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post #5431 of 8104
10/9/11 at 9:00pm
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Originally Posted by jsil View Post

zoey67,
Do you think that 8350 is better than a Mitsubishi HC6500. I'm looking only at PQ between both FP.

Sorry can't help you there bec I've not seen that Mits. But here's the thing, they're both great PJ Im sure but once you've seen the 8350 set up, any thoughts of other PJ will magically dissipate. Right now with the 8350 clearance prices whatever PQ improvement if any over the 8350 is really splitting hairs.
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post #5432 of 8104
10/9/11 at 10:07pm
For me I sit on the couch about 9-10 feet back. I had a 52 inch dlp that was quite sharp and clear for a 720p tv with a non matte screen. It was like a window. If the 8350 isn't similar in that regard. Then would the Benq w6000 be up my alley? It'll be on a shelf behind the couch.
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post #5433 of 8104
10/9/11 at 10:08pm
Actually all you have to do is prove they have brick and mortar stores and your good. We're from CT and the closest EE store is on the border of NY/NJ. I went in with the price up on my smartphone and had already talked to the manager.
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post #5434 of 8104
10/9/11 at 10:16pm
frogpond, who or what are you talking about? Frys?
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post #5435 of 8104
10/10/11 at 1:47am
damn, the frys website lists it as $999.99 ... if I new my Fry's in phoenix had it for $899 I have a buddy who'd gladly go up to phx on a road trip . would sooooooooooo be worth it. but at $999 + tax it puts it only $50 less exp than amazon
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post #5436 of 8104
10/10/11 at 6:53am
@elmalloc I was referring to Electronics Expo for Jud64209.
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post #5437 of 8104
10/10/11 at 7:05am
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Originally Posted by WormInfested View Post

For me I sit on the couch about 9-10 feet back. I had a 52 inch dlp that was quite sharp and clear for a 720p tv with a non matte screen. It was like a window. If the 8350 isn't similar in that regard. Then would the Benq w6000 be up my alley? It'll be on a shelf behind the couch.

At that viewing distance and staying at a 106" screen or less, you should be fine.

Also keep in mind that the Epson fan noise is quiet in comparison to the W6000. This will be noticeable if it's in close proximity to your viewing area.
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post #5438 of 8104
10/10/11 at 8:40am
i have had my 8350 for almost a year. Tonight i will be taking the filter out for a cleaning, and clean the lens.

I am really happy with this projector. and my Dalite screen. I would like to do some tweaking so i can get the best picture. Does anyone have a link to settings? I thought Mississippi Man had one but i have looked and looked an cant find them.
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post #5439 of 8104
10/10/11 at 10:52am
Ya the going price now is $899, Best Buy price match. Makes you wonder if they are going to drop any more although it seems unlikley.
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post #5440 of 8104
10/10/11 at 11:20am
Just stopped by local frys and got a raincheck for the $899 price. I wonder if Epson is officially dropping the price this low. If they do it will surely slow interest in the sales of the new 3010. Whenever it gets here.

This will be my first lcd projector. I'm switching from a InFocus SP7205 (720p/DLP) that bit the dust. I hope I see a big improvement..
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post #5441 of 8104
10/10/11 at 11:48am
my local Frys are out of stock and don't do rainchecks. best buy couldn't match it since the stock was depleted to zero. still deciding if i'm going with this one or something else. dropped my dead dlp rear off at goodwill yesterday. too bad the 3010 doesn't have lens shift.
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post #5442 of 8104
10/10/11 at 12:22pm
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Originally Posted by LoudandClear View Post

Just stopped by local frys and got a raincheck for the $899 price. I wonder if Epson is officially dropping the price this low. If they do it will surely slow interest in the sales of the new 3010. Whenever it gets here.

This will be my first lcd projector. I'm switching from a InFocus SP7205 (720p/DLP) that bit the dust. I hope I see a big improvement..

You already know what a big fan I am with the 8350 and as someone who's been in your shoes with an infocus in72 720p, I would say the average person who's not into HT could not tell the diff between a in72 and 8350 with blu ray movie.

Im just saying with the 8350 you still will be very happy but I don't think you will see that "big" improvement. For that level of big diff I think you might have to step up to the 5010. Anyone coming from good home theater 720p infocus PJ has been spoiled indeed with a nice PQ.
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post #5443 of 8104
10/10/11 at 12:53pm
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Originally Posted by zoey67 View Post

You already know what a big fan I am with the 8350 and as someone who's been in your shoes with an infocus in72 720p, I would say the average person who's not into HT could not tell the diff between a in72 and 8350 with blu ray movie.

Im just saying with the 8350 you still will be very happy but I don't think you will see that "big" improvement. For that level of big diff I think you might have to step up to the 5010. Anyone coming from good home theater 720p infocus PJ has been spoiled indeed with a nice PQ.

