Customer Reviews

Vivitek D510 2600 Lumen SVGA HDMI 120Hz 3D-Ready Portable DLP Projector (White)

5 star:		(38)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

Great product! Owned this for 2 days now and love it! Got my Xbox 360, Wii, and computer all hooked up to this baby and am not looking back.

There is definatly a downside which I have mostly remedied, however, most people will not be able to. The thing is that this projector has NO AUDIO OUTPUT. Which is weird considering it has HDMI and such. This means if you connect something with the HDMI, you are stuck using the build in speaker for audio. Bummer. Also, if you connect using the y/r/w cables you are also stuck using the internal speaker, but if you have a stereo like I do, connect it to the stereo and run it to the projector. Not that the internal speaker sounds bad, it actually sounds great, but it's just not the best while watching home movies or gaming.

Great picture quality and projects and image of about 5 1/2' x 7'. Actually is slightly bigger, but roughly that size. I'm very happy with my projector.

UPDATE LOST ONE STAR*- Projector did not work today, first time since I bought it (6 monthsish). Ive mostly used it on economy setting. I hear a rattling like broken pieces of something, and after disassembling it, there might be a big problem. Projector wasn't dropped, hit or anything, it sits far above and out of reach. I now have to hopefully find a resolution, either something exploded inside, or bulb burst. Im 50/50 on which it is right now. Ill update ASAP

UPDATE TO UPDATE-5TH STAR RETURNED- So the reason is my bulb had exploded. First I was upset and believed it to be an equipment issue, but after realizing the extension cord I run this from was unplugged, I put 2 and 2 together. Cord unplugged while running (even in low power mode) will cause the bulb to not cool down while being around the already cool surroundings = BOOM goes the dynamite (bulb). So this was my bad (or another occupant), and not the projector. I'd give it 5 1/2 stars now for doubting it. Ha ha, enjoy and don't accidentally unplug this!!!!

I purchased this machine to use in the classroom. It performs wonderfully for the intended purpose. It's relatively small and light. Has a reasonably powerful projection image. And it works seamlessly with both my PC and my Macbook Pro. Like all such projectors, it runs very hot and one has to be careful stowing it away after use. But I've gotten used to cooling it down and handling it carefully. I can't comment on its durability since I've only used it a dozen or so times. It does have a slightly cheap, plastic feel to it. But as long as it does the job, who cares what it feels like. I wouldn't recommend this for large rooms. My guess is its range is probably limited to 30 feet (I use it in a seminar room in which the screen is only 12 feet from the projector. Works great in that situation.) In short, I can't complain. It's a good product for occasional use in small to medium size rooms.

This was my first projector and I did alot of research before buying it. It met a most of the requirements in terms of picture quality and brightness etc. Everything was ok for three months... then the pixels started dying, (which means there were dark and light spots all over the screen) within one week we had close to 30 dead pixels spread across the screen. The Amazon 30 day warranty had expired so we contacted Vivitek and that was where the real disappointment came. They never answer their telephone!!!!! They don't return messages!!!! They don't answer e mails!!!! There was no way to get a human being at this company....and I really tried. Their customer service is the worst I have ever encountered and will never buy anything marked Vivitek again. I contacted Amazon about this and they are giving me a refund so I'm buying an Epson this time. Adios Vivitek!

It's very nice DLP projector and the price is nicer. BUT if it's a priority to play 3D blu-ray movies on this projector USING a 3D blu-ray disc player then stop. Don't buy it (at least now). Any 3D DLP projector and any 3d Blue-ray player are NOT directly compatible (again as of today). Unless if you want to play your 3D DVD's using a computer with 3D video card using a 3D player software, then I think, you have a great projector.

Or if you are willing to pay about $400+ for a converter box, between the projector and the 3D player, to convert the signal form the 3D blu-ray disc player to the 3D ready DLP projector. Then I also think you have a good projector.

Or at last, if you are willing to wait (like me) until the above converter box become available from more companies, and its price become reasonable.

Unfortunately for me, none of the reviews that were posted (before I buy mine) mentioned anything about this fact. Only few stated that they have not yet tried the 3D, I wonder!

Here is the technical explanation from a technical person: "NO 3D blu-ray player, has been made so far, will give any 3D ready projector the 120Hz field sequential 3D it needs! You must convert the side by side 3D of blu-ray to 120Hz on a PC with a 3D card and 3D player application OR buy a special box which can do this. This issue is very well known for a long time". But it was not to me until I bought mine.

