Projectors / AV Equipment - Product Reviews

GustavoA - (December 04, 2004) There is a wide consensus around the internet that with this projector you get the most bang for the buck. General I use this projector in a coffe table and project a 80 to 120 inch (diagonal) image (depending on my mood) on a plain white wall (no special screen). Let me say that the quality of the image straight out of the box is great. I expected a low quality of image from a DVD player (not progressive scan) using S-Video connection, but let me say that the built-in de-interlacer does a great job, and I don't see any artifacts with DVDs. However, with S-Video you do not use all the resolution of the projector (I'm not 100% sure about this). So the best solution by far is

whatzcool - (July 20, 2004) Note that there is no RCA-component input in the PB6100. As projector central recommends, get a cable that will route the RCA-component output (RGB) of your progressive scan DVD player to the 15-pin VGA input of your projector (~ 10 - 20$ on benqshopper or pricegrabber). With this cable, picture quality, brightness and contrast are unbelievably good. This is a great buy. Don't waste money on those expensive LCD and PLASMA TVs when you can get the same effects with the PB6100 at no more than 1/3rd the price.

daveglick - (August 29, 2004) I installed this projector on a 106" Da-Lite High Contrast Cinema Vision. The image with HD content is absolutley stunning. DVD's look good. Digital TV is tolerable and analog TV is not to be watched, of course. The HD picture leaves everyone speakless. As the price comes down is will the the standard. If you need one now you should be able to find one for just a little over $6,000.00 Happy viewing.

JohnBK - (11/14/2009) Purchased this about a month ago now and I had to come on here a give my little spin and opinion about it! The purchase was made by the president of the preschool/kindergarten that I work at. The MP670 is extremely bright and has great contrast ratio. For teaching purposes these features are very useful for the younger kids. The distinction between colors, shadows, and shades are very clear with this projector and it works great under rather bright lighting conditions. The HDMI jack on the projector is also extremely useful as I can easily come to work with my personal laptop and project the materials I have prepared from home. The kids at the school love the projector as well because to them it’s like a huge TV screen. Since the screen is a pull down screen in front of the white board we sometimes roll up the screen and project onto the white board, for children to draw and write on. Most importantly, for videos and movies, or while talking to the kids, the projectors audible noise is at a low level, so it does not distract students or interfere with my instructions. Great projector educational usages for this projector!

cagekim - (11/03/2009) This is the second time to buy Epson EX70 projector. I purchased it for my church, and I bought it again for myself. It supports 1280x768 / 1280x800 wide screen which is mostly used in the laptop these days, and also it is a very good screen ratio for watching movies. I personally like to watch the movie with projector at home; that's why I bought EX70. I searched over 20 models from each company, and EX70 was the best above all at this price ($600~$700) since I don't want 1024x768 / 800x600 resolution. I need at least 1280x800. If you want more than 1280x800, that's a different story. The price will go up $1000 or more. In my opinion, if you want to use it at home, 1280x800 is absolutely enough. EX70 also has a 1.2x Zoom function, so even though you have a very limited length to shoot projectors, you'll get a big screen. Moreover, this is not a LED/LCD TV. This is a projector. There's not much difference between 1080p projectors and 720p projectors in details. All in all, I still think that my choice was the best, and never regret.

nostradave2009 - (10/22/2009) Projecter is great for 2000 hours, then almost to the minute @2010hours (when out of warranty) or when the globe is replaced after 2000 hours a blue haze appears on the screen. There is absolutely nothing you can do about it short of replacing the prism lens assembly @ $1800.00 (Aus). Hitachi take no responsibility for this extremely common problem (check the blogs, hundreds of complaints) and simply say " The projector is out of warranty. You will need to pay for the repair yourself". We would suggest, almost all purchasers of this projector, would (and rightly so) expect it to last more than one lamp life, 2000 hours, this is not the case. We recommend to prospective purchasers, CHOOSE ANOTHER BRAND, if you want your projector to last more than 2000 hours buy something else. We fully expect total ignorance of our comments above by Hitachi as they appear to be happy to take your money once and have no interest in your repeat business or word of mouth positive recommendations. BEWARE-BEWARE-BEWARE-BEWARE-BEWARE-BEWARE-BEWARE!!!!!