Acer H9500BD Home Theater Projector – A First Look Review

Acer H9500 3D projector - $1699 MSRP

Greetings home theater projector fans.

Update 11/22/11 – the bulk of the review is posted, but for the competitors and screen recommendation pages.  Some more images (menus) and content to still be added.

Here’s the direct link to the Acer H9500BD home entertainment projector review. Enjoy! -art

I must admit, going into this review, never having seen the projector before, and not knowing too much about it, I didn’t have very high expectations.  As it turns out I was right (only kidding) wrong.

The Acer seems to have several  rough edges, as many under $2000 projectors do (MSRP is $1699), but it also had a couple of real positive surprises.

And the first of those is that this just might be an ultra high contrast projector.  I don’t think either the Optoma HD33 or the Epson Home Cinema 3010 are particularly close to the Acer H9500BD in this regard.  I took some side by sides, comparing to the  Read the rest of this entry »

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Epson Home Cinema 5010 Projector – Review Update

Greetings one and all.  It’s time for me to share some more tidbits about the Home Cinema 5010 now that I’ve run it side by side with the Panasonic PT-AE7000 for a few hours,  and also the Optoma HD8300.

Mostly I’ve got great news so far, but also a disapointment or two, but the news is mostly good. Read the rest of this entry »

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