Mitsubishi HC1500 DLP Home Theater Projector Review

Mitsubishi HC1500 DLP Home Theater Projector Review: Overview

This is easy. First of all, the new Mitsubishi HC1500 home theater projector from Mitsubishi, is essentially a reworked HD1000U. There are almost no differences in performance, although the HC1500 (link to specs) is slightly brighter. Mostly the HC1500 is simply redesigned to be less expensive to build in volume, and that's good for consumers.

Of course it's been quite a while since I reviewed the HD1000U, when new (10/06), but the competition the HD1000U faced back then is essentially the same as the HC1500 faces today. First of all, there are very few under $1000, 720p resolution projectors. Of those, the Optoma HD70 (the first) is still out there, as is an Hitachi projector (we haven't reviewed yet). BenQ has just launched their W500. For more money, biggest names - Panasonic's PT-AX100U, and Sanyo PLV-Z5, also were shipping when we reviewed the HD1000U.