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DLPs only show up in projectors (either rear or front). Any projector is a great way to get a big screen for a reasonable price. DLPs also do very good black levels, but they have this weird spinning color wheel thing. If you turn your head quick, you can sometimes see rainbow effects. Also, any rear projector (CRT, DLP, whatever) will have angle-of-view issues.


For me to see any rainbow effect on my DLP, I have to turn my head back and forth very very quickly, something I don't find myself doing when watching TV. The angel of viewing on my unit is also around 160-170, so well within reason. The rainbow issue is something that was more prominent in first gen DLPs for people to see easily, but now we are in 4th gen technology where nearly noone will see them under normal use. Unless I point it out to friends and have them do similar rapid head movements, they don't notice either.

Keep in mind there is also LCD projection that can look quite nice depending on the unit. For me, it was a tossup between DLP and LCD, and I went DLP mostly for the sale on a unit I had been keeping an eye on.

Projection does have a small cost over time with bulbs though. Depending on use, you may need one every so often. My TV is rated for about a year of continuous use on it's bulb. Being 10 months into ownership, no major issues have popped up, well, beyond a solid lack of an easy way to get HD programing once Voom went off the air.