Introduction
If TVs get any larger, I may have to get a new house. It isn't that the RCA Scenium HD61LPW175 DLP TV had any problem slipping through the front door for this review. After the delivery guys undressed it on my front deck, it was smooth sailing carrying the 18-inch deep TV through the door frame. And at about 90 pounds it was a fairly pain-free setup for them (easy for me to say) compared with the girth of a big-screen CRT.
It's the viewing distance required that's bumping me against the wall. I had to position myself at the very back of the room because anything closer to the screen was too close for comfort. I'm one of those people who prefers the back of the theater to the front, and trust me, a 61-inch TV can put on a heck of a show from 16 feet away.

I found the black level of the HD61LPW175 beat that of my CRT and most LCD TVs I've seen.

by pearlie cooper on February 16, 2009:
“I have read all of the comments, and I have to agree with the others. When I purchased my TV Ididn't want to keep buying a tube for the 42' we had, which kept blowin up every yr. Big mistake purchasing another RCA 61'HDtv barely a yr old and the"Convergence"...” More...