I'm stepping up from the epson 705HD so I'm pretty sure I'm gonna see a pretty beefy difference
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post #5444 of 8104
10/10/11 at 1:26pm
hi

first thing sorry for my english because iam from bahrain


second thing i have a few questions and proplems


1- what the "iris" Property do ?
2- how i can control the motion detection ? becuase it comes grey and i cant control it ( and the motion detection for what ????)
3-i have proplem in the speed motion i see blure and jedder how i can reduce it? by wich Property??


thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

th
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post #5445 of 8104
10/10/11 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by zoey67 View Post

Im just saying with the 8350 you still will be very happy but I don't think you will see that "big" improvement. For that level of big diff I think you might have to step up to the 5010. Anyone coming from good home theater 720p infocus PJ has been spoiled indeed with a nice PQ.

My #1 choice was the 8700UB but now that's $1000 more than my 8350 price. Even if the 8350 gives me the same PQ as my 7205 it says a lot for the advancements since my 7205 was a $4995 msrp unit back in 2005 when I bought it. I'm a little concerned about the convergence thing on a 3 lcd vs a DLP but it's not an accross the board problem so hopefully I will get a good one. I'll know soon hopefully if frys gets that shipement in this week. One good thing about buying locally is easy to return. One thing I hated about my 7205 was it was extremely loud. 37dB on high fan mode even though it was mounted high on back wall, it was still loud.
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post #5446 of 8104
10/10/11 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by wormraper View Post

I'm stepping up from the epson 705HD so I'm pretty sure I'm gonna see a pretty beefy difference

As the president from Burlington coat factory would say...You're going to love it...I guarantee it
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post #5447 of 8104
10/10/11 at 4:11pm
one quick question. I have this mount for my Epson 705HD
http://www.mountdirect.com/Projector...ries_p/pms.htm

will it work for the 8350... ?? I know the 8350 is a bit larger so I wanted to make sure that it would work with the larger sized 8350
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post #5448 of 8104
10/10/11 at 5:09pm
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Originally Posted by zoey67 View Post

As the president from Burlington coat factory would say...You're going to love it...I guarantee it

Ummm, I think that's Men's Warehouse!
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post #5449 of 8104
10/10/11 at 6:52pm
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Originally Posted by rakstr View Post

Ummm, I think that's Men's Warehouse!

duh,.. oops
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post #5450 of 8104
10/10/11 at 7:58pm
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Originally Posted by F R E A K View Post

hi

first thing sorry for my english because iam from bahrain


second thing i have a few questions and proplems


1- what the "iris" Property do ?
2- how i can control the motion detection ? becuase it comes grey and i cant control it ( and the motion detection for what ????)
3-i have proplem in the speed motion i see blure and jedder how i can reduce it? by wich Property??


thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

th

I am going to try here. Iris is for fake contrast and is noisy, I do not use it because it does not work well for me. Motion detection I am not sure about because my unit came with a manual which covers the 8350/8700 and I cannot find anything on that. As for judder, your input signal is probably to blame either the source or a cable perhaps. Good luck. Bahrain eh? Been there once. Nice place, I enjoyed my time there.
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post #5451 of 8104
10/10/11 at 9:50pm
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Originally Posted by wormraper View Post

one quick question. I have this mount for my Epson 705HD
http://www.mountdirect.com/Projector...ries_p/pms.htm

will it work for the 8350... ?? I know the 8350 is a bit larger so I wanted to make sure that it would work with the larger sized 8350

Almost assuredly not. The U-channel Arms would need to be almost 11" long and the ones provided by that Mount Mfg are not.

I used a similar "provided" mount just once, and the 2 trips to the hardware store couldn't help a bit. Had I not found extra unused Channel Arms that remained of a older Peerless Universal Mount kit I had not discarded, the PJ would have remained unmounted until a new Mount was ordered. As it was, the end result looked like a Frankenstein-like Erector Set nightmare.

That is not to say you cannot try though.

Ask yourself one question; "Do you feel lucky?".

"Well do ya........?"

Ka-Pow!
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post #5452 of 8104
10/10/11 at 10:04pm
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Originally Posted by MississippiMan View Post

Almost assuredly not. The U-channel Arms would need to be almost 11" long and the ones provided by that Mount Mfg are not.

According to the technical specifications:
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The maximum spread of the holes cannot exceed 18.5 inches
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post #5453 of 8104
10/10/11 at 10:26pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by vladd View Post

According to the technical specifications:
The maximum spread of the holes cannot exceed 18.5 inches

Well the 8350 is 17.7" w by 15.7" deep, and the mounting holes do lie inside those parameters. The extra needed "length" to get out to the mounting holes is provided by the Mount's central Flange.

So accordingly, it looks like it could work. Just be sure to tighten those Squared Channel Bolts down snugly.

