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| Brand: Mitsubishi
Category: CE
List Price: $1,495.00
Buy Used: $749.51
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Avg. Customer Rating:  74 reviews
Color: Grey
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 20
Dimensions (in): 16.3 x 13.9 x 14
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: HC1500
Model: HC1500
UPC: 082400025708
EAN: 0082400025708
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Projrctor September 9, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Just installed the HC1500 and I am very impressed. Watched 300 last night on upconvert DVD player and the picture clarity and detail were unbelievable. Setup was no problem and very easy - even without lense shift. Throw distance for 100" screen is between 11.9' and 14.5' feet, so there are limitations. This unit is perfect for ceiling mounting as I did in my basement. Can't wait to watch Sunday ticket in HD.
Breathtaking, fantastic, wonderful December 10, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
For the last few years, I've been laboring along with a nice Onkyo surround sound system, but only an antiquated (read: really nice five years ago) 27" CRT TV for a display. The effect was okay, but I've long been lusting after an HD solution. And based on flexibility and price, I decided on a projector.
I had narrowed my list down to the two 720p projectors available for less than $1,000 - the Optoma HD70 and the Mitsubishi HD1000U - and wound up deciding on the HD1000U because it appeared to be brighter and have better color, as well as (let's face it, this is the most important factor) looking a little cooler.
Well, the HC1500 replaced the HD1000U, and I received it as a surprise gift this past weekend.
So, what's the verdict? Well, let's step back for a moment.
Since I was caught unprepared, this was my setup:
- my basement was not light-controlled - there was light coming in through the windows, and always a light on in the room
- the projector was throwing onto a ragged old 4:3 projector screen (wrong aspect ratio)
- the projector was elevated by sitting haphazardly on its own box, the front propped up by a DVD case (which horribly keystoned the picture)
- since I don't yet have HD programming, or an HD-DVD/Blu-Ray player, all I played was standard definition content - primarily standard DVDs from a circa-2002 DVD player and original XBOX games.
You would expect that in this situation, with the projector shown in the worst possible light (literally), that it would perform in a disappointing fashion. You would be wrong.
Standard DVDs looked *fantastic.* Even inches away from the screen, the picture looks good - you can see pixels, but nowhere close to the degree I expected. At only a few feet from the screen, the picture looked incredibly crisp and vibrant.
Back at the recommended viewing distance, the picture was unreal. Bright, beautiful, fantastic. I hesitate to say this, because this opinion might still be driven by adrenaline, but I actually think it looks better than a movie theater, without the faded colors that you typically see at most theaters.
I've looked at projectors at places like Fry's and Best Buy (to say nothing of sports bars) and always been disappointed by how faded the picture looks. But even in my non-light controlled basement, with a lamp or two on, the picture looked sharp, rich and incredibly saturated.
A standard-definition game on my original XBOX looks awesome too. Even Halo 1, which came out - what? - a milennium ago, looks breathtaking. I was only projecting a 77" screen (much smaller than the 106" I want to move to) but even so it was incredibly immersive. It was enough to trigger my wife's motion sickness, but both in Halo and in racing games, I felt completely sucked into the picture. I can't imagine what it would look like with an XBOX 360 or a PS3.
I stayed up until 12:30 last night playing big-screen Halo, and I'm itchy to go home and mess around with the projector again tonight. I haven't felt that way about something like this for a long, long time.
Even with the projector sitting on its box about a foot away, I couldn't hear the fan over the sound of the movies or the games. I expected something much louder, but I'm sure that suspended from the ceiling it will be almost unnoticeable even during quiet scenes.
Given all this, I can't wait until I can actually use the projector in a way that shows it to its advantage - a new screen, a ceiling mount, HD programming, no keystoning. One potential downside might be installation trickiness - getting the cables where they need to go across the ceiling without looking too ugly, for example.
Moving from a 13" TV/VCR combo to a 27" TV with DVD and surround sound was revolutionary for me five years ago - a complete revamp of how I watched TV. Tivo did the same for me two years ago. This has the potential to be a bigger step forward than either of those.
I recognize the fact that this might be as much a review of modern projector technology as it is of this specific Mitsubishi. Perhaps it's simply because I'm new to the world of projectors, and would have been blown away by any projector, but I'm really struggling to describe how great this is. I was ready to spend $800 on one of these, but even so it is leaps and bounds better than I thought it would be. It is brighter, sharper, and quieter than I thought was possible.
