Pros: Excellent price, even not on special.
Excellent color, contrast and resolution. (considering it is SVGA)
Cons: Doesn't come with VGA to component cable.
The Bottom Line: I recommend this for any first time projector buyer that may be on a budget or is leary of spending large amounts of money on a high end unit.
We got the 6110 Friday night (Apr 15) and have watched two movies and an hour episode of Law and Order: TBJ on NBCHD.
Physically, this is one small projector. You can cover it up by laying only two DVDs across the top. It is also very quiet for having two cooling fans. It is not ceiling mounted yet and we have not found the fan noise to be distracting at all.
The overall hookup of this unit is straight forward. The connectors are easily accessed in that they are not recessed deep into the projector. The 6110 now includes a VGA out so it can be hooked to a computer monitor at the same time. The older 6100 did not have this.
The unit comes with a very small remote that is easily lost so take care to remember where you last put it. The remote is decent in the number of functions that it has.
The on screen menus are fairly well organized and easy to navigate. I have yet to need to read the instruction manual.
The unit is currently hooked up only by s-video as it does not ship with a VGA to Component cable. I have done a test with 'Finding Nemo' where I have the DVD player hooked up with composite and s-video. I paused the movie on a scene with lots of color and then switch inputs. There is a HUGE difference in color quality going from the composite to the s-video. There is not a huge resolution difference, but it is appreciated. Analog TV sucks huge, pun intended. Digital looks much more acceptable and HD even on the s-video cable is quite pleasing. I can't wait to try Proscan on Component cables!!! (I will update the review when I do)
Here is the update: Component is a MUST for HDTV and upsampling DVD players. S-video will suffice for anything less. It appears that the 6110 is not as prone to problems on the s-video connector as its predecessor, the 6100.
There are a good number of ways that one can set this projector up. There are four presets: Video, Cinema, Econo and Gaming. Then there are the standard brightness, color, contrast, etc... controls. There is also a color temperature setting. So far, I have found that Econo with color temp set to cool works the best on the wall that I am currently projecting on. I cannot complain at all about the color reproduction when all the lights are off. It is simply amazing. Especially considering how much this unit sells for and what I personally paid. ($764 CDN)
Where this is an SVGA unit, there is a bit of a resolution sacrifice, but the easiest way to deal with it is either sit farther back or reduce the size of the projected screen.
Where we are going from an 8 year old 27" to this projector set to about 100" diag at 4:3 with the seating location about 18'-20' away, we are just giddy. If we used this for a few months and then had a 1024x768 or a 1280 x 1024 4:3 projector set beside it, I am sure that a difference would be seen. However, my wallet, er, credit card, would see the difference as well.
So far, the best thing I can say in summary is that this is a spectacular unit for the price. If you are lacking any large TV and you have an appropriate location for a dedicated front projection HT, this is an excellent projector to start with. Where there are a lot of extras that need to be bought for any first time FP setup, going a bit conservative on the projector purchase leaves room to spend what should be spent on all the extras.
The best part that I discovered was the starting price for replacement lamps. NCIX.COM has them for $345 CDN.
UPDATE: Three months later and a properly painted screen and I am even more pleased with this projector. As with any front projector setup, the only real sacrifice is the amount of ambient light you can have in the room. Goto http://photos.yahoo.com/jokerofdeath@rogers.com to see some pics of my HT setup and images from the projector in action.
Through further research and continuing price drops in the projector industry, I would suggest that the PE5120 would be a worthwhile purchase if one wanted a small step better than this unit. The 5120 is a 16:9 native with true support for 480P. Either way, there is no way to avoid the inevitability of price drops and new models with more features.
The PB6110 deliver the functionality needed to operate in a number of environments, such as conference rooms or entry-level home theater set-ups. The ...More at eBay
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