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Viewsonic PRO8100 Full HD 1080p Home Theater Projector
Product: Viewsonic PRO8100 Full HD 1080p Home Theater Projector Sale-$1,199.00! List Price: $1,999.99 Amazon Price: $1,199.00 Add to cart to see low price@ Availability: In Stock Usually ships in 24 Hours Free Shipping Available |
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The Precision Pro8100 Home Theater projector features state-of-the-art engineering to provide optimal video clarity. With full 1080p HD resolution using a C2Fine liquid crystal panel and a Silicon Optix Reon-VX high-performance video processor with HQV (Hollywood Quality Video) for stunning HD movies, videos and TV. ViewSonic’s Precision Color System technology provides sophisticated color tuning, including 33 levels of gamma correction, 3D color management and auto contrast. For your ultimate home theater experience, choose the Precision Pro8100 projector by ViewSonic.
- Brand: ViewSonic
- Model: PRO8100
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 6.70″ h x 21.20″ w x 15.30″ l, 19.80 pounds
Features
- Dynamic Iris Action Is More Visible Than On Other Projectors, A Serious Weakness For Many
- Sold Through Local Installing Dealers
- Especially Sharp Image
- Very Long Lamp Life In Eco-Mode
- One Of The Brightest Projectors In “Best Mode”
Woah…
Title of the review says it all…connected this with via HDMI my onkyo receiver with AppleTV, MOXI DVR, Panasonic BluRay, and Xbox360 and all I can say is that this projector is nothing short of spectacular. AMAZING picture, SUPER SUPER CLEAR when projected on a high quality, low/no-gain white projector screen and an HDMI input. No noise, no issues, just 100% awesome. I also have this projector ceiling mounted and it mounts to a universal mount with no issues. I’ve got about 147″ picture projecting on a 150″ screen (had to mount the projector a few inches more forward than I wanted to because of stud locations) and the picture is breathtaking. BluRay discs look increadible along with HDTV from the Moxi DVR box.
I DID have to fight with it a little bit to get my receiver to communicate with the projector, more of a receiver issue but wish the projector’s software was a little more sophisticated to be able to receive signals from a receiver a little easier with less set up from my end. Eventually got the onkyo receiver to send a picture once I reset all settings, and cut the power to all components and let it sit for a while to clear it all out. Again, if the software/firmware on the projector was a little more sophisticated, the initial setup would have been easier.
Overall, just a pheneomonlly awesome projector. My guess is since the price keeps going down day by day that viewsonic plans to replace this with a newer model. My thought is to go ahead and get this one new for a steal of a price at around $1100. Nothing can beat it for the price. I believe this was originally a $5,000 projector back in 2007, and would probably still be worth it today.
pro8100 projector
At its current $1400 price, this is a fantastic buy. It produces very sharp clear, bright images with great color, is very quiet, and has negligible light leaks compared to other projectors in its (current) price class. And a long warranty! Blacks are acceptable, but not exceptional. But, all-round, the picture is truly fantastic. For a screen, I am using a fixed 92″ white accuscreen. Looks just fantastic in a light controlled room.
There are a couple warnings/caveats however: Some people, including myself, have experienced dim lines in the image when it is first powered up from standby. These can be eliminated by either cutting the power to the projector once it has cooled down, or – easier – to the AVR or whatever your video source is when you are not using it, rather than leaving everything in standby. I have my AVR and PS3 on a power-strip with a switch. Turning it off when not in use completely eliminates the problem (and saves electricity…)
As a second caveat: you will probably want to upgrade the firmware – many of the units shipped with a buggy auto-iris implementation. The firmware upgrade went smoothly for me, and solved the issues.
Once I was able to work through these issues, I love this projector!
All I can say is WOW!
I have had this projector for 3 days now and all I can say is WOW. I replaced a very good Epson Home Theater 720p projector with this Viewsonic. I thought the Epson had a great picture but I had no idea how much better it could get. I have been researching 1080p projectors for about 4 months and all reviews led me back to the Pro8100. The colors are outstanding and it is as sharp as my Samsung 52″ 120Hz LCD in the other room. My wife who was not so impressed with the Epson was blown away at the clarity and colors of this projector. The first thing I did was upgrade the firmware to 2.5 and that solved the so-called iris problem. This is an amazing 1080p projector for the money, nothing in it’s price range can compaire to all of the features. Buy it while you can.