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Mitsubishi HD1000U High Definition 720p DLP Home Theater Projector | List Price: $999.99
Discount Price: $998.00
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Brand: Mitsubishi
Binding: Electronics
Features: - True HD
- HDMI input
- Brilliant Color¿
- Digital keystone correction
- Screen format selection
Please Read [Posted on 2008-02-25]
I have studied this projector for a little over a year and it is my understanding that this is a great projector. I only wish that Electronica Direct would've sent me the one I ordered. When I ordered this, they sent me an older version. A projector that's still nice but isn't as good and when I looked it up it was cheaper than this one. So, HEY ELECTRONICA DIRECT!! YOU OWE ME SOME MONEY BACK!!!
;) Enjoy your day.
Great first projector [Posted on 2008-03-11]
I've been using this projector for over 6 months now and have had no problems with it. I have it mounted to the ceiling using a VANTAGE POINT CGUPM12-S Universal Front Projector Mount mount and it works very well.
We have over 250 hours in low lamp mode. High definition sources through HDMI look especially great ( XBox or High Definition DVD player ) when compared to regular definition DVD.
The one con is that it is 720p max but I wasn't ready to pay several times more for 1080.
The one bit of advice - get a real screen. Your wall just won't do no matter how badly you want it to.
Were I to create my home theater room again, I would definitely buy this projector!
Get the new one! [Posted on 2008-04-27]
I am the lead installer for a company that installs RealHomeTheaters, so hopefully my experience can be of some help.
This is last years model. The newest version is the HC1500. The new model has a few up-grades vs. this one.
1. Brighter ( 100 more lumens)
2. More Contrast ( 2500:1 vs. 2000:1)
3. Price Drop (until everyone decides to blow these out)
Hope this helps get your RealHomeTheaters off the ground!
The 2007-2008 Value King [Posted on 2008-05-10]
This was my third projector and what a difference! If you've only seen 4:3 (not widescreen) business projectors and think it can't compare to an expensive flat-panel HDTV, think again! I have the image of an 8-foot plasma in my living room! It does not do miracles - if you feed it a crappy (standard definition) signal, you can crappy results (although better than it looks on my super-high res. computer screen) but when you feed this baby HD (which I do from my computer and HD-DVD player - yeah I chose wrong in the format war) it's the most immersive, cinematic experience I've ever had in the home. Sounds crazy, but maybe more cinematic than in the movie theater, because my blacks are better and it's crisper!
Speaking of black levels (not wanting 'black' to really be 'medium gray' as happens often with business projectors) I rate this as mid-range in home theater projectors. There are lots of better projectors for black levels, if that's really your obsession, but few at this price and as far as I know, none that also offer this much brightness! In the day I don't have total light control and the image is still VERY watchable, because it's a bright unit. Contrast is the main thing to suffer - colors are a bit washed out, but it's not like it's hard to see what's going on. Shadow detail is where the DarkChip 2 really shines. I never have to wonder what I'm missing in the shadows any more.
As for the resolution, there's a lot of marketing these days about 'Full HD' as though to imply that 720p is Half HD or something. There are 2 High Definition specs, 1080i and 720p for broadcast television. Blu-Ray is 1080p (but at a slower frame rate) and a third spec. I feel the jump from standard def up to 720p is greater than the jump from 720p to 1080p. 720p is the sweet spot for value. I will eventually have a 1080p projector so I can go even bigger (12-feet?) and not see pixels and have the best possible resolution, but 720p is definitely HD and looks like it and does a great job with 1080i also. I have spend many many hours with a 1080p 52" television and I have a 30" computer monitor that's double the resolution of 1080p. There is a difference, but it's totally diminishing returns for those looking for the value sweet spot. That spot is 720p at this point in time, and the Mits is the best lower-end 720p on the market at the present time.
If you can get away with the installation (which means you have ceilings between 7'6" and 10" high) and you don't want to spend a ton of money, this is the projector for you. Just be sure to feed it a HD source as much as possible and you'll be pleased.
AMAZING RESOLUTION [Posted on 2008-05-28]
Mitsubishi HD1000U High Definition 720p DLP Home Theater Projector
Yes, you can pay $3,000 and more for a DVD HD projector for your home movie theater. But, why? This moderately priced projector has great bright throw (see it in sun-filled room) and satisfying definition with settings for different screen aspect ratios. Easy to set up and connect to program source, DVD or TV or tape. Handsome package, too. Compact and neat. Enjoy.
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