what do u think about the sharpness of the picture and quality of lenses?
are they all glass or plastic?

what do u think about the sharpness of the picture and quality of lenses?
are they all glass or plastic?

The lens is glass. As for sharpness, I am very happy with mine.

It isn't as sharp as the HT1100 it replaced, text never quite seems to be totally in focus.

what do u think about the sharpness of the picture and quality of lenses?
are they all glass or plastic?

Mine is just fine.
-Mike

It's a lot sharper than the AE700. However, like the AE700, the HD1000 doesn't have uniform sharpness over the entire screen. My observations are based on viewing a Windows desktop from my HTPC via DVI-HDMI.

I've had my XBox 360 hooked up to the HD1000U for over 2 weeks and I would vote that the sharpness is right on key...! Feeding it 720p over component.

Make sure you set resolution to "real" (not 4x3 or 16x9) and have overscan at "100%" for best sharpness.

Make sure you set resolution to "real" (not 4x3 or 16x9) and have overscan at "100%" for best sharpness.

Actually, as others have pointed out in the HD1000U owner's thread, and I can personally verify, it's best to set the aspect ratio to 16:9 (assuming a 16:9 source signal). Contrary to the owner's manual and common sense, REAL does not leave the image untouched...it crops the image considerably all around.

You're right, though, to ensure overscan is set to 100%.

It's a lot sharper than the AE700. However, like the AE700, the HD1000 doesn't have uniform sharpness over the entire screen. My observations are based on viewing a Windows desktop from my HTPC via DVI-HDMI.
is your overscan at anything besides 100% that will cause that....blurry every evenly space distance (about every 8" horizontally on my HD70)

is your overscan at anything besides 100% that will cause that....blurry every evenly space distance (about every 8" horizontally on my HD70)
I have the overscan set at 100%. The non-uniform sharpness manifests itself such that if I set the focus to get razer sharp text in the top left of the screen, then the bottom right is fuzzy. So I compromise and adjust the focus to get reasonably sharp but not "perfect" sharpness from corner to corner.

I have the overscan set at 100%. The non-uniform sharpness manifests itself such that if I set the focus to get razer sharp text in the top left of the screen, then the bottom right is fuzzy. So I compromise and adjust the focus to get reasonably sharp but not "perfect" sharpness from corner to corner.
I'm assuming your lens is square with the screen (no keystone being used either?
MY hd 70 is evenly sharp although it doesnt seem to be as sharp as my x1 was ...I wonder if it in the design of these 720p dc2 optical engines...since I've read the same complaints from many who upgraded from 480p to 720p dlp's One person says its sharp and 2 more with the same model say its not (as sharp as thier previous systems).

I'm assuming your lens is square with the screen (no keystone being used either?
MY hd 70 is evenly sharp although it doesnt seem to be as sharp as my x1 was ...I wonder if it in the design of these 720p dc2 optical engines...since I've read the same complaints from many who upgraded from 480p to 720p dlp's One person says its sharp and 2 more with the same model say its not (as sharp as thier previous systems).
Given that the projected image seems straight and symmetrical enough, I'm guessing that the lens is pretty square with the screen. And nope, no keystoning. It's possible that there's a slight misalignment with my proj to the screen, but short of getting a laser measuring device accurate to the nearest centimetre and a leveling tool, I don't think I could do better.

I've read in several posts over the years that it's not unusual to have non-uniform sharpness in this class of projectors...reason being that to have a perfect lens would cost mega $$$.

I'm assuming your lens is square with the screen (no keystone being used either?
MY hd 70 is evenly sharp although it doesnt seem to be as sharp as my x1 was ...I wonder if it in the design of these 720p dc2 optical engines...since I've read the same complaints from many who upgraded from 480p to 720p dlp's One person says its sharp and 2 more with the same model say its not (as sharp as thier previous systems).

I wonder if some of it is from trying to focus a finer grid (480-->720) with basically the same quality of optics?

Actually, as others have pointed out in the HD1000U owner's thread, and I can personally verify, it's best to set the aspect ratio to 16:9 (assuming a 16:9 source signal). Contrary to the owner's manual and common sense, REAL does not leave the image untouched...it crops the image considerably all around.

You're right, though, to ensure overscan is set to 100%.

I think that REAL is actually a shorted version of the mode name: REALLY OVERSCANED. :confused:

I set my aspect to AUTO and OVERSCAN to 100% and it works well with all my sources. If I lock it to 16:9 then it stretches 4:3 source material.

-Mike

I think that REAL is actually a shorted version of the mode name: REALLY OVERSCANED. :confused:

LOL, good one. In the next firmware update for the HD1000, if Mits doesn't fix REAL mode to do what it implies, they should at least update the name to the full version that Mike pointed out.