VIVITEK QUMI LED 1280x800 - Page 15

I'm sure you can sell the Acer really quick anyways

the gumi has hdmi-and vga(in general) supports up to 2048×1536

I just read that it's not coming out till August.

(The GT750)

Lawl, I folded and couldn't wait anymore. Got a HX350t. We'll see how that performs!

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I can't believe that after you waited so long for the Vivitek Qumi you succumbed to the temptation and got the LG HX350T for, what i imagine, considerably more money.
I own the LG HX300G (essentially the same pj) and love those inexpensive LEDs + DMD chip "combo" so much that the minute the Qumi is out i will be buying one of them, specifically because of those extra pixels that allow it 1280x800 native HD.
If you had waited another month or so, i imagine you should have been able to find plenty of discounted HX350G for sale, especially used units at Ebay for around $300 from owners such as myself...

I know, pretty aware of it. But let's just say that my gut feeling tells me that the Qumi will be disappointing and I kind of decided that the 50 lumens loss on the HW300t is not worth the increased resolution.

MCaugusto, The reason Poisonwolf caved in and you have not is that you ALREADY have an awesome LG LED toy to play with!

I originally arrived at this forum to research the LG HS201, which a ton of people have been raving about for well over a year now. But then there was some excitement about the HX350T,slim Casios etc so I decided to wait... and... see.

Later... CES came along and I became enamoured by the 1280x800 (real 720p) resolution promised by the next batch of Qumis,HW300Ts, and Casios. I then decided that I was going to get off the *waiting* Train at 720p.

Great... But... Its been like SIX months now!

All I can think about is that some guy, somewhere has been sitting at home enjoying the heck out of his "not 720p" HS201 for almost 2 years now. So Poisonwolf, Enjoy that HX350T and do tell us how you like it!

There is a wonderful video review on amazon by an "Old School" gentleman called Lawrence Bulk about that HX350T which made me add it to MY wishlist.

So you better hurry up QumiZzzz!!!

Spot on mate! It's easy for people with like 5 projectors to wait. I just discovered the niche market that is LED projectors! Lawl. I waited for as long as I could.

And Lawrence's review was what pushed me to get the HX350t, the video was pretty alright with ambient light. I'll try to provide more detailed feedback tomorrow.

P.S. It also didn't help that I had a TONNE of gift cards.

Casio geen slim- DLP - 720p - 1280 x 800 - 2000 lumen, 659$

LG HX350T 1024 x 768 DLP Micro Portable LED Projector 300 lumens 719$
ouch.

@eat_meat

bad colorwheel sound, no blue but purple, strange brighter corner projecting dark image and of course rbe ... summon that up ->ouch to casio

until they remove colorwheel and make major improvements concerning the things mentioned: casio is outta here ... and of course "ouch"
so i would prefer even the hx350 everytime


@poison wolf

are you serious? i'm in the same situation. waiting 4 years now for hd-led-pjs. now as close as it gets reaching it, you drop for xga?!
sry cant understand that. i think you will be angry about yourself in about a couple of weeks

there is no color wheel sound,period-There is no" strange brighter corner projecting dark image"(my 230 was perfect, there was a some early defective lenses, out of wack lasers whatever it was its QC issue )It can do purple gamut way beyond what led can do,the blues are just fine.dont pretend that portable led dosnt have over satuation in red or green like most portable led pjs-(i default to cine4homes great review)rbe it effects so few its really a non issue to most.

Will you be buying the qumi even tho you have one of the Casio

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Yeah, if i remember correctly, didn't you post extensively on the Casio LED/Hybrid thread about the problems you had with your own Casio pj ?
Do you own one of them ? Any problems to report ? How many hours of estimated use so far ?...Please share your experiences with us...

Yea have had 2 casios , 3 other led pj,s and many other bulbed pjs and crt pjs(a couple of sharps that are my favorites)
YEA ,LOL, OK then you have seen what i think.





