Mitsubishi delivers 1080p HDTV

We heard about them at January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), but we had to wait until now to purchase those drop-dead gorgeous 1080p televisions. Imagining 1,080 lines of horizontal resolution all displayed at the same time has me drooling all over my remote!

Mitsubishi looks to be first to market on the 1080p HDTV's as they just began shipping them today to retailers in Southern California. Look for shipments nationwide to follow in the next few weeks. The first model to ship is a 52-inch unit powered by the latest Digital Light Processing (DLP) chip from Texas Instruments. The WD-52627 model has an MSRP of $3,699 or about a 35% premium over current 52-inch DLP models. Keep in mind that most DLP sets on the market are only capable of natively displaying 720p. All models in the 1080p family can also upconvert,so that regardless of the video source resolution, all programming can display in 1080p.

We can expect an additional nine sets capable of 1080p from Mitsubishi this year, ranging in size from 52- to 73-inches of vivid picture perfection.