Acer H6500 Image Quality 3

When you are driving a 100 inch, or 130 inch screen, and sitting 10 – 15 feet away, for the most part, you do not want to be viewing low-def  TV.  DVDs are sufficiently bad enough compared to Blu-ray, but standard TV compared to HDTV – not even in the same universe.  I generally avoid standard TV in my theater.

Here’s why:  The image below from Fashion Police – on the E! channel which is not HD.   Arrgh!  OK, it’s no worse than on an LCDTV, except that you have a big screen, and it has terribly low resolution… ouch!  The sad thing is that on a $10K projector, Fashion Police isn’t likely to look much better, but for more accurate colors.

Low Def:   I picked a scene rich in colors, so it wouldn’t look so bad.  The color brightness helps, you should see how bad a dull scene can look in low def, from a standard NTSC (US) TV image.

Other than the lack of any “smooth motion” feature, a trait shared by almost all under $1000 projectors, consider the H6500 projector to do a really nice job on sports.  Lots of “pop and wow”!  A rather crisp looking image, etc.  Definitely a contender in the price range.

Moving to other HDTV – you can get some other low cost projectors to produce more accurate color, so if you watch a lot of general HDTV, especially shows where color is important, there are competitors that can be more easily adjusted, and can put a better image on the screen in terms of color accuracy.

Ultimately though, it’s a great, and bright little projector that will prove to be rather good for the sports fanatic wanting a big setup, on a small budget.