Yesi want to, i have a viewsonic pjd6211 that i do 3d with nvidia/dlplink so i want another 3d pj.That and I may get another job traveling so the qumi may fill the bill over the other pure led pj that I normally use.

Leo Laporte ,Scott Wilkinson, online editor of UltimateAVmag.com and HomeTheaterMag.com podcast talk about the qumi at 58 mins
scott seemed impressed.
http://twit.cachefly.net/ttg0734.mp3
download is around 60 mb-or hear it in browser

I know what you mean travis! Yesterday I started second-guessing myself after reading all these posts. But oh well, we'll see what happens. I guess it didn't really help when I paid substantially less than what the Qumi would have costed for the HX350. The temptation!

yes there is a color wheel sound. i'm not the only one who encountered the problem. i've had all the other problems with the unit i bought, thats why i send it back (luckily in germany there is a law which gives you the right within 2 weeks). i would have been happy if the casio performed well. but its not. period. if yours is fine at all you were lucky and should be satisfied.
but thats why i dont understand that you have so many other projectors or want to buy the qumi.

I had an Optoma PT100 and used a component to VGA cable connected to the component out of a good DVD player:
The Pluses: great color range and contrast, native 16:9 widescreen format to get the full uncropped 480P from DVDs.
The Minuses: not quite bright enough; too long a throw ratio (1.8:1) to get a large (90" to 120") image in room distance; 480P is not HD

Next I had an LG HS201:
Pluses: HDMI connection to Blu-ray player; Much brighter; shorter throw ratio (1.49:1)
Minuses: 4:3 native format (had to crop to 16:9 for HT); 800x600 is still not HD
- sold it for 90% of price paid, in perfect condition after only a week's use

Now, I await (and it is a long wait) a Vivitek Qumi I have had ordered from Amazon since May 2.
I have a completely darkened theater room to accommodate the current lower lumens of LED projectors; I like the color fidelity of LEDs better than conventional lamp projectors, and the more consistent light output over time of LEDs, plus, of course I like not replacing expensive bulbs because I will use a projector for 25 hours or more a week of viewing. I have an external TVix/Dvico ATSC/Qam HD DVR tuner and HDMI switcher for watching recorded shows and sometimes blu-rays/DVDs. The rest of the system includes a 120" Elite maxwhite 1.0 widescreen (that I used with the LG HS201 with good results), Panasonic blu-ray, Yamaha receiver, Boston Acoustics 5.1 surround speakers.
The Qumi has a good enough throw ratio for me (1.55:1), it is native widescreen 16:10, 1280x800, 720P, HDMI.
Now IF the Qumi will arrive, and has at least the brightness, color range and contrast of the LG HS201, I will be happy with it !
I'll be happy with that is, until good 1080P, 1000 lumen LED projectors are ever available for under $1,000.

Lol....I'm still waiting on my PT100 to be returned. It's been at Optoma 2 months now due to discoloration and funky focus issues. Just got off the phone AGAIN and they are supposedly sending me another unit at some point but we'll see...

Aside from the lack of brightness (20 lumens in standard mode, what do you expect), I was pretty happy with it too since I'm not a bluray person...

But I'll be grabbing an older Acer K11, the mystery Acer to come or a Qumi sometime this year...

Jeremy

Well doggone it...

Ronknox is the exact theoretical lucky SOB I was referring to in my previous post. I knew you you were out there hs201 man!

Great info on your set up. First time I hear about DVICO/TVIX tuner-pvr so thanks for that.

My main reason for considering the LG HW300T is the unique tuner feature. Would be nice to hook something up to the lonely and unused cable outlet in my office. The Qumi and Casio are good candidates but lack TV, and adding a TVIX tuner would add $300-500 to my budget. The HW300T will be costly but would include TV + just about every feature imaginable except the "still controversial" 3D.

Anyone know of cheaper standalone QAM/ATSC Tuners which would even the score against the LG for the Casio & Qumi ?

The tuner was among the reasons why I picked the HX350t. Can't wait to try it out tonight!

