan of 3D. In fact, I actually think it's a bit lame and overhyped. However, since this model features a built in 3D emitter, I decided to try it out. Using the same pair of Mitsubishi 3D glasses available here on Amazon, I have viewed some 3D content. The picture is quite impressive and literally jumps out at you. But, since I am not a fan, I'll stick to my HD for now. Not much going on here.

Network Connection
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Since the TV sits literally a few feet from my home office, I simply ran an Ethernet cable to it from my router, which allows the TV to update its firmware automatically and allows me to utilize its built in web apps. My only gripe here is that although they have loads of apps, they lack Netflix. Really? How could they have missed that? Oh well. I hope they add it in a future firmware update. For now, I have to go through my Blu-ray player to stream Netflix. A minor inconvenience, but I thought you should know.

Wrap Up
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Buying this TV has been a wonderful experience for me. I hope it helps you make your own decision. If you are buying this TV, make sure it will fit wherever you intend to put it. The box barely fit through my front door, and this is NOT a small door. We had to push it through. Sideways, it took up the entire width of the front door with not a millimeter to spare. Yes, the box is that big. If you have a screen door, you are better off getting it into the house that way. Get out your tape measure and take measurements in advance of your purchase if necessary to avoid a rude shock when the TV gets to your house.

I bought the 82" Pinnacle stand from TigerDirect. Heavy, but easy to assemble. It took me a couple of hours to assemble, with bathroom and hydration breaks. It has the same width as the TV and looks great. You can buy the cheaper 72" model, but the 82" TV will hang out on the sides and might look a bit awkward. It's an aesthetic issue, but it may not be worth the extra $100 for some people. The 72" stand can hold this TV's weight just fine. IMHO, if you are springing this much money to buy a TV, you might as well spend a little bit more to get the matching stand. The TV sitting on the stand looks quite symmetrical and beautiful and enhances the look of the man cave / home theater space.

That's my 1-month report for now. I will provide any updates in the future if necessary. I am glad Mitsubishi is still making DLP TVs. For the price you pay for some lame 55" LCD HDTVs, you could get yourself an immersive DLP experience with spare change to host a viewing party for your entire block. I highly recommend this TV. Good luck in your search!

The TV is huge, but the colors are a bit off at first, when you turn it on, it takes about 2-3 mins to warm up. Most people will turn it on for the first time and set it to HOME use.... my friend is a tech guru so I got him to come over and do a calibration with his laptop and tools, as well as the advance settings, and ever since then, it's been nothing but flawless with color and picture... speakers are weak, but we have 7.1 surround set up so that wasn't important to us... excellent buy, but make sure if you don't know someone that you find someone to help you calibrate it, simply setting the advance settings is great, but a professional calibration for someone who isn't tech saavy is much better.

We have only had this TV for 10 days now and all I can say is WOW. The delivery crew carried it up a flight of stairs, unpacked it and had it running in 3 minutes. The picture is amazing, better then Samsung and Sharp 60" LEDs we looked at. We watched a NFL game on Sunday and it felt like we were on the field. If you are thinking about buying this TV, go for it, you won't be disappointed you will be amazed.

Was very upset when TV arrived was delivered on its back in an old rusted out pickup truck. When I got in house and hooked up all my fears went away. This is the most awesome TV I have ever seen.

Before delivery. Ok I finally purchased this TV after looking at the pros and cons of the DLP technology. After reading a lot of reviews over the web I came to the conclusion that there are 65 percent of possibilities of regretting of making the purchase. I will be posting my review in order to let other people know of my experience on buying this TV.

Stay Tunned :)

