Mitsubishi on LaserVue HDTV: L65A90 is in "full production"

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New Generation LaserVue Coming

I met a Mitsubishi sales rep two months ago, and he slipped me an announcement being given to key dealers. It says the current L65-A90 will never get a 73". The series will be replaced by the A81 series (65" and 75"), AND the Diamond A91 series (67" and 75").

The cut sheet I got was titled "2009 Laservue TV Product Overview." According to this document, the A81 "step-up features" over the L65-A90 include: "Smooth 120Hz Film Motion," "Advanced Video Calibration," "New Cinema Mode," "New JADE Activity Based User Interface," and "Energy Star 3.0 Qualified." The A91 has all those enhancements too, but adds: "Variable Smooth 240Hz Film Motion," "ISFccc Advance Video Adjustments," "Internet Media Ready," "RS-232C," "AMX Device Discovery," and
"Brushed Metal Design."

That's all I know. I guess you can assume from this that the current Laservue is already obsolete. I wish Mitsubishi managers would understand that the key to their success is lots and lots of early adopters. Same for the Blu-ray DVD industry. They are trying to get maximum profit from early production. So is Blu-ray. All this is doing is causing people to hold off. That just might kill the whole deal.

ATTENTION ALL YOU MITSUBISHI MBAs: Learn from VHS vs Betamax; DVD vs VHS; CD vs Vinyl; Microsoft vs Apple. Price and market your Laservue so that middle America can afford one. We all know it is much cheaper to build a laser TV than it is to make a plasma or LCD. Don't be greedy and you may change the direction of the TV industry. Your real success will come from market share, not early profit margins. Screw this up with dumb strategy in a terrible economy, and you'll end up with just a few collector items out in the field that a handful of high rollers bought.

I want one. I WANT ONE BADLY!! But I refuse to be taken for a sucker.

Posted by: EHSTEINERT   Posted on: 07/15/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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