Hi I've been snooping around the forum trying to decide what projector to buy. I initially looked at LCD projectors but it seems to me that DLP are better at least in the price range I have somewhere below 620£.

I really like the MP620p from the specs, and snooping around doesnt seem to answer my question. Also the higher resolution seems to conform it to a better choice.

Also I've been wondering about :
Hitachi Cine Master PJ-TX200 or Sanyo PLV Z4, they are a bit over budget but are they soo much better that it could be justified? Although im a bit nervous about the lower lumens out put on those two

BTW im going to use the PJ to see movies on

Originally Posted by xfactor

Hi I've been snooping around the forum trying to decide what projector to buy. I initially looked at LCD projectors but it seems to me that DLP are better at least in the price range I have somewhere below 620£.

I really like the MP620p from the specs, and snooping around doesnt seem to answer my question. Also the higher resolution seems to conform it to a better choice.

Also I've been wondering about :
Hitachi Cine Master PJ-TX200 or Sanyo PLV Z4, they are a bit over budget but are they soo much better that it could be justified? Although im a bit nervous about the lower lumens out put on those two

BTW im going to use the PJ to see movies on

These are also in my price range with almost same spec as the mp620p:

• Acer XD1270D
• ViewSonic PJ458D
• BenQ CP220
• Acer XD1280D

ps I dont care a bit about the speaker bulitin the pj...

So are any of these any good?

[leef1234]

I would assume the w100 would be slightly better value, its native 16:9 where as the other is 4:3.
If you are watching standard DVD's on it it should be fine.
If you want to go up a bit its probably going for something HD Ready like the Optoma HD70.

All this depends on you getting on with DLP projectors.

Originally Posted by leef1234

I would assume the w100 would be slightly better value, its native 16:9 where as the other is 4:3.
If you are watching standard DVD's on it it should be fine.
If you want to go up a bit its probably going for something HD Ready like the Optoma HD70.

All this depends on you getting on with DLP projectors.

I find that I only see the rainbow effect if, I shake my head while viewing. And that was on an old acer ph110. I guess things has improved..

As most of my movies will be seen with my HTPC as source I guess 4:3 would be ok(im from denmark and most of our channels sends 4:3), though taking your advice in note..

A question would the MP620p be better than the W100, although a bit more expensive?

What about the Acer XD1280D and boasts 2600 lumens and 2200:1 contrast. A bit more loud though 1280 has a spec of 32 dba and the mp620 only 28dba?

[nwgarratt]

Both the 620 and the W100 look the same apart from the colour but there are differences. The 620 is a data projector. It has more brightness than the W100 (1200 v 2000) and the connections is just VGA, S Video and composite. I think it also does component through a second VGA socket.

What about the acer xd1280d ?

[Darkstar_surfer]

Originally Posted by xfactor

What about the acer xd1280d ?

Again this is a data PJ with a native resolution of 4:3. These PJ's are not optimized for home cinema use. This also means you will find it hard to get review data or feedback from some one using it at home.

Originally Posted by Darkstar_surfer

Again this is a data PJ with a native resolution of 4:3. These PJ's are not optimized for home cinema use. This also means you will find it hard to get review data or feedback from some one using it at home.

Ok, What I need is a projector which cost below 620£.

And can be used with some ambient light, also I would like it to support a higher resolution, than 800x600.

Also I would like to have a certain speed of the color wheel, guess that all pj's
these days are more than 1x, the ones i've been looking at are 3x.

I've seen the PH110 in action and I think that is ok, although it needs almost complete darkness.

Originally Posted by xfactor

Ok, What I need is a projector which cost below 620£.

And can be used with some ambient light, also I would like it to support a higher resolution, than 800x600.

Also I would like to have a certain speed of the color wheel, guess that all pj's
these days are more than 1x, the ones i've been looking at are 3x.

I've seen the PH110 in action and I think that is ok, although it needs almost complete darkness.

Creating a new thread since this is dead...

I have just bought a BenQ projector, with model name MP620c, as there are no MP620/620p/611 for sale in my area.

Frankly speaking, it is not a native 16:9 projector. However, to my experience, it high lumens and DLP chips and 1024x768 resolution give me enough power to project it on a larger surface in compensation of 12.5% loss in upper and lower portion of screen output when viewing 16:9 DVD.

The stuff claimed to support HDTV standard through component input, using a component->VGA cable. I have not tested it yet, I will try and tell you the performance.

However, I have a question to ask if anyone can help me: Apart from using the suggested method, I have tried a bold way to try connect my DVD. I bought a DVI-I -> HDMI cable instead, hoping to connect my DVD player to projector, as the projector support DVI-I signal input. My theory is since HDMI and DVI is in fact same technology and is compatible, I may be able to send out my DVD video signal (not audio) to projector, all in digital. Since my DVD player is just standard one with upscaling, but not blue-ray/HD-DVD, it should be bothered by HDCP protection, even I still not sure whether MP620c has HDCP support on DVI input.

Unfortunately, I still unable to make it work. Anyone can tell me where my theory breaks?

Configuration:
BenQ MP620c
Cambridge DVD86
HDMI->DVI-I cable

Thanks so much!

[nwgarratt]

SD DVD players can still have HDCP issues as it is part of the HDMI spec. My Sony NS76 has it.

What do you get when it doesn't work? Could it be a DVI Analogue/Digital issue somewhere. DVI I does both but HDMI out will be digital only. The W100 has a separate DVI A and DVI D input.

Or perhaps the DVI I doesn't accept the resolutions you are using? Could it be that it is accepting resolution like 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768?