The new TV is Awesome.  I finally got my Samsung DLP TV and have been playing with it for a few weeks.  This TV is really cool. The first thing you notice about it is how shallow it is.  It is only 18 inches deep.  I had a bit of trouble deciding on the best stand for it (it is a table top model) but finally decided on the Samsung stand that is designed to go with the TV and am very happy. 

Besides the stand problems, I did have a few problems with the upgrade.  First my HD receiver just decided to stop working.  Luckily, I love it when things break because I get to upgrade so I went out and bought a Samsung SIR-t165.  This is an Over the AIR HDTV tuner that can also tune analog channels.  It also has the ability to output its signal via Component, DVI or RGB making it very versatile.  This should hold me over until the Dish 921 comes out (who knows when.)  The second problem I had was that my DVD Player didn't fit under the Samsung stand.  Well, once again, it decided to upgrade the DVD Player.  Since this TV is digital, I decided to go with one of the latest generation DVD players that can output digital via a DVI connection.  I went with a little known player from a company called "V"  They make the Bravo D1 DVI DVD player.  Watching DVD in full digital is AMAZING.  All of the noise you normally see with dvd is gone.  All you see is a pixel perfect reproduction of the bits on the DVD. The final problem is that the TV didn't come with the latest firmware which has discrete codes (allowing me to switch inputs via my pronto) so I am waiting for Samsung to upgrade it.

A DLP based TV is a fully digital tv which means that the image isn't sent to an Analog CRT to produce the image.  Instead it is sent to a digital device called a Digital Mirror Device.  This DMD has tiny mirrors that turn on and off very quickly to lighten or darken the pixels. The light which bounces off of the mirrors is then timed with a color wheel which produces the color on the screen.  This technology eliminates the convergence issues associated with CRT based TV's and produces a pixel perfect image.

It does have a couple of disadvantages such as, it doesn't produce black as well as a CRT and some people can see rainbows when they look at the screen (because of the color wheel) but to me it looks GREAT with pixel perfect images with no geometry issues or curved lines (granted my CRT is really good after being calibrated)  I will probably order it in the next few weeks.