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Got this toy last week as part of my 40 year reward and recognition package. That's my explanation, my spouse thinks of it as a mid-life crisis. Whatever works.
Anyway my previous experience had been with the company's NEC VT540. Since the M20X had so much better specs (Lumens, contrast, DLP) but was almost the same cost i thought i'd try it. Note only the 20X-A is roughly equivalent in price, and only becasue it seems it was the first run of this line and didn't acheive the projected lumens so went on clearance sale.
Got it set up in the middle of the living room surrounded by computer, gamecube, AT&T cable and DV camera. 2 feet off floor 10 feet from 4x7 grey painted piece of plywood. Cable night-mare, but that's not the projectors fault. This room has 4 windows on 2 walls beside so performance in strong ambient light was a concern.
My impressions are very good so far. It can handle TV after school for kids with sun coming in just some loss of contrast. Night time DVD on the computer is just astounding, same as the NEC was. Great features include Gamma control to rapidly switch between game mode (brighten rainy scenes in FIFA 2000), standard mode (computer) and cinema mode (great color and contrast for night time DVD). So far i'm leaving it in low power mode most of the time, but if i can figure out the layout and larger screen i'll need it i think. Another usefull surprise is PIP. We use it when kids or wife are watching a show but we need to check e-mail or internet.
Anyway, so far so good, if you we're considering one, i'd say go for it.
Anyway my previous experience had been with the company's NEC VT540. Since the M20X had so much better specs (Lumens, contrast, DLP) but was almost the same cost i thought i'd try it. Note only the 20X-A is roughly equivalent in price, and only becasue it seems it was the first run of this line and didn't acheive the projected lumens so went on clearance sale.
Got it set up in the middle of the living room surrounded by computer, gamecube, AT&T cable and DV camera. 2 feet off floor 10 feet from 4x7 grey painted piece of plywood. Cable night-mare, but that's not the projectors fault. This room has 4 windows on 2 walls beside so performance in strong ambient light was a concern.
My impressions are very good so far. It can handle TV after school for kids with sun coming in just some loss of contrast. Night time DVD on the computer is just astounding, same as the NEC was. Great features include Gamma control to rapidly switch between game mode (brighten rainy scenes in FIFA 2000), standard mode (computer) and cinema mode (great color and contrast for night time DVD). So far i'm leaving it in low power mode most of the time, but if i can figure out the layout and larger screen i'll need it i think. Another usefull surprise is PIP. We use it when kids or wife are watching a show but we need to check e-mail or internet.
Anyway, so far so good, if you we're considering one, i'd say go for it.
