Any Mitsubishi HD1000U owners out there? - Page 2

Originally Posted by Reid_T

I just received my HD1000U yesterday, and watched "The 5th Element" last night. I'm blown away. I can't find anything to complain about.

My current setup is pretty crude (will improve over the next few weeks as more equipment shows up.) I don't have a screen yet, so I'm just projecting on a blank wall, textured and painted a dark gold color. I don't have a progressive DVD player yet, and just used component video cables to hook an old Sony DVD player directly to the projector.

My expectations for this temporary arrangement were extremely low, but from 14 feet, with a 120" picture, it still looked extremely good. I certainly don't expect it to get worse with a screen, decent DVD player, etc.

I have a 100% light-controlled room, and can easily use low-power mode, even, to some degree, with the lights on. Currently, the pj and DVD are sitting right next to me on the sectional, and I can't hear the fan if there's any audio on the movie at all. Its slightly more noticable in high-power mode, but once its hanging from the ceiling I don't expect I'll be able to hear it.

A comment about the warranty: I've heard a lot of people complain that Mitsubishi only offer a 1 year warranty. But sitting here reading the -Mitsubishi- warranty, it says there is a 3-year factory warranty on the projector, and a 90-day warranty on the bulb. As far as I can tell, a 3-year warranty is pretty close to a "lifetime" warranty.

Regarding the offset: this is not a problem for me, I was planning on hanging it from a 10' ceiling. But I did the algebra anyway. If I did the math correctly, for a ceiling mount, there's about a ~6.5 degree offset to the top of the screen, and ~24.5 degree offset to the bottom of the screen. It turns out this is just about perfect for my theater, so I find it hard to complain about it. :-)

Overall: bright, quiet, sharp, great contrast/blacks, great color, good warranty. I'd highly recommend this projector. As I get the ht built out, I'll post more comments/pics.

-Reid

Originally Posted by hmcewin

According to other posts, your offset will be about 33% of the screen height. If your screen height is 54" the distance from the center of the lens to the top of the screen will be about 18".

Originally Posted by rawb01

I hope this doesn't violate forum rules, but we Canadians have fewer options. I was told by Mits Canada to contact their distributor, Precor Consumer Electronics, who directed me to Absolute Audio Video (in Calgary): absoluteaudio.ca.

I have yet to hear back, but perhaps you will have more luck than I. Let me know...

Originally Posted by Jim McC

Mits. dealer sites and Mits. website all say it's a 1 year warranty.

Originally Posted by hmcewin

According to other posts, your offset will be about 33% of the screen height. If your screen height is 54" the distance from the center of the lens to the top of the screen will be about 18". (Assuming a ceiling mount). Not sure how that translates to the 6.5 degrees you quoted in your post. Does the manual use degrees to describe the offset?

I am interested in this projector and since you have one in hand, maybe you could measure the actual distances relative to screen height from the center of the lens. There appears to be a lot of us interested in exactly how much the offset is. Would appreciate any further comments you have regarding this issue.

Henry

Originally Posted by hmcewin

Thanks Reid. I would like to know the actual measurement. Enjoy your new machine and when you get time give us a rundown on the offset.

This looks like my next machine. I have a nine ft. ceiling and a 110 inch screen which will put the top of the screen at twenty four inches from the ceiling.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by nnci

I can't believe how well this PJ handles (and cleans up) a crappy SD feed of hockey.

Had it on for 3 minutes but wow! Have had X-1, LT-260, SP4805, Ht510, PT-L500u, XR-10X, and HT1100 over the past 3.5 years.

This is a keeper!

Originally Posted by Reid_T

I spent a few minutes and did some measurements. I put the projector on a coffee table, with the center of the lens at 17.5" above the floor, about 113" from the wall. Caveats - the flooring is a dense pile carpet, so my measurements could be off by .25"-.50". I didn't try to be more accurate than about .25". I also assumed that the table is relatively level, and that the unit is level to the table when all the feet are fully retracted. FWIW...

At maximum zoom, I get an image that is 40.5" in height, 30'5" above the floor. This is an offset of 13", or about 32% of the image height.

At minimum zoom, I get an image that is 33.25" in height, 28" above the floor. This is an offset of 10.5", or about 31.6% of the image height.

So, given my quick, non-scientific measurements, it looks like 33% is pretty accurate. For smaller screens (< 80"), it seems to me that table-mounting is pretty reasonable. The manual does say you can tilt the projector up to 15 degrees, perhaps this would help in table-mounting for larger screens. Well, actually, what it says is that tilting more than +-15 degrees could lead to bulb explosion. But I think that moderate use of the adjustment legs could help mitigate the offset for larger, table-mounted uses.

