Any Mitsubishi HD1000U owners out there? - Page 8

I'm gonna be ordering one of these early next week(sold my Sammy Blu-Ray player to help pay for it). I can't wait to get it!

I was supposed to get mine today. I missed the FedEx Home Delivery Guy by 30 seconds. If it were shipped via real FedEx I probably would have been able to arrange to pick it up tonight.

I just returned my HD72-6800 To Costco so I could get the HD1000.I saved $500 and in my opinion got the same quality projector as far as video goes and build quality goes to the Mits.The HD72 had a great picture and a few more bells and whistles but the picture flickered with AI on and thats what gave the better contrast.

I got my 1000U a couple weeks ago. My problem is that when I try to watch HD satellite TV or regular TV, the picture is really yellow. I watched a movie when I first got it set up and I remember it looking amazing. I was busy with work for awhile so I didn't get to really play with it much, and now when I try to watch TV or DVD's the picture is really yellow. TV is a lot worse than movies. I've tried some of the settings from the other 1000u tweaks forum and nothing seems to work. I can get rid of the yellow but I have to put one of the other colors way out of whack to do it. I tried resetting all the options back to default thinking maybe I tweaked something and messed it up but that didn't help. This is my first projector and I'm pretty new to tuning all the settings myself, so any advice is appreciated. I swear it looked great the first day, but I was watching Da Vinci code which is a pretty dark movie so maybe I just didn't notice in my excitement.

I was thinking maybe a bad cable, but I checked all my connections and I would expect it to be either green, red, or blue if a cable was bad, not yellow. I'm watching HD satellite TV and a Sony progressive scan DVD player. Both run through a yamaha amp before going to the projector. Everything is hooked up with component cables. It's about a 107" screen painted with Screen Goo digital grey paint and the room is 100% light controlled and dark walls.

I've got a lot of people coming over for football this weekend and really want to show this thing off, but not if the field is yellow instead of green. Please help!

Did you swap the red and blue component cables from your receiver to the projector? A bad blue connection could cause the image to look yellow. If you swap the red and blue (at both the receiver and the projector) and the image becomes cyan-ish instead of yellowish, you know the cable is bad.

You could also try taking the receiver out of the loop, running direct from source to the projector.

Try Marks suggestions, if you can't isolate the problem that way it sounds like you have a defective PJ.

I just got my HD1000u yesterday. I believe the inner box had been opened and resealed, as the cables that were supposed to be in the cardboard wrapper were above and below it. Was there any sort of warranty card in the box that needs to be filled out and sent off? If there was, I didn't get one.

My warranty card was in an envelope taped to the side of the box. It was not inside with the manual.

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Hey guys,
I just picked up my HD1000 yesterday. After playing around with it for 8 hours, here are my observations compared to my Panasonic AE700:

Advantages
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Much better real-world contrast. Scenes now have great depth, a 3D look -- something that was sorely lacking on the AE700.

Sharper. I was never a big fan of Panny's smoothscreen technology.

Much brighter in "best" mode. While the AE700 could be made bright, the blown-out colours in such a mode made it unwatchable. The HD1000 can be both bright and have high colour fidelity. Of course this comparison was not a side-by-side, as my AE700 has 2000 hours on it, but from memory. FWIW.

No vertical banding!!!
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Disadvantages
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I see some RBE. It's infrequent, and it's just a small nuisance (so far). I didn't feel fatigued after watching for 8 hours yesterday.
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I don't remember reading anyone posting about the "vertical location" feature of this projector. While it may not be a physical vertical lens shift, it definitely works that way! I tried this feature while projecting a Windows desktop, and didn't notice any deterioration in picture quality. I think this is a nice bonus feature. I can move my 80" diagonal image about 6" up or 6" down.

Note regarding sharpness:
If you have this proj hooked up to an HTPC via HDMI, and want no interference from the proj in terms of sharpness/edge enhancement, then you must set the sharpness setting to -2. Yes, the range goes down to -5, but that only adds to the confusion. I did a test by viewing very fine text on a Windows desktop and confirmed that the "purest" look came at sharpness -2, which seems to turn off any edge enhancement. When changing the sharpness to -3 or lower, I can definitely see edge artifacts creep back in, giving the text a false sense of sharpness.

Note to Canadians:
I bought this proj from a brick-and-mortar dealer in Toronto, and he says the warranty on it is 2 years...a Canadian thing he said. There was no warranty information in the box itself (nor taped to the side).

I have played around with this feature but I just assumed that like keystone correction that it would negatively affect PQ? I can't tell any difference when using it. Is it bad to use this feature?

how much does the verticle location feature move the picture. If it is just moving it within the black bars on the top and bottom of the picture then there should be no degredation at all.

John,

Where did you get your projector? I am getting ready to order one and want to avoid just what you described. I have always wondered what the on line outfits do with all the returns they get. I certainly do not want a repack.

Thanks,

Henry

I used Spinitar (ask for Lorena). Everything was brand new, drop shipped from Mits directly (received 1 week after order from CA to IN). Of course not double boxed so thankfully not stolen nor broken

Mine arrived about 15 minutes ago -- I want to grab a conference room and try it out but I will probably need to wait til evening. Projector People and Mitsubishi were great all the way around (PP ran out yesterday morning but managed to get Mits to drop ship it to me from their California location.

Tonight I only get to try it out on a yellow wall but this weekend the theater build out will be in earnest -- my goal is to have the room fully functional before Christmas.

Ok so my old bigscreen just wont seem to work anymore. Took a look on google yesterday to see if I could get some clue as to why and ended up here.

Needless to say after reading a couple threads I was sold on getting a $1000 720p projector. Just got off the phone with theprojectorplace, my HD1000U is being shipped direct from california. I also ordered a sheet of 5x12 wilsonart laminate in designer white locally.

