Hitachi PJTX300... Looking Good

[Bill]

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-...tor-198752.php



Have to say the next few months are going to prove very interesting

available to order here for £1189.99
http://www.discounttv.co.uk/product/...Projector.html

or here for £1,004.00 (£1,179.70 inc. VAT)

http://www.ivojo.co.uk/hitachi-pj-tx300.htm


Things are heating up, great!


Bill

[Bill]

So what do you guys think

The new machines this year from Hitachi and Panasonic definitelty seem to be more of a jump up from the last models ie the 200/900.

Would everyone agree? Or is it all hype and should we rush out and buy the discontinued models which seem good value at around £800....

I'm gonna be purchasing end of Oct.

Bill

[Bacus]

I still think the prices will fall some more yet with these currant PJ's on the market,like the AE900,Z4's & Hitachi. This can only be good news for us lot And i think that if you get a good HD projector now at the LOW,LOW prices then your going to bag a bargain And if you have a good set up,with good feeds then a 1280x720 HD picture will look fantastic !! I for one dont think that there is much picture gain to be had for the expence of 1080p !!!
But for looks wise, well the new Hitachi in all its glossy black finish looks the mutts nuts !!

[Bill]

cool sikenny,

I'm definitely thinking along the same lines as you. I had decided on a next gen player.... either the new panny 100 at about £1200 or even the new 1000 at around the 2 grand mark... although this would be a bit of a stretch.. I'd have to wait to at least Christmas time to afford it.

BUt I'm thinking hd for £800 seems a bargain, and as you say it'll only get cheaper before it dissappears completely... although there no longer seems to be the free bulb voucher...

mmm decisions

[cicada78]

In stock at discounttv.co.uk!

[PJTX100]

Originally Posted by Bill

The new machines this year from Hitachi and Panasonic definitelty seem to be more of a jump up from the last models ie the 200/900.

Actually the bigger jump came with the new D5 panels which were introduced on the TX200 / Z4 / AE900 etc.

The TX300 looks a bit like a cosmetic job to me - albeit a very nice one!

[Bill]

Well ...

Out of interest PJTX100, I seem to remember you not going for the upgrade the last time due to ther being little difference between the 100 and the 200 in a small review you done..... would you feel more likely to change this time ? and if so would you go for the 200 value for money or the 300? Cosmetic Jobbie?

Or are you sticking with the 100 for the time being?

Truth is i'm upgrading from an original panasonic ae100, so I think they'll all look amazing to me.

The trouble is with Northern Ireland you cant really demo, so you have to buy blind, and people's opinions like yours are invaluable,

Thanks,

Bill

[PJTX100]

Well remembered.

I don't think it's worth updating from a TX200 to a TX300, as I didn't think it was worth upgrading from a TX100 to a TX200.

In your situation either the TX200 or the TX300 would be a quantum leap I'd expect, if you can get a TX200 significantly cheaper than a TX300 then go for that, otherwise the TX300 is the one to go for.

[Bill]

cheers buddy,

i'm waiting on one thing ... a real stret price for the Panasonic 1000 and a review. If this is everything it's meant to be and closer to 2K I will go for that if not, it'll be a Panny 900 / Hitachi 200, unles s the Z4 comes down in price to match... Then I'd choose the Z4.

ah its never easy, or the right time to buy is it

Bill

[Bacus]

Originally Posted by Bill

cheers buddy,

i'm waiting on one thing ... a real stret price for the Panasonic 1000 and a review. If this is everything it's meant to be and closer to 2K I will go for that if not, it'll be a Panny 900 / Hitachi 200, unles s the Z4 comes down in price to match... Then I'd choose the Z4.

ah its never easy, or the right time to buy is it

Bill

I think the Z4 will drop in price as soon as the Z5 is out (not long now) I am constantly watching all these prices,with credit card at hand !!!

[Bill]

sikenny.... you and me both

hav'nt heard mutch about the Z5 yet, hope its very soon

Bill

[Bill]

A bit of news to keep us all updated:

http://www.projectorcentral.com/cedia_2006.htm

[oconnpad]

Looks good alright

Would it not be better to have 2 HDMI inputs on all projectors now? With Sky HD and HD DVD on most projector owners list, just a thought!

Paddy

[Arttu]

hav'nt heard mutch about the Z5 yet, hope its very soon

I´ve seen both the Z5 and TX300. They were shown in an hifi/home theater event in Helsinki, Finland a couple of weeks back. If it was only these two projectors than I would definitely go with Z5. I don´t know about all the equipment used with the TX300 but it had a decent picture on a Stewart screen. But on the model shown picture was in a lack of a better word jumpy. It seemed to constantly flicker. Could be that the shown model was not the final product (hope so!). Actually the jumpiness made it difficult to evaluate picture quality so can´t say too much about this projector.

Z5 was run with Prismasonic H1200R anamorphic lens, a Samsung 850 or 860 player and a DVDO isan HD scaler. It was shown on a 1:2,35 Draper screen and both Star Wars Episode III and Indiana Jones - the Last Crusade looked really good. With Z5 the picture was well balanced, clear, I saw no digital artifacts or VB. Compared to single chip DLP both of these projectors still lose on the 3 dimensional effect of the DLP´s but other than that atleast the Z5 looks good to me. I´ve seen many of the previous lcd projectors (PT AE900, TW600, Z4...) and I think that Z5 is clearly better than any of them (Panasonic gives some competition). Both TX300 and Z5 seemed totally quiet but there was so much background noise that I probably wouldn´t have heard them even if they were 30db.

[Adrenochrome]

Hi Bill

You will notice a huge difference no matter which one you buy (over the Panny ae100)

Regards

Adrenochrome.