Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary 2 Posted on August 18, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Viewsonic Pro9000 Home Theater Projector Review - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Highlights - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Overview2. Viewsonic Pro9000 Special Features - Pro9000 LED/Laser Light Engine - Picture In Picture - Pro9000 Projector 2D Only - Viewsonic Pro9000 Color Management System3. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Physical Tour - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - Appearance - Pro9000 Control Panel - Pro9000 Projector - Input/Output4. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Pro9000 Menus - Viewsonic Pro9000 Remote Control - Viewsonic Pro9000 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen5. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality - Viewsonic Pro9000 Out of the Box Picture Quality6. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 2 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - Flesh Tones7. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 3 - Pro9000 Black Levels - Pro9000 Black Levels - Viewsonic Pro9000 Shadow Detail Performance - Viewsonic Pro9000 Shadow Detail Performance - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: Pro9000 Projector - Bottom Line8. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 4 - Viewsonic Pro9000 - Overall Color & Picture Quality9. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 5 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV and Sports10. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance - Viewsonic Pro9000 Pre-Calibration Color temp, User 1 Mode11. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance 2 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Brightness - Post Calibration: User 1 "best" mode = 448 lumens - Pro9000 Projector Low Lamp Mode12. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance 3 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Sharpness - Viewsonic Pro9000 Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise13. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Calibration and Settings - Viewsonic Pro9000 Color Temperature - Viewsonic Pro9000 Basic Settings - Viewsonic Pro9000 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Pro9000 User Mode - Pro9000 RGB Settings14. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Projector Screens15. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Competitors16. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Warranty17. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - The Bottom Line - Pro9000 Color and Overall Picture Quality18. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the Pro9000 projector - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Pros - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Cons - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Typical Capabilities19. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Full Specifications The Very Bottom Line on the Pro9000 projector 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! 1. Viewsonic Pro9000 Home Theater Projector Review - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Highlights - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Overview2. Viewsonic Pro9000 Special Features - Pro9000 LED/Laser Light Engine - Picture In Picture - Pro9000 Projector 2D Only - Viewsonic Pro9000 Color Management System3. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Physical Tour - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - Appearance - Pro9000 Control Panel - Pro9000 Projector - Input/Output4. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Pro9000 Menus - Viewsonic Pro9000 Remote Control - Viewsonic Pro9000 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen5. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality - Viewsonic Pro9000 Out of the Box Picture Quality6. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 2 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - Flesh Tones7. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 3 - Pro9000 Black Levels - Pro9000 Black Levels - Viewsonic Pro9000 Shadow Detail Performance - Viewsonic Pro9000 Shadow Detail Performance - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: Pro9000 Projector - Bottom Line8. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 4 - Viewsonic Pro9000 - Overall Color & Picture Quality9. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Picture Quality 5 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV and Sports10. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance - Viewsonic Pro9000 Pre-Calibration Color temp, User 1 Mode11. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance 2 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Brightness - Post Calibration: User 1 "best" mode = 448 lumens - Pro9000 Projector Low Lamp Mode12. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Performance 3 - Viewsonic Pro9000 Sharpness - Viewsonic Pro9000 Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise13. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector Calibration and Settings - Viewsonic Pro9000 Color Temperature - Viewsonic Pro9000 Basic Settings - Viewsonic Pro9000 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Pro9000 User Mode - Pro9000 RGB Settings14. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Projector Screens15. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Competitors16. Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector – Warranty17. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector - The Bottom Line - Pro9000 Color and Overall Picture Quality18. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the Pro9000 projector - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Pros - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Cons - Viewsonic Pro9000 Projector: Typical Capabilities19. Viewsonic Pro9000 – Full Specifications Viewsonic Pro9000 – Review Summary Viewsonic Pro9000 – Full Specifications