With my old bigscreen (Pioneer SD-P5065) I found it hard to read text with my computer hooked up. Hopefully thats no longer a problem. Im really looking forward to having a HD display with 120" screen lol.

bw1

PS

Can someone confirm that this unit will work well for computer gaming? I have a 7900GS and expect to be able to output whatever custom widescreen resolution is necessary.

You'll be fine with the gaming.

It's 1280x720 native and using any of the later Nvidia drivers works fine. If you use a DVI->HDMI connection, Windows will even default to that resolution (at least it did on mine). No custom anything needed.

It'll also work with component or VGA too. No custom timings necessary then either. Might take some fiddling in the control panel to get 720p with component. I think when I tried component, it defaulted to 1080i.

Thanks for the troubleshooting tips. Good news is it's not the projector that's having a problem, but the bad news isn't a whole lot better right now. I'm pretty sure the problem is with the 25' component cable I have running through the walls. I swapped the red and blue as suggested and got a picture with no blue in it at all. I hooked up the satellite receiver directly to the projector and the picture was beautiful. It's only when connecting by way of the cable through the ceiling that I have a problem so now I'm not sure what to do. Unfortunately I didn't run conduit or anything for the cable, I just drilled holes in the joists and ran the cable. That's going to make it really tough to pull a new cable because there's a couple bends.

Any ideas? The connectors on the end of the cable look secure, but it's probably more likely that the problem is with the connectors than the cable itself right?

Sorry, don't mean to spam the board. The red connector on one end of the cable does appear to be broken. I unscrewed the sheath and the wire is severed. Does anyone have experience capping a component cable? Was it easy and did you get a good signal out of it afterwards?

If the cable is standard coax you should be able to replace the connector. You could use a F type connectore with an RCA adapter as a simple approach. I terminated my RG6 quad cables this way for my inwall component cable. Picture is perfect. I can toggle between HDMI and Component and there is no difference. I used compression F connectors from Lowes or Home Depot and adapters from Radio Shack.

Thanks for your post, it answered several questions I've had while reading up on the new line of budget projectors. I too still have the same setup LT150 driven by a 1024x576 HTPC. I have an almost absolute black room that has helped the projector give a good picture. Even though I still enjoy the picture it produces and am always receiving great compliments from visitors, I know that I'm overdue for an upgrade. My biggest beef is the offset as it is for others. I have a short ceiling 7'-3" and I have to tilt the LT150 & use enough keystone to aggrevate me. This will be even worse with the mits so I don't think it's the one for me.

I've held off on the upgrade b/c it's taken some time to complete my Media Room/Bar/Bathroom, but now as it comes to a close, I'm researching what is out there. I bought a new bulb not too long ago so I have about 60% left. I would love for my next buy to be 1080, but I haven't seen too much on how fast these might drop in price. With a 3rd little one on the way, and time left on my outrageously priced bulb I don't mind waiting a year. Does anyone have any ideas?

I received my new Mitsubishi HD1000u last night and got it mounted in the ceiling.

I was using a 4805 Infocus.

1st impressions....

I hooked up my HD cable feed from the television and watched some of "The Office" and "Heros" in HD...simply stunning. I also watched some of the HD NFL game and it looked very impressive. I did notice some slight pixalation during very fast motion shots.

I played some DVD's to test the image. Still need to tweak it some, but looked good out of the box. There was some issues with the background images in scenes having a "movement" sensation to it (not sure of correct term..maybe "boiling") but I am sure that has to do with it not being tweaked to my Sony DVD player.

I mounted it on the MetalCraft mount (found on a popular auction site) and it installed up fast and secure, very stable image and looks good. I will post some pictures later.

Update....

One feature that maybe of concern or interest is the lack of multiple HDMI inputs. Since I watch a lot of HD TV I have to make a choice between hooking up the HD cable box to the unit OR the Sony DVD player to the HDMI.

I currently run the cable box through the HDMI and the DVD player in the component.

There seems to be a lot of talk about the offset. I installed my unit in the ceiling., a 9 foot ceiling. It is back about 11 foot from the screen and I used the Metalcraft mount that has a drop of 5". My screen is 106" and it is located very close to the ceiling. I did not have any problem with the offset. I simply tilted the projector as needed and applied a very small amount of keystone correction. The "zoom" feature allowed for easy image placement on the screen.

Here are some pictures of the Mitsubishi HD1000u ceiling mounted. No problem with the offset in my configuration. Projector is mounted on the Metalcraft mount (popular auction site mount source) with a 5" drop. Very stable and fast install.

I saw earlier on in this thread that someone feed a 1080p signal to the projector and it worked. Does the HD1000 accept a 1080p singal?? The specs don't say that it does...

Also how is the internal scaling from 1080i to 720p?

WarDrive,

Very nice looking mount. Do you know if Metalcraft makes a mount with less than the 5" drop? I have been looking for one in this price range with a "more flush" application.

Thanks,

Does anyone have custom resolution numbers for the Bravo D1 & HD1000u?


Thanks,

Ordered it on a thursday. Drop shipped from Mits to my house and it arrived this morning. I need to mount it etc, but for now I simply put it on a table, aimed it at a beige bumped up wall 9 feet away, and watched Coral Reef Adventures. All I can say is WOW. I cannot wait to finish the basement setup and get the sofa delivered.... When I'm done and have watched 10-15 hours on it I will come back with more feedback but I am EXTREMELY happy I chose this over the Panasonic - I now have another $900 to play with

Edit:

Has anyone set this up with a Harmony 880 remote yet? Trying to figure that out... Help appreciated!