is this a bit outdated for a pj? I have a Mits. HC3000 and think it is a great unit for the price and I paid about $800 new. Not sure the money difference would be that beneficial to offset the cost. Any input?

Its an awesome projector . I don't know what its current going rate is but it was a bargain at its retail price let alone now. Your only decision is to put the toward one of the later JVC dila series which offer some refinements over the HD1.

I could easily upgrade mine but frankly after having had it for over 2 years I still don't feel the need.

pm jason at the forum here for a GREAT deal on a jvc rs2 refurb with full warranty....
best,
chris

What Chris said - $2800 for an HD1/RS1 is way too high. You can pick them up with relatively low hours used for around $2000-$2200 on V'gon. There's even a low hour RS2 (HD100, successor to the HD1/RS1) for sale in the classifieds here for less than $2800.

You also have to be careful that you don't get an HD1 that has the "light corner" issue (shading/uniformity can be a problem too). Be sure it's returnable.

What Chris said - $2800 for an HD1/RS1 is way too high. You can pick them up with relatively low hours used for around $2000-$2200 on V'gon. There's even a low hour RS2 (HD100, successor to the HD1/RS1) for sale in the classifieds here for less than $2800.

Sorry, what's V'gon? I'm fairly interested in this projector, missed out on two used ones on Ebay.

Sorry, what's V'gon? I'm fairly interested in this projector, missed out on two used ones on Ebay.
videogon.com

I just sent you a PM, but this is what I would do

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1167118

This is the same advice as CCONKLIN1 posted above

The price for that projector is way to high. We have the RS2 for sale at a much better price

A used RS1/HD1 would fetch more like $1500 right now...not $2800.

I was watching closely on few used RS1s on Ebay in last 30-days - they closed at over $1,700, so the earlier posts are close on their estimates.

I'm proud to say that thanks to Avscience, I'm a future owner of an RS2 - worth investigating their deal!

Thanks for the kind words and the biz! :)

I'm proud to say that thanks to Avscience, I'm a future owner of an RS2 - worth investigating their deal!

Yeah... I'd jump all over the AVS RS2 deal if it were brighter. My RS1 is just barely bright enough for my application.

Well, after 8 or 9 PJs since 2002, I finally went for the RS2 B-stock.

I tend to agree with erkq, the JVC is more for movies while the Panny (had the ae100 and ae900) is great for sports, IMHO.

Meanwhile, I'll be PJ-less for about a week.

A couple of questions - do the RS2's do vertical stretch, and how much difference is the brightness between the RS1 and RS2? Is the RS2 bright enough to use with a 120" wide 2.35:1 screen with a 1.2 gain?

Are the JVCs considered maintenance free. I currently have a Sharp Z3000 720p PJ and what I like about this PJ beside the picture quality is that is has been problem free and maintenance free. 2 years and 1700 and I have never touched the PJ for any reason. No dust blobs, filters to clean, convergence issue (it's DLP), image retention and so forth. So if I don't want to deal with these kind of issues, should I look else where for 1080p upgrade?

No dust blobs, filters to clean, convergence issue (it's DLP), image retention and so forth.

The JVC RS's have sealed optics, so no worries about dust blobs.

There is a filter that needs to be cleaned about every 3 months or so, but it is very easy to get to.

Since these are 3 chip machines, there will be some convergence issues (severity varies between units), but they do have the means to adjust convergence via an adjustment in the menu.

Thanks, Mike.