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This is my 2nd home theater system. I had an infocus prior to this ...my lamp died so instead of buying a new lamp I decided to upgrade. This product came out of the box (I bought a ceiling mount from Best Buy) and I plugged in my component video, configured to display from the ceiling (very easy) and voila ... all worked.

It has a great colors and is bright. I recommend this device.

This is a great projector with a beautiful picture, don't get me wrong, especially for the price! One reason for that low price may be, I have to add, that this projector is a one-chip DLP and has serious "rainbow effect" issues, meaning simply that it will cause eyestrain for some people upon viewing for more than half an hour. Not everyone will experience this problem at all, but be warned. Great picture and great deal otherwise. I had to return mine the problem was so bad, bought a 3 chip LCD projector at twice the cost and no problems since.

Hi, I got the Mitsubishi HC-1500 after a fairly long, though pleasant, search on the internet. Reviews for this toy were flawless, so I went for it expecting a great image quality. When I started to project movies from my laptop, a MacBook, I immediately noticed some problems on the way colors were produced on the screen. Colors seemed in continuous motion. Especially dark areas never looked still, the saturation seemed extremely artificial and the sharpness wasn't that great. After some research, I discovered that some people see the rainbow effect with DLP projector. Is that my case? Or perhaps I should have tried to connect through a video porto instead than the computer one? However, this latter point shouldn't seem that crucial (I might be wrong on that). If what I had is the "normal" image quality of low-cost DLP projectors, I am very surprised of their success. I had an old Chisholm (LCD) which, in spite of the horrible black contrast and low resolution, produced much more natural images than the HC-1500. I returned it after tried for a bit, and I have to say that AMAZON is, by very far, the most trustworthy, functional and modern online seller. No problems with the shipment, and hopefully everything will go smoothly with the return. Anyway, it would be great if anybody can give me some opinions on my comments.
Gianluca

You can stop your research now, this is the best projector for you dollar. The most inputs, great lumens, easy to use and projects a great image. Our budget did not allow for a super projector, but it seems we got one anyway. I have never gone wrong with Mitsubishi. Beware the projector salesmen groups, wow are they salesmen, watch out what you sign up for on the net! Just purchase from Amazon and all is good. Another quick note, I went to all the big electronics stores, Fry's, Best Buy, etc. and this unit blows all their display models away, most did not have HDMI, the only way to fly in the hook up department

Hi Everyone,
I got this HC1500 projector after months of research and read till my mind was spinning. They all said this unit was great. So I got it to see for my self. WOW! was my first responds. Everyone in the room was in SHOCK! No rainbow effect, beautiful HD picture quality, No Noise from the projector. I hung it with the Vantage mount as stated and it went up just fine.

I was worried about the black color output, and if it was going to be washed out. The black and colors are great! You don't need a gray screen or wall with gray tones at all.

I am using my family-room wall at 14 feet throw distance. I got a 120 inch screen. Please plug in your projector and adjust it's location before you mount it for the best picture for your room.

DON'T WORRY ABORT USING GOO OR ANY OTHER SCREEN PAINT!

After you setup your projector you will see it looks good on the wall,
but to add brightness and save your bulb.
Check for major scratches and holds in the wall.
Patch them with drywall compound and sand smooth.

Use standard paint rollers for application and make sure you roll out any streaks. DON"T LET STREAKS DRY!

Paint wall with KILZ If you had wholes to fix, so that the compound wont drink up you paint.

If you do not have to fix the wall, you don't need to paint with the KILZ.

Mount and Turn On your Project,
Set it and the screen size you want.

Use blue scotch removable tape to go around the edges of the projected screen on the wall.

Use paint listed below to paint in your wall screen.

I have researched what to use on my wall and found that
using Home Depot BEHR Ultra Pure Flat white really works great, because you can use the low lamp light to extend your bulb's life to 3000+ hours.

Let dry for 2 hours or 4 hours if you are in a really damp area.

Then I toped the white coat of paint with Lowes VALSPAR Signature Colors Quart of "Clear Coat Flat", Item #64675 at lowes.

The clear flat will help brighten the picture using low lamp light. Remember to paint it "over top" of your BEHR White Flat Coat.

Let Dry, and WHAT DID I TELL YOU ! Looks Great huh!

Finally to really make your screen even brighter looking and POP Out at you, Attach cloth black velvet border on a thin, 2 inch wide wood strip around the screen you painted on the wall. Nice!

I have watched HD TV, Blueray Movies, and Played HD Video games and WOW!

This HC1500 Projector did what it said it could do and it looks just as good as a $5,000 model I was looking at.

Bye, It's Time to watch another Blueray Movie.