Oh yeah....also be advised that the screws that held the "feet" onto the older PJ might not be the correct size in millimeters for the 8350 so you might have to source those at the hardware store. Get ones that are at/under 12 mm long.
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post #5454 of 8104
10/10/11 at 11:34pm
cool, thanks for the advice. I'll wait a tad to hear if more people have used this one. supposedly it can handle up to 40 lb's and we actuall hung off the mount when we installed it to make sure it was stable on the ceiling. my epson 705hd has been stable as a rock so I'm hoping I don't have to go spend MORE money that my wife will roll her eyes at

and I just set it on a shelf and have tested it out..... O...........m..........G........ is all I can say. I new it would be a step up but not THIS big... wow, after some calibration all I can say is wow.

I drove up to Frys in phx with a couple of friends and we each bought one
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post #5455 of 8104
10/11/11 at 12:41am
Thread Starter 
..........another happy camper.
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post #5456 of 8104
10/11/11 at 1:35am
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Originally Posted by MississippiMan View Post

..........another happy camper.

VERY happy. and the thing is nearly dead quiet too!!!

ONLY thing I'm worried about is the issue of dying bulbs that Epson 1080p projectors have been having the last year. hopefully Epson has a new batch of bulbs to fix this issue in my new PJ
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post #5457 of 8104
10/11/11 at 2:35am
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Originally Posted by MississippiMan View Post

Well the 8350 is 17.7" w by 15.7" deep, and the mounting holes do lie inside those parameters. The extra needed "length" to get out to the mounting holes is provided by the Mount's central Flange.

So accordingly, it looks like it could work. Just be sure to tighten those Squared Channel Bolts down snugly.

Oh yeah....also be advised that the screws that held the "feet" onto the older PJ might not be the correct size in millimeters for the 8350 so you might have to source those at the hardware store. Get ones that are at/under 12 mm long.

hmm, you mentioned the screws might not be the correct size.. they are 6mm screws. will those be enough?
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post #5458 of 8104
10/11/11 at 5:53am
Best Buy is such a mess. The price listed at Fry's seemed like a good deal to buy local so I took some documentation to Best Buy for them to stand behind their price match policy. The salesman I met with was very nice, but since this wasn't his routine store that he works at he had to continually go to his supervisor for advice. Rather than her speaking with me she continued to direct him to speak with me. This was a conversation 20 feet away from me? I was first told they couldn't price match and he didn't have an explanation. When I asked why, he had to go back for an explanation. He then came back and said that they could not go beneath the lowest price listed "in their system." That seemed odd to me since it sort of defeats the very concept behind price matching so I asked if I could speak with the person he was speaking with. She walked away and then I was met with an Operations Manager who explained to me everything that I was just told was inaccurate. They could price match if the store I was attempting to price match with had the product in stock and was within 20 miles of their store. Houston is a big place and the Fry's that had it in stock was 25 miles away. I thanked him for the explanation and left.

All this was more of curiosity than anything. To be honest I probably feel better buying from someone like Projector People. They have long supported the avsforum. Anyway, just felt like sharing the poor experience.
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post #5459 of 8104
10/11/11 at 6:53am
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Originally Posted by wormraper View Post

VERY happy. and the thing is nearly dead quiet too!!!

That's good to hear. My last projector was LOUD.

Can you tell me how far in from the sides are the mounting screws on the bottom? Or what is the distance between them? I'm trying to figure out if my current home made mount will work. It was a shelf but I mounted the projector upside down under it.
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post #5460 of 8104
10/11/11 at 9:01am
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Originally Posted by JP View Post

Best Buy is such a mess. The price listed at Fry's seemed like a good deal to buy local so I took some documentation to Best Buy for them to stand behind their price match policy. The salesman I met with was very nice, but since this wasn't his routine store that he works at he had to continually go to his supervisor for advice. Rather than her speaking with me she continued to direct him to speak with me. This was a conversation 20 feet away from me? I was first told they couldn't price match and he didn't have an explanation. When I asked why, he had to go back for an explanation. He then came back and said that they could not go beneath the lowest price listed "in their system." That seemed odd to me since it sort of defeats the very concept behind price matching so I asked if I could speak with the person he was speaking with. She walked away and then I was met with an Operations Manager who explained to me everything that I was just told was inaccurate. They could price match if the store I was attempting to price match with had the product in stock and was within 20 miles of their store. Houston is a big place and the Fry's that had it in stock was 25 miles away. I thanked him for the explanation and left.

All this was more of curiosity than anything. To be honest I probably feel better buying from someone like Projector People. They have long supported the avsforum. Anyway, just felt like sharing the poor experience.

i had the same experience too with my local BB. pissed me off and i walked. i'm still teetering between this one and the benq w6000. i guess i'm into dlp but the one year warranty versus two years is challenging. hate making decisions like this
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