Hope this is helpful.

-Reid

Originally Posted by hmcewin

I have the NEC HT510 and am reasonably happy with the picture. Even after 2200 hours on the lamp, it is still very bright on eco mode. Before buying the 510 I tried the Panny 700 and the 510 was as good or better with better black levels for a third of the price.

How would you compare your 510 to the Mits 1000?

Thanks.

Henry

Originally Posted by nnci

The 1000 blows the 510 away in all areas thus far. Haven't tried the de-interlacer yet, the 510 had a realy good one. Nice to see another "old timer" in the thread!

Originally Posted by tqn

I talked to a Mitsubishi dealer in Toronto today, and he said that Precor (and Mitsubishi Canada?) will have a meeting on Monday to discuss the pricing of the HD1000. My dealer said that if Precor doesn't lower the price to reflect the US price drop, then he won't even carry the HD1000, as he won't be able to compete with US dealers with a $500 price difference.

you can get the hc1100 in canada it's even better.
eastporters dot comm is one place that has it

Originally Posted by dreamstate

The HC1100 (can't even find it on projector central and this site can't even be bothered to list it's native resolution) is roughly $500 more than a optima hd70 and is the same lumen number, 1000. So why would i want one?

Originally Posted by nnci

I can't believe how well this PJ handles (and cleans up) a crappy SD feed of hockey.

Had it on for 3 minutes but wow! Have had X-1, LT-260, SP4805, Ht510, PT-L500u, XR-10X, and HT1100 over the past 3.5 years.

This is a keeper!

Originally Posted by tustinfarm

I've had my HD1000u for a couple of weeks; previous projector was BenQ PB6200. I am extremely happy with the new projector (it is hard to over-state that). Loved the BenQ, but this is definitely a nice step up, in terms of better black level, native widescreen, smaller pixels, and fan noise with low lamp setting. Just delighted!

Very simple set-up projecting 145"diagonal onto a white wall, watching from about 16 feet back, room not light controlled so wait until dark to watch movies (that's one advantage of early sunset times in the winter!

Originally Posted by rawb01

Don't quote me on any of this, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong: I don't believe it is being imported into the States, hence its absence from PC. I understand that it has much in common with the HD1000 (resolution for example; although I have seen 768 floating around in these forums, all documentation and reviews I have read stated 720), but differences include the lack of a clear segment in the wheel. This has some benefits, but is responsible, at least in part, for the resultant reduction in output. If you need the lumens, however, I suppose the 1000 is the only option.

I have seen the 1000 online, in Canada, for only slightly less, so the price is not unreasonable. If prices were equal, I would daresay that the HC1100 is the middle ground between the HD1000 and the HD70.

That said, I still want to know pricing for the 1000, as I don't see a cut on the 1100 coming.

Originally Posted by tustinfarm

I've had my HD1000u for a couple of weeks; previous projector was BenQ PB6200. I am extremely happy with the new projector (it is hard to over-state that). Loved the BenQ, but this is definitely a nice step up, in terms of better black level, native widescreen, smaller pixels, and fan noise with low lamp setting. Just delighted!

Very simple set-up projecting 145"diagonal onto a white wall, watching from about 16 feet back, room not light controlled so wait until dark to watch movies (that's one advantage of early sunset times in the winter!

Originally Posted by icculus631

I have a 12 foot ceiling does that mean I have to lower the projector to around 8 feet to use it on a 100" screen. The room is 28 x 28 but I have sloped walls. Are there any mounts that I could use for the walls. Assuming I that the average bottom of the screen is mounted 2- 2.5 feet above the floor

Originally Posted by StormyQ

Man, I really appreciate your feedback on the HD1000u as my viewing environment, desired image size, and throw distance are all pretty close to yours. What's your throw distance if you're watching from about 16 feet? My pj will be at 17' and viewing will be around 15'.

My last concern w/ this pj is the fact that I really need to do a shelf mount in the back of the room behind the seating instead of ceiling. That means it would have to be mounted on the bottom of a shelf pretty high up. I have a 10' ceiling but not sure if an inverted shelf mount around 9' would work.

Originally Posted by cyberianman

Hey, could you share some thoughts on the performance of your new mitsu? How was the SD so far? What DVD are you using? I read a review that the HD1000u scaler performs well in scaling a standard SD source of 480p to it's native reso. Is it? Sure, HD is great but I'm interested on how this baby display 480p from ordinary DVD without a fancy DCDi or de-interlacer.