Mitsubishi Electric HC6500

By Nic Tatham, CNET.com.au
Dec 31, 2008

1080p front projection is now an affordable home theater option and by far the best way to get a really big high-definition picture. Debate has long raged over whether DLP or LCD is best, but the goalposts have definitely shifted closer between these two different projection technologies. The old argument was that DLP provided better contrast and blacks, while colors and details were LCD's forté. Mitsubishi, for one, is out to prove that its latest LCD projectors can do blacks as well as any DLP.

Design

The keys to this projector's image quality are a new "diamond" dynamic lens iris and use of the Epson C2Fine inorganic LCD panels. Image processing is handled by a Reon-VX chipset which also incorporates HQV (Hollywood Quality Video) technology.

These are all incorporated into a fairly large chassis which we initially thought might be quite tough to accommodate. In reality positioning the HC6500 proved quite flexible, thanks in part to motorized 1.6x zoom, focus and horizontal/vertical lens shift. The HC6500's large black case is sleek and all the controls are neatly located under a lift-up flap.

Compared with previous Mitsubishi models, the remote control remains a goody, simply laid-outward with backlit buttons making their use in low light possible. Mitsubishi also claims the quietest operation in its class with noise output of just 17dB (in low mode), thanks to a new fan-cooling system.

Tags: Mitsubishi Corp., Epson, chipset, projector, LCD panel

• Most Popular

• Upcoming

Latest Downloads

 

What's Hot