Product Details
- Brand: Mitsubishi
- Model: HC5500
- Dimensions: 4.90" h x
13.10" w x
13.80" l,
12.30 pounds
Features
- Native 1080p High Definition Projector
- 1200 ANSI Lumnes
- Auto Zoom and focus
- 14,000:1 contrast ratio
- 2 HDMI Inputs
Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p LCD Home Theater Projector
Product Description
Black reproduction is the key to stunning home theater and the HC5500 LCD projector brings more life to your screen with faster transitions between light and dark scenes and sharper overall details in dark areas. This portable home theater projector projects at a full HD(1920 x 1080) 1080p resolution. Digital video output gives you seamless performance with the Blu-ray 24P next generation optical disk. And a 1.2x powered zoom and focus lens lets you enjoy the big screen even in smaller spaces. Better Blacks Make A Better HD Projector:The HC5500 projector combines new features for faster sharper blacks the brightest whites and all the colors in between with amazing 15000:1 contrast. New LCD Projector Technology:The HC5500 HD projector is built with an advanced inorganic LCD panel and improved liquid crystal panel cooling efficiency. The result is an LCD panel that not only projects the sharpest images but is rated to last ten times as long as conventional organic LCD panels.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
By John H
I bought this projector to replace a 6 year old Sharp 720p DLP projector. The primary reasons were the price, the $[...] rebate, and the excelent video processing chip (Reon-VX). The final straw that broke the camel's back was the fact the newer Blu-ray movies output 480P through the component video output (the Sharp didn't have HDMI).Mine is hooked up using HDMI with Blu-ray and HD DVD players, projected to a 150" gray screen.What can I say - the picture is excellent. The Sharp was incredible, and I would never have any complaints until I see in person what the 1080p projectors can do nowadays. It was immediately obvious this Mitsubishi has a sharper, more detailed, and better contrasted image. It has a slightly higher lumens output than the Sharp, and also better contrast.Although the Sharp came very close to an average movie theater picture quality, this projector at the very least matches, and in many cases, exceed what one can see in an average theater. No complaints about the picture, but I am not some super-nitpicky videophile like some.This projector has an electronic zoom/focus lens, so setting it up initially can be difficult. I made the mistake of hanging it up on the ceiling before making adjustments. The default zoom/focus levels made the picture extremely blurry, so I could not read the menu at all. It was also upside down for me, making things doubly difficult. I had to use the pictures of the menu in the manual in order to navigate around. Speaking of the manual -- it could use a lot of improvement (the section about the extra filter was buried in the back instead of the front, where there should be a series of steps detailing the initial setup). I just feel if it had a manual focus option, it would've cut my setup time by 75%.To summarize, some things I wish this projector had:- Manual zoom/focus option- More brightness (lumens output). I have to to set the brightness to around 75% to see something to my liking.- More intuitive menu structure- Have more frequently used functions be on the remote vs. buried somewhere in the menus- Better manualI would've given this projector 4 stars, but given the incredible value (esp. with the rebate included), I think it deserves 5 stars.Addendum: After poking around a little bit, it turns out there is another available rebate; this other one is $[...], but with a free lamp, which is most likely worth quite a bit more than $[...]. I chose the $[...]+lamp rebate instead...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By Aniruddha Khandekar
I did a lot of research before buying this PJ, the deciding factors for me were the Hollywood FX upscaling chip and the noise levels that are the lowest in the industry.The upscaling chip helps upscale any lower resolution image to 1080p and does it handsomely. We will not be watching blu-ray movies all the time and this was an important factor for me.As far as the noise levels are concerned, I have heard projectors that emit a low (or sometimes even high!) pitched whine while running, and once you know about the noise it can become very distracting. This PJ on the other is practically noiseless, you cannot hear it while it is running even if you put your ear right next to it.Picture quality is outstanding with none of the "flicker" normally associated with fast moving objects with LCD projectors. I watch action movies and have not seen any "flicker" at all.It does need a reasonably light controlled room as it is not as bright as an Optoma HD71 for example, especially at the "low" lamp setting, but on the other hand the "low" lamp setting is supposed to give you 5000 hours of usage.Buy it, you cannot go wrong.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By Frugal Foodie
After much research into DLP projectors, I decided on this one becuase of it's features, resolution, high contrast, and price (the rebate and free bulb helped me decide too!) This was purchased for a home theater. We saw it in a home theater store and the picture was AMAZING. We purchased a professional grade screen to use it with and acheived the same results... as long as the room is pitch black. The only problem is after around 1 hour and 15 minutes, the unit flashes temperature/overheating warnings and shuts down. I live in Colorado at an altitude of around 9400 feet. I read the manual and discovered that Mitsubishi does not suggest using it above 5000 feet. We seem to have over come the problem by installing 2 CPU cooling fans into the air filter shroud. It makes a little humming noise, but we can get through a movie without it overheating.Pros: Price, contrast, clear picture, easy setup and menuCons: overheats if above 5000 ft, pictures gets washed out VERY quickly if there's ambient light in the room
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