Very Good Value
I bought this projector to replace a 6 year old Sharp 720p DLP projector. The primary reasons were the price the $[...] rebate and the excelent video processing chip (Reon-VX). The final straw that broke the camel's back was the fact the newer Blu-ray movies output 480P through the component video output (the Sharp didn't have HDMI).
Mine is hooked up using HDMI with Blu-ray and HD DVD players projected to a 150" gray screen.
What can I say - the picture is excellent. The Sharp was incredible and I would never have any complaints until I see in person what the 1080p projectors can do nowadays. It was immediately obvious this Mitsubishi has a sharper more detailed and better contrasted image. It has a slightly higher lumens output than the Sharp and also better contrast.
Although the Sharp came very close to an average movie theater picture quality this projector at the very least matches and in many cases exceed what one can see in an average theater. No complaints about the picture but I am not some super-nitpicky videophile like some.
This projector has an electronic zoom/focus lens so setting it up initially can be difficult. I made the mistake of hanging it up on the ceiling before making adjustments. The default zoom/focus levels made the picture extremely blurry so I could not read the menu at all. It was also upside down for me making things doubly difficult. I had to use the pictures of the menu in the manual in order to navigate around. Speaking of the manual -- it could use a lot of improvement (the section about the extra filter was buried in the back instead of the front where there should be a series of steps detailing the initial setup). I just feel if it had a manual focus option it would've cut my setup time by 75%.
To summarize some things I wish this projector had:
- Manual zoom/focus option
- More brightness (lumens output). I have to to set the brightness to around 75% to see something to my liking.
- More intuitive menu structure
- Have more frequently used functions be on the remote vs. buried somewhere in the menus
- Better manual
I would've given this projector 4 stars but given the incredible value (esp. with the rebate included) I think it deserves 5 stars.
Addendum: After poking around a little bit it turns out there is another available rebate; this other one is $[...] but with a free lamp which is most likely worth quite a bit more than $[...]. I chose the $[...]+lamp rebate instead...More detail ...
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