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Mitsubishi HD1000U by smonska - Mar 25, 2007
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| HD 720 (1280x720), 1500 ANSI Lumens, 6.5 lbs, $1,495 (MSRP) |
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| Personal Experience |
| I upgraded from a screenplay 4805 to this HD1000u, paying $956 shipped for it, selling my 4805 for $350 = $606 upgrade. I can safely say I'm very satisfied for my $606. The picture is much more filmlike, though slightly dimmer in low power mode vs. the infocus in low, where I like to keep it as its fan is inaudible in low power, with added bulb life as a bonus. DVDs and especially HDTV look nearly unpixelated using HDMI from my HTPC at 1280x720/60Hz (720p), on a 110" screen. Motion looks GREAT on this projector as well as having colors really pop and have depth after some tuning, don't judge this thing out of the box, it can really wow you if spend some time on it! The color balance/temp/gamma required a LOT of tweaking from stock on the HDMI input, though the component in from my old DVD player (pre-HTPC) was close to natural out of the box. All tolled I spent about 5 hours tweaking the color temps and gamma to get the picture to have vibrant colors without tainted whites and greys. As this projector doesn't have any adjustable lens shift and barely any zoom, you have to move it to where it will fit the screen. I made my own ceiling mount, using the 4mm metric machine screw holes on the bottom of the projector to attach to a plate, then attached to my ceiling joists with drywall screws, to get it right up against my low 7' ceiling. Factory mounts drop it several inches, which would leave the proj. in head banging territory for anyone over 6' tall. |
| Problems |
| Setup can be time consuming if your a videophile like me, ceiling mount almost required (lack of lens shift or useful amount of zoom) unless you have are lucky enough to have the exact room dimensions to match this thing's throw length |
