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Hitachi PJ-TX10 User Opinion

Hitachi PJ-TX10 Projector Hitachi PJ-TX10
by casper - Oct 22, 2003
Image Quality 5.0
Features 4.0
Construction 4.0
Ease of Use 5.0
Reliability 5.0
Value for Money 5.0
WVGA (854x480), 700 ANSI Lumens,
7.7 lbs,
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Personal Experience
upon using this model at work since its release and clocking up over 1500hrs with no worries, i decided that it was time to buy one. Well the best features about it is that it stacks up really well against DLP projectors of the same res.(SVGA) and up to XGA. if your projecting on a screen of about 80"to 120" (which i have at home) there is no descernable difference between the PJTX10 and the projectors which are at least twice the price. In fact i had the opportunity to stack it up against every major brand over the last 3 months (actually using them side by side) and found that only the really high end($10k + )models were giving any real noticable quality difference for the money. But how good do you want it ? The vertical and horizontal image shift is a greatidea, and all of the controls are pretty much standard to every other projector. unlike previous models it actually turns itself off and has a short cooldown cycle. The high contrast ratio gives a good picture in varied lighting. The fact that is one of the very few projectors that are true 16:9 gives it a major advantage if it is to be ceiling mounted. Each time aspect ratios are changed you dont have to rezoom to fit the image on the screen. as it crops the sides out to get 4:3 not the other way around. A backlit remote is great as you can see the thing in the dark. It is also exceptionally quiet and rates about 25db and is quieter in whispermode. All around a great machine for about AU$3000.
 
Problems
The output image is skewed slightly along the bottom if you are using very large images(100" or more) as the image shift dials to push the image entirely down to the bottom(and these are fiddly to use) it only skews by about 0.5% and can be easily ignored and overcome by enlarging the image to extend into the black area of your screen. Also while this is done it causes light to hit the bottom rim of the projector lens to a very small degree and it then bounces upwards towards the ceiling. (a hood over the lens is needed and can be easily mad of black polyprop. or similar. for people who have the room black then this is not a problem.