hello all, My dad called me today becasue this projector...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=09-56759386-2

...is on sale at Sam's club for $55X.xx and he is thinking of buying it. At first, I didn't believe it was actually an HD projector for that much, and it isn't billed as an HD projector in the name, but it is listed as supporting 720p/1080i signals. I said i would do a little searching for info about it, but I can't find any reviews. Anyone know anything about it? anyone have one? Would you recommend it for someone who is probably never going to own a HD/BR player, and only use it to watch HDTV (eg football and hockey or HBO-HD)?
Furthermore, I will be in the market for a projector in the coming year, when i finish the new room on my house, and I wonder if this would be OK for me, someone who will be watching HD/BR dvds.

Any advice will be appreciated...

Nick

It's not HD. It will accept and display 720p and 1080i, but it will down res it to 480.

Doesn't mean it won't be a good pic, but it won't be HD. My first pj was a X1 and OTA HD looked great on it. Few knew it wasn't really HD unless I told them.

For a 720p pj probably the best bet is still the Optima HD70 or Mit HD1000u. Both can be found around $900 with careful shopping.

Edit, well after looking at the spec's it does show 768...hummm more looking needed.

That really looks more like a business type projector. I'd be concerned about the color wheel only being 3x (rainbow effect) for one thing. Colors may be difficult to calibrate.

You should check out videophile-oriented reviews.

is there a site, or link you would recommend, where i could read some reviews?
thanks,

nick

I couldn't find any at sites that are primarily for non-business use of projectors.

I did find some discussion at AVS...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...0#post10963699

Thank you, My dad just calle dme, I guess he was going to buy one today no matter what because he is impulsive, I am going to read through that link later today and then go check his out, but thatnk you for the links, and any further ideas will be appreciated...

nick