Optoma H57

Good-quality imagery, build and operation

A bit expensive for what it is

Overall picture quality "Vibrant ; Stunning color saturation (especially for a DLP projector) ; Excellent shadow detail, high contrast, some of the "blackest blacks" around ; One of the brightest projectors in the class ; Well designed easy to use...

Rather average 2000 hour lamp life at full power ; No lens shift ; Remote - its actually respectable, but many others have done much better

Finally a serious contender for the dominating Panasonic AE700u. Will you buy this slightly lower resolution projector? Tough call. If you like the advantages of DLP (more film-like for lack of a better subjective term), blacker blacks (those bars at...

Easy to set up ; Clarity is brilliant, especially for colours

Tends to heat up after a couple of hours. Bit noisy

Does everything (and more) for the home user ; Quieter than most models ; Easy to reset

Over complex menu ; Complicated (but comprehensive) picture adjustment)

very quiet when new, good looking unit

I purchased this projector in December 2004 very pleased initially but I am now on my 4th unit I have had 1 fan failure 2 colour wheel failures and 1 main board failure ; when changing source takes a long time to lock

very quiet ,sometimes forget its there cos its so quiet ; This is my 3rd projector to date and by far the best the image is so dynamic ,no fiter to change and sealed optics ,so no dust problems

none ,i was blown away by the projector