Viewsonic Pro9000 - Review Summary 2

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Art Feierman

The Very Bottom Line on the Pro9000 projector

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The verdict is still out. If the new projector shows up with the fixes promised, and some better color I'm going enjoy having a hybrid light source I can recommend.

This is a projector that will be more at home in a theater than a livingroom, based on lumens. Still, the Pro 9000 projector has enough brightness to work in more of a family room environment as long as you don't go too large on screen. Movies can certainly look good at night, and sports can work in the daytime with some ambient light.

Today, thanks to 3D capable projectors needing extra brightness, most of those are simply a brighter proposition for a livingroom family room. Those others do a better job when messing with ambient light, whether that light is inherent to the room, or because sometimes - like with sports and friends, you just don't want the room dark.

I owned a JVC projector in my old family room with rust colored walls. It had less than 900 lumens at maximum, and I got by fine with a 128" diagonal screen. With that in mind, if the value proposition of this Viewsonic Pro 9000 projector makes sense, know it can work in those "lighter" rooms than a dedicated theater.

Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Pros

20,000 hour LED / Laser light source, reduces long term cost of ownership
Many available preset image modes
Detail enhancement feature
Very good remote control
Current version's Dynamic Iris provides respectable blacks
Excellent 3 year warranty with first year replacement
Quieter than most, even at full power
Near black finish works well in dedicated theaters
Very good menu layout
Eco friendly - draws significantly less power than competitors

Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Cons

Color accuracy - but we are expecting improvements with the full production projector arriving soon, but until then, shoud be better
LED/Laser light source adds to up front cost of projector
No CFI - a feature found on most projectors at this price
More brightness, although in general this projector is about average (can you really have too many lumens?)
Overall placement flexibility (though typical of single chip DLP)
No Adjustable Lens Shift
Lacks 3D
Could use a couple more User memory modes
Limited placement flexibility - typical of lower cost DLP projectors

Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Typical Capabilities

Average "best" mode brightness
Documentation (based on a preliminary pdf manual
Overall physical layout, features are typical of Lower to mid cost DLP projectors

Stay tuned for the update!