Vivitek H9080FD – Review Summary-3

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• Lens shift with a good amount of range
• Possible, optional, shorter throw zoom may be offered, specs are already available
• Low Cost of Operation: Exceptional “lamp life” LED light source has life of 20,000 hours, no $400+ lamps to buy every couple thousand hours of use
• Although a larger “boxy” projector, it looks good, nice silver center panel, a touch of red around the lens ring, Not bad, and it really looks like it means business. Likely to draw a “whoa” reaction from friends the first time they see it.
• Good menus
• Warranty – three years is better than most 1080p projectors (average is two years)
• Very good documentation. There are still a few explanations missing, and some that use more detail, but much better than most projector manuals
• Cable cover
• “Novelty” LED projectors are new, and likely will replace lamps in the long run, be the first…

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• The price tag – it’s first generation LED projector, so its expensive
• Not a bright projector, its below average brightness in “best” mode. When you need maximum lumens it only has about one-third of the brightness of the brightest lower cost projectors. Not suitable for larger screens, this projector belongs in a dedicated theater
• A third HDMI input would be nice
• As would more than two user savable memories
• The H9080HD is a pretty large and heavy (36 lb.) projector
• Need tools to remove cable cover (ok, that’s reasonable), but also special tool (provided) for adjusting lens shift (and more screws to remove)
• The Price Tag. Well, at $14,999 it’s worth mentioning twice

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• Selection of inputs
• Lens shift – for a DLP projector that has this feature
• Audible noise levels
• Support for an anamorphic lens (almost all projectors over $5000 do support an anamorphic lens

Hmm, Not a whole lot of “typical, it seems, mostly Pros