As posted in the other thread if you had a defective unit send it back.The many green slims that I have seen dont have a color wheel noise or the other problems you have stated.I am not LUCKY.About my many pj,s ,I am planning on puting a projector on my tiny coastal cruiser. I have lotsa rooms and tv,s.Some times I have lotsa money-i have lottsa guns,guitars,motorcycles (cars sometimes).see where were going?

Having a defective unit is one thing-bashing em all is just wrong.The casios are selling well and other than a early unit QC issues they are not a bad option (and probably the best) for the bulbless/use as a tv crowd.

Kworld External Model SA295-Q DE ATSC/QAM TV Box HDMI Edition, there are usb solutions and other 60-100$ solutions for tuners

Mr.Fresnel, what a cool name! I recognize the significance of the name, due I suppose, as a reference to Fresnel lenses; I bought one from an Edmund Scientific catalog by mail order way back in the 1970s. My AVS name is due to that I live in Knoxville, TN, first name Ron, ergo, RonKnox.
I didn't specify the model of DViCo/TviX HDMI external ATSC/QAM tuner that I have . . . it is the Dvico TViX PVR R-2200 PVR with remote, which I got open box in perfect condition from digitalconnections.com for $120; I think it was or thereabouts. I then added my own, internal Western Digital 500GB 5400rpm 2.5" SATA hard drive that I ordered from Amazon for about $60; so there I had it . . an external HDMI output HD PVR with remote control that I could use with ANY HDMI input device. I have an outdoor high-gain Channel-Master antenna, model 4228HD, so I pay nothing for the digital HD broadcasts I receive and record (I don't have cable or satellite either; the broadcast HD networks I receive, the Netflix DVDs by mail, and the blu-rays I rent for just $1 a night at a local independently owned and run video store are enough for me). DViCo/TviX PVR units are still available by searching the 'net.
I reason that I do not want to buy a built-in HD tuner in every projector that I buy in the future (and I plan to upgrade LED DLP projectors every two to four years), so I bought the external HD tuner PVR once, and now I can shop for any HDMI-compatible LED DLP projector, without a built-in tuner. I got the external HDMI switcher just by searching "HDMI switcher" on Amazon and the 'net, I got it for less than $15, and it works great, even has its own remote or it auto-senses the active input (the specific model is the Apogee HDMI 3x1).
So now, all I desire from an LED DLP projector is HD, good lumen output(for an LED, currently 200 - 300), HDMI input, and a remote. I have seen LCoS, and LCD panel projectors, but for me by far, I prefer the contrast and depth of DLP, plus . . . the pixelated, "screen-door" effect is much less noticeable on DLP than on other types of displays.
I an 47 years old, and I have been working with video/audio electronics, ham radio equipment, and later, computer equipment, since I was ten years old, and I am really drawn to LED DLP projectors, such as the excellent LG HS201. Though admittedly dim in lumens compared directly to other bulb projectors, LED DLPs look wonderfully, smoothly cinematic in a dark environment, and in my opinion, someone who is not willing to darken a room for home theater, isn't really serious about having a movie theater experience at home. After all, why do they darken commercial theaters to show films? It is because it greatly enhances the perceived image.
For much more explanation of this fascinating phenomenon, do an Internet search on "scotopic mesotopic LED"; THIS visual appeal is what has always drawn me to the cinema, and now, it is technologically possible to have digital home cinema projection experientially similar to film-based projection.

You really have to be carefull with absolutes as they can be turned around on you.especially when you say that and point to 800x600 200 lumen pj.
Insert any of the short comings of one pj to another pj.Many here arnt trying for a home theater pj with led they are trying more for tv set up to save the bulbs and/or portability.
then there is just this

How difficult it is to capture a 225" image? One with both ambient light, and dark image content?
from http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1701

Was that a picture taken by you?

the link is right there

Ok. Does anyone know what kind of projector he was using in that picture? I'd like to have picture that looks as.good as that.

thats a epson Im pretty sure- thats MM,s response to you cant have it all ,blacks ,amb. light and big.