One Bright Projector
Written: Dec 29 '02
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Pros: Light weight, small, portable, affordable, great picture.
Cons: Lamp isn't sealed from rest of unit
The Bottom Line: For those seeking a big screen with a budget to have a theater at home, this projector can't be beat!
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| byronm's Full Review: Mitsubishi SL1U LCD Projector |
My wife and myself had been researching projectors for over 2 years after borrowing one from work and watching movies on it we knew this is what we wanted. Over the last month projector prices really headed to the bargain bin and we decided to jump on the Mitsubishi SL1U LCD Projector.
With a native 800x600 resolution and compress XGA (1024x768) resolution it fit our needs perfectly for home theater and some light presentation/video game and TV display.
The image is sharp, vibrant and bright! The 1000 lumens is bright enough to use with ambient light and still be able to pickup excellent contrast and image quality. This projector boasts a 600:1 ratio, which isn't has high as DLP systems, but for the sub 1400.00 projectors it is hard to beat.
Standard connections are VGA (DBA15), S-Video, and RCA. This unit has a pass through VGA port as well so you can view your display on a monitor at the same time. I purchased the DB15 to Component Breakout cables and get full progressive scan (480p) images on my screen in full glory. I also get HDTV support from my XBOX in 480p & 720p resolutions.
HDTV Support is great for the price again. Native support is 720/1080i as the TV resolution is 525 lines. I have no problems running 480p from my DVD player as long as you specify the Component input and NOT vga input as the input type (or else you get a green picture).
Noise is minimal. You will hear the fan, but if you ceiling mount this unit and have enough throw the noise won't bother your presentation or movie watching at all. The unit so light (barely 6.5 lbs) that ceiling mounting is a BREEZE.
I built a screen using Blackout Cloth from a frabric shop (used to darken rooms with curtains) stretched and framed with an 96 inch 4:3 aspect ratio screen. For what it cost me i am very proud of quality, picture and performance. I will upgrade to a commercial screen later on, but i was even impressed projecting onto a wall.
For the ultimate picture, i would recommend building a Home Theater PC (HTPC) and using a software based DVD player with a DVD-ROM. This allows you to do scaling of the DVD in pure digital form for the absolute best picture quality. Normal DVD players still process the DVD as an NTSC signal and PC dvd players don't need to do this. You can also run the DVD player on your PC in different resolutions to get the best picture you want. You can buy 35.00 USB remote controls as well that interface for a complete home theater solution.
As with any Projector (lcd) you get the "Screen Door" effect, this is the LCD screen pixels that you see if you get close to the picture. I recommend that you sit 12 feet back from the screen for optimum performance or you can shrink your picture to tighten up the pixels as well.
Some tinkering is required, but if you want an HDTV capable projector that works great from PC gaming to XBOX HDTV gaming and DVD viewing as well as a great workhorse for doing presentations this 1200-1500.00 project is a bargain.
Recommended:
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Member: Byron Miller
Location: Lancaster, PA, USA
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