Any Mitsubishi HD1000U owners out there? - Page 3

Originally Posted by tustinfarm

My projector is 17.3 feet back from wall, so with zoom maxed out I get 145"diagonal. Projector is not mounted - just sitting on piece of furniture in the back of room; haven't measured height but maybe 30 inches from floor. Have to use the projector feet to tilt it down a little - I suppose there is keystoning in theory, but it is not obvious to me, so I am not going to get out the measuring tape for fear it would then bother me ;>. Yes, this setup is quite primitive, so would trouble the "serious theatre" folks out there, but I am delighted with the movie watching experience.

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 StormyQ

How high off the ground would you guess the projector sits on the furniture? So the feet are adjustable? I must have missed that in all the reading I've done. I know it brings keystoning in to play but I'm with you on that -- not looking for perfection, just a big, pretty picture at a price my budget can handle.

Thanks again!

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.

Originally Posted by Ezekiel 4:12

I found an authorized dealer willing to sell it for 899+shipping (no tax) WITH a lamp. Considering he usually sells to companies, i doubt theres a return policy if i dont' like how it reacts to light.

Originally Posted by duo man

I also have been trying to get the 1000u for the same price as the hd70 from some canadian retailors but they have said that the price hasn't dropped yet.

The price of the hd70 here in canada already reflecks the american price.

Hopefully mitsubishi reacts quickly if not,i'll be the next canadian to buy the optima hd 70.

Originally Posted by FredProgGH

Well, my HD1000 is up and running tonight! It looks AMAZING. DiscoveryHD had me giggling like a little girl *lol* In low lamp mode and video gamma setting it's a wonderful bright image- like a plasma but with no screendoor of any kind (I'm at around 1.2x viewing distance.) CR is great and colors pop. Image looks quite good with no tweaking- very warm. I thought I had room to play with the zoom and it turned out I was literally on the edge of not filling the screen (120") and I'm at the back wall of the room so that could have been a disaster but it's fine. Black level seems a bit better than the 4805- it's hard to tell because my walls and ceiling are currently white and there's a lot of light spilling around just from the picture on the screen. It doesn't affect the image adversely for my taste but I do want to darken my walls if possible. Long story short- this pj will keep me a very happy camper for at least a year or two until I can get a 1080p machine with 10,000:1 CR for $1,200

Originally Posted by htme123

BAN,
I saw in an earlier post that you had purchased the epson 400 and the HD1000u, price and placement flexability aside can you compare and contrast the two images?

Originally Posted by cvanem

Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone has tried this projector during the day in a room that has sunlight coming in. I am doubting that this projecter would be watchable during the day, but I was curious if anyone has tried this.

I tried an Infocus 4805 with 750 Lumens, 2000:1 contrast ratio during the day, but the image that this produced was really washed out and hardly worth watching.

Thanks for any input.