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Mitsubishi HC4900 by Walt D. - Feb 18, 2008
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| HD 1080 (1920x1080), 1000 ANSI Lumens, 12.3 lbs, $4,495 (MSRP) |
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| Personal Experience |
| My fourth projector and first hi-def native machine. A great Thanksgiving deal nearly cleaned my bank account but I'm very happy with this machine so far. (About 50 hours of use.) I wrote a pretty glowing review of the Optoma Movietime Dv10 that I used prior, and it is a very good projector in its price range, but it simply does not compare in any way to the Mits. (I hooked the Optoma up to display to sell it and initially thought it was broken or malfunctioning, the Mits is SO much sharper.) Sharpness is probably the best visible quality to this machine, with depth of field (3-D'ish ness) and color quality next. Blacks are not great, but I have found Iris 1 to be the best viewing option. I do notice some lag in the effect sometimes, but the increased black level/contrast more than makes up for the 'pumping' effect. (The Optoma's auto iris option was very similiar in this regard.) Have seen slight screen-door effect and a touch of banding, but only on quickly panned shots of very bright or white backgrounds. (A few snowy mountainsides in Touching The Void made these artifacts show up. This was my test dvd when I initially hooked the projector up. I was a little worried at first, but subsequent movies, both SD and HD, have shown very few and minor instances of this.) I sit roughly 12 feet back and use a 106' 1.0 gain screen. For HD content, I fill the screen entirely. For most SD content, I zoom down to taste. I've found this helps sharpen the image and hide any upscaling artifacts, or poor encoding. HD is top-notch, whether from my computer into the DVI, or my Xbox drive into the Component. SD material is more source-dependant. Some SD dvds are better than others. "Manhunter" SD looks fantastic. I even blew the screen up all the way for that it looked so good. Other SD dvds are lesser quality, so I zoom down a bit. (I use a pretty good upscaling DVD player for SD, but plan on upgrading soon.) And fan noise is as often reported: almost dead quiet, and I have exceptional hearing. (I always ace Hearing Test Thursday!) |
| Problems |
| A few minor quibbles: When using the Zoom, Focus, or Lens Shift function, a test pattern appears and the source dissappears. I'd prefer use the source material to make adjustments with. And the projector often loses sync briefly and has to re-sync a few times before re-establishing the connection. My only beef so far, but I would not choose another projector over an issue this minor. |
