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I bought this for 6ave electronics for $998 with free shipping. The projector and the quick service by the seller have been excellent. This projector has a beautiful picture. I have a satellite receiver with hdmi and also am using an upconversion dvd player and the picture is excellent.

This is my first projector, and it wont be my last. I am hooked on Big screens now. I have had this unit a few weeks an I love it. At first I was not sure if 1500 lumens were going to be enough to watch TV with the lights on, but I'm happy to say that it is viewable with all the living room lights on. The projector is at 14.5 feet from the 100" 16:9 screen. Picture is lighter of course, but it is easily viewed. With the lights off the screen comes alive for movies and gaming. It brings Guitar Hero to another level. Setup was easy with the ceiling mount. Very satisfied for the price.

What I like best about this projector is the price. After reading good reviews and comparing prices, I went ahead with the HC1500. Thanks to Projectorreviews.com, Projectorcentral.com, audioholics.com and especially amazon.com. After almost 2 weeks of usage, I can now say that it has exceeded my expectations. No rainbow effects and no aspect ratio issues. It has to be ceiling mounted in order to have a clear view without disturbances from people passing in front. No problems with ceiling mounting though because it's light and small. I used what Amazon recommended, the Atdec ceiling mount.
For me standard DVDs is good enough. I'm using an entry-level Philips home theater system and the surround sound is already stunning. I don't have a dedicated home theater room but I have a big bedroom (about 12' x 26') so converting into one wasn't difficult. I just used an ordinary white cloth as a screen and projected at about 12' to get a 100-inch diagonal picture.
This is a home theater projector and by that term it means that you should turn off the lights to get the best picture (just like in a real movie theater - dark). There should be no light in front of the projector. You can have some ambient light at the back of the projector without affecting the brighness and contrast of the picture. But with this setup, it's a good trade-off compared to more expensive LCD and Plasma tv's.
At first, I was concerned with the life of the bulb. But doing the math, I come to realize that I can change the bulb 5 times and it will still come out cheaper than a 60-inch LCD TV.
If you're looking for a big screen home theater experience, you can't go wrong with front projectors especially this one. And at this price (Amazon has the lowest price anywhere, trust me), it's really a bargain.

The Mitsubishi HC1500 perforned better than any other projector under $1000 that we tried, It does not have an iris for lens shift which means that where we want to place the unit is limited by the screen size we want achive. However this projector is small and light enough that finding an inexpensive universal mount was not difficult. Even in less than ideal conditions (ours is in the living room on the main floor with vertical blinds on the windows that let in a lot of ambiet light and odd shaped glares) the HC1500 delivers vivid color, natural skin tones and artifact free motion comprable to much more expensive projectors. I did find that this unit's ability to upscale a lower resolution image (480i or 1080i) was not the best; it produced some jittery lines and had trouble keeping up with high action scenes. Since we have ours connected to an upconverting DVD player (you could also use a HD player to produce a higher quality signal) the problem is completely resolved. Bottom line, even with a mount, the screen and two cables we have an 80" 720p HD image with crisp blacks and smooth action for our home theater system all for under a grand.

I have this ceiling mounted and currently projected on a beige wall. The image is 120" and stunning. I haven't even fiddled with the contrast, brilliant color, or any other settings and it is awesome. I viewed the Sony Projectors (NOT DLP) at a store and the way below average image quality nearly made me abandon the idea of a projector. I am glad I bit the bullet and didn't let so-so sony steer me wrong. I have a 120" TV for a tenth the cost of a plasma!