Samsung HL-R5067W 50-Inch HD-Ready DLP TV
Somewhere over the rainbow-effect
After much research, I bought this TV having read all the previous reviews. Despite it having the latest chip and increasing the color wheel speed from 7000 rpm to 10,000 rpm, the rainbow-effect is still very much there (esp. when watching at night). Dark scenes (Lord of the Rings) seem to amplify it. <br /> <br />The best I can explain the rainbow effect is when you move your eye quickly from one point on the screen to another point (natural due to subject matter being watched), there's a quick flash of green,blue,red silhouette of the image you were watching, like a ghost effect. <br /> <br />If I strain my eye to keep it from happening, it makes it worse. I found that if I relax and just focus in the center of the screen, it goes away (until you start watching TV like you normally do, which is moving your eye with the subject matter). <br /> <br />It's even noticeable from when I'm cooking in the kitchen and my head turns around with the tv in the background. I get flashes of color in my peripheral vision. I guess this is why it makes some people sick to the point of throwing up. <br /> <br />I'm really IMPRESSED with the picture quality that the DLP produces, but this flaw is quite hard to ignore. My wife and I are going to give it 30 days to see if we can live with it or not. We really want to keep the TV!!! The TV can be watched in the brightest of environments with natural sunlight. The imgages are still better than plasma or LCD (in my opinion). I only wish they could fix the problem of this annoying flaw.