Mitsubishi Electric HC6500

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It's good to discover the HC6500 has two HDMI 1.3a inputs, plus there are the usual composite, S-video and component video inputs. There's also a single 15-pin computer input which doubles a second component-video connection. A serial port (RS-232) is also provided for command and control functions and there's a 12-volt trigger for motorized screen control.

The onscreen menu system is very similar to that used by a couple of previous Mitsubishi models, but this time it includes iris control functions. It's easy enough to navigate and provides three user memory settings, which is a typical number, but more wouldn't go amiss if you have multiple sources and watch at all times of the day and night. The projector comes set to factory defaults, but with a projector such as this, you need to get into the setup nitty-gritty to fine-tune the best possible image.

The HC6500's specs make impressive reading with a stated contrast ratio of 15,000:1 and a maximum brightness of 1,200 lumens. Take them with a pinch of salt as these figures, especially the brightness, depend on many things such as ambient room light, as well as color temperature and the brightness mode settings. The proof, as always, is in the pudding.

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

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