Ok.. today received the TV about 30 minutes late NOT A PROBLEM, I know this is not a pizza so I didn't get it for free hehe. well The TV came in Intact! I saw a CEVA truck approaching to the neighborhood so I went to open my garage door because I saw a lot of reviews saying that the box was huge and I was afraid that it wouldn't fit trough the main door, but everything went just as I expected. the TV fit well. and the door from the house to the garage is not really wide it measures about 50 inches and the tv measures about 32. although there was only one guy driving the CEVA truck he did all the work himself. I wen't to the truck to help the him out, but the guy almost did all the work unloading the TV and carried all the way to my living room himself with a 4wheel flat cart, unboxed the TV we put it in the TV stand. and turned the TV on connected to an Air Antenna and started the programming and calibration. I signed for all the paperwork and the carrier took the box. Then, I connected my Blue-ray player to check out the quality of the screen and I had problems with the Audio. I tried to figure out if there was a problem with the audio on the Settings. turned off and on the speakers and still no audio was coming out from the TV. I called Mitsubishi Customer service and they told me how to restore the TV to Factory settings and boom! no more hassle! the TV works great, the Image quality is way better than I ever expected the Sound is Awesome!! the Air Channels are all showing up! I can say that this is the best TV I ever had ever!! I haven't connected to the Internet because you can only connect it via LAN or you have to buy a USB wireless card to connect it via WI-FI. I ordered the cables trough the Internet because it's cheaper and we will see how that work to me. I hadn't had any time to make a review today because I was too busy watching movies and TV. but right now before going to sleep I decided to finish my review of the 1st day having this amazing TV.

If you are thinking about buying this TV, be my guest! I recommend it 100%. Looks good it a lit room, but once you turn the lights off looks way better and you feel like you are at the Cinema.

Ok, so it's really 4.5 stars, only because the box it came in was so huge and I fulfilled by Paul's TV didn't bring it inside just to the threshold. It took me about an hour with 2 friends to manuever the tv downstairs to my basement. But once that was all done, the TV works great, very impressive and so far no problems at all. I have a 3D Blu-Ray player hooked up to it and so far have only tried SBS (side by side) with the Xpand X103 glasses.. amazing!
For $1650-1700 range with free shipping, this TV (if you have the space for it) is definitely the best buy.

This tv is way larger than it looks at best buy. The screen is bright and clear. Does take a min to warm up any have the picture brighten up.
With my 5.1 powered sub it is a real home theater experience. If it will fit in your home get it.

I have had this for a couple of weeks. It is amazing. I upgraded from a 62 inch DLP. As far as TVs go in my opinion the bigger the better. I have a large living room so there is plenty of space. For the same price, I would have gotten an LED or LCD 25-35 inches less. Recently I tried the 3D. It was very cool. The only thing to look out for is that this TV is MASSIVE. It isn't too heavy but it is so large that it is a little hard to handle.

First, I want to say, I bought the WD-82738, but this advice applies to basically all of these large mitsubishi DLP models, so I decided to re-post my WD-82738 review here.

Before I write my review, PLEASE READ THIS:

IF YOU WANT TO BUY THIS TV OR ANY 82" TVs GO TO DECIDE.COM. Why? Because the price of these TVs are extremely volatile and you do not want to unnecessarily overpay. I've been following its trends closely and trust me, if the decide.com trend graph showed that the price at any point in the past was lower even if it was a long time ago and seemed to be anomaly, the price of the TV will return to that old lower price within a month or two. Just be patient and keep an eye out for the price fluctuations.

If you don't know what decide.com is, just go to decide.com, and search "82 inch mistubishi tv" and it'll be self-explanatory.

Now onto the TV review:

This TV is pretty good. The picture quality is satisfactory, and the price is good. The speakers for the TV are very mediocre, so you would want to get a surround system. Also, beware: the TV HAS ONLY ONE AV/COMPONENT PORT and a couple of hdmi ports (I think 3 or 4 if I am remembering correctly). That means if you have a cable box, a dvd player, a wii, and an xbox, you'll have to keep reconnecting and disconnecting each one of those devices if you want to use them which is quite frankly absurd. TVs this size usually have 7-8 of these jacks in the back and one easily accessible one in the front. Even $150 TVs have at least two or three of these.

But don't fret, there's a solution to overcome both the av/component jack shortage and the mediocre speaker shortcomings: buy a home theater system with an A/V receiver. I bought this one for $477 and it worked perfectly: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EP2HKW/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details. Any should do though.

Basically, you can connect all of your devices into an A/V receiver and then output the A/V receiver to the TV via an hdmi cable. That way, you can use the receiver to switch through your devices. But be careful: YOU NEED HIGH TRANSFER RATE CABLES WHEN YOU CONNECT TO THIS TV. So don't get cables that are too cheap or your picture will either not appear or might flicker.

Good luck!