I honestly don't know what you'd get from a more expensive projector, or from a much more expensive plasma or LCD flat-screen TV. What's the point?
Best Home Theater Projector On The Market. April 27, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Updated July 18, 2008
Go ahead and read this but the HC1600 is now shipping. Specs are the same as this one but 100 lumens brighter. Take a look at it to! My Review for it is coming soon! Mitsubishi HC1600 720p DLP Home Theater Projector
Apr. 27, 2008
I am the lead installer for a company that installs RealHomeTheaters, so hopefully my experience can be of some help. I have installed 100s of projectors and at least 50% of the time we choose the HC1500. If you name a quality of a projector, this one has it. Great contrast, shadow detail, brightness the list goes on. To be used to it's potential it should be used with Component and HDMI interconnects only, any cable such as composite (the Yellow RCA)or S-video can't transmit the lines of resolution needed for the screen sizes this projector is designed to display. I have installed this projector with as large as a 135" diagonal screen, most people can't even tell they are looking at a 720p projector and not 1080p. I'll end with some good pointers:
1. Don't go to big on your screen. (a good rule of thumb is your seating distance should be 1.5 times your diagonal screen size or less, (simple math / if your seats are 15' away from the screen, your diagonal screen size should be 10' or smaller, 120" or less)
2. Control your room lighting. (the dimmer the better)
3. Use quality video sources. (at least a good up-converting DVD player, we like the Onkyo DV-SP405 or for best results a Blu-Ray player, we like the Panasonic DMP-BD30, PlayStation3 also works. If you haven't already, get some HD programming form your provider, DirecTV has the best selection.)
4. Set all the proper settings. ( All DVD players and HD receivers, including Blu-Ray, have resolution settings. For this projector set them to 720p.)
5. Top it off with some good surround sound to create and enveloping environment. ( if your on a tight budget check out the Onkyo HT-SR800, if you have a bigger budget use floor standing cabinet speakers with at least dual 6.5" woofers and 100watts per channel, 5.1 or 7.1 will be dictated by the room.)
6. Start buying widescreen DVDs. (16:9 and 2.35:1 are the two most popular widescreen formats.)
I could go on for days but this should get you started in the right direction.
The bottom line is you can spend more money on a projector, but in most cases all your getting is a more expensive projector. We have put the HC1500 up against 1080p projectors costing 5 times more and the difference is so slight that in most cases we can't justify going with anything else.
Hope this helps get your RealHomeTheaters off the ground!
 Mitsubishi HC1500 DLP projector September 13, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This product was delivered about a week after I ordered it. I brought it with me to Afghanistan and it has lived up to expectations in using it here. It does not seem to be bothered by voltage fluctuations in city electricity and runs OK on our solar system (with inverter to boost current to 220v). The size of the picture is a little smaller than I would like, given the dimensions of the room in which it is used. However, these facts were not available at the time I bought the projector.
great for HDMI movies ,okay for everything else. October 5, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
the HDMI looks REAL GOOD with movies with an upscale dvd player and I can only imagine it gets better with true HD.Though with standard video sources and video games especially,there is ALOT of rainbow effect and with the lower resolution motion leaving much to be desired.It's nice and bright on all sources but it lacks warmth and a natural look.Digital cable looks pretty bad on this unit so if you are using it for daily watching I would highly suggest a plasma or lcd.To my surprise this unit runs REAL cool compared to the other projectors I have owned,it has front vents ,a dual fan intake/exhaust system that runs both really quiet yet really efficient in keeping things cool..great for both longevity and performance.The body of the projector looks real sleek and sturdy,standard buttons on top easy connections out back.My only gripe is that anything other then hdmi and it looks really grainy and dark,but then again it's not the projectors fault..it's image quality is only as good as it's native source.If everything came in HD it would be perfect lol but for standard tv watching I would almost recommend a 480p projector over this one being that though this unit may have extra resolution,it doesn't really matter anyways being that standard NTSC broadcast is about 480p standards anyways,though from the looks of things it looks more like 600X400 at best..which is pretty bad.Color and brightness is great,pictures are clear and crisp.Barely any pixalization at all.I highly recommend for movies/games in HD though for standard video I would suggest the Infocus IN72.
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