Review: Hitachi Ultravision HDPJ52
Hitachi is throwing its hat into the crowded 1280 x 720 3LCD ring with its Ultravision HDPJ52 offering. It is 1200 ANSI lumens bright and has a 7000:1 contrast ratio. Its zoom lens doesn’t have the flexibility of the AE900U, for example, but is still decent at 1.6:1. And on the back panel you’ll find that HDMI connector everyone needs to search for these days.
Not only that the lens shift can shift the image 25% horizontally and 75% vertically, a boon for placing the projector in your room. Gamma settings are adjustable, as is the colour temperature. There is also an interesting “lens mask” feature for masking out parts of the image, which can come in quite handy. Replacement lamps cost only $250, which you might have to pay for a little more often as its life is rated at 2000 hours.
On the minus side, the menus are hard to navigate and black level could be better.
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December 22nd, 2005 at 4:42 pm
Hitachi Ultravision HDPJ52 Projector Review
Here’s a fresh review of Hitachi’s LCD 720p projector offering, the HDPJ52.
This is a native widescreen 1280 x 720 HD projector with component, VGA and HDMI inputs.
The lamp life is 2000 hours, and replacement lamps run 250 bucks.
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