Two more comments,

#1- I found the UK Vivitek costumer support very much helpful to point out the compatibility issue and quick to help. They suggested few solutions along with their new (to be out) projectors series as future solution. But for the US Vivitek support they concealed that fact from me when I asked them. They said that their engineers (US engineer I believe he meant) don't know or have any data about compatibilities. What that tells me? It tells me that they're insulting my intelligent. Who would design a product and it's been on the market for a such time and don't know what is compatible with? Come on, I'm an Engineer also.

#2- At last but not least, I must mention that Amazon were unbelievable with their help and costumer support. Sorry, no room here to explain what they did to help me. Thanks Amazon.

I am extremely happy with this projector. I am using it at home to project across a 15 foot room onto a white wall. The picture comes out to probably about an 8-10 foot screen. Even without HD it looks amazing. I have yet to try HD or 3D, but I am sure they will look great as well.

The brightness of the projector is better than I expected. It doesn't quite work in the middle of the day with the shades open (darker colors are hard to tell apart). But it does work extremely well in a dim room.

Overall, very impressed.

I tried the reasonably priced Vivitek D510 for business presentations and home theater, but found it lacking in picture quality for both purposes. Its 800x600 native resolution didn't display a crisp image for small text reading on a 50" screen. It also failed to produce a reasonably good image from any home theater media. Especially notable was its screen door effect and lousy color accuracy. Its down scaling abilities from high definition sources was miserable by creating blotchy colored faces and images. While its low cost may be attractive for non-critical classroom use, I would recommend home theater users to research for a higher native resolution projector designed for that purpose.

I purchased 2 of these projectors to replace a couple of Panasonic PT-L780NTU projectors. I purchased those 7 years ago or so for over $5,000 a piece. As those got older, I've been having to repair them more and more often and get parts replaced, recently about every 6 months for around $1,000 a pop.

Well, I found this projector with the same brightness rating for only $550 and figured I couldn't go to wrong. I use them to display Standard Def video on either side of the stage in a live music show theater venue in Branson, MO. I wasn't able to get a super in focus picture (it always seemed like when 1 area of the picture was in focus, other areas would be slightly out of focus). But the color and brightness are great and they look a lot better than are older projectors due to their age and parts going bad.

While it isn't perfect, for my application where the screens aren't too close to the audience, the slightly fuzzy picture is hardly noticeable and they are cheap enough to just buy a replacement if anything breaks on them. I just set them up & have only used them for a day, but so far, I'm happy.

It's not HD, and doesn't have a lot of the higher end features of other projectors, but it does what I need it to, so, for my application it's great.

I have purchased this projector with the accuscreen 85" diagonal 1:1 portable tripod screen and the ultra 300hi 24k hdmi cable, for the following uses, 1.for displaying my pc for audio production and engineering purposes, this is vital to be able to see without strain especially when your looking at faders on a mixer or when you are fine tuning your sound with eq. the quality this projector produces is unbelievable for the price. 2. gaming, I am also a heavy ps3 gamer and this projector with the native resolution at 720p and the capability of the 1080p signal support, results in a true "you have to be there" experience. 3. home theater, watching movies or netflix on this projector is just amazing. the clarity of the picture matched with the vibrant colors with the on board brilliant color option are amazing. you can fine tune red,blue,green,cyan,magenta,yellow and white giving you the flexibility of creating your own personal high definition viewing experience. Out the box the preset color options are spot on, now i did have a slight problem with the red only from images that were high resolution, such as the light from a stop light in a movie would cast a shadow onto other objects, but i resolved that issue by tuning the red colors saturation. This projector is compact, quiet, durable, and efficient. I have ran this projector for hours on end since i recieved it and it has not shut off or overheated. Hands down the best investment i have made in a long time, with the flexibility of increasing the image size based on the space you have and the image quality, you cant go wrong. why pigeon whole yourself to a fixed size of a led or lcd flatscreen, for the price of a decent 32-42in flat screen you can have this amazing projector that will have you, your family,and your friends begging for another movie or game to be played. absolutley incredible for the price!

I've purchased, this projector to replace my 6 year old NEC projector.
I liked that it had a HDMI input, 2500 lumen, and thought it would have a clean sharp picture.

But I failed to notice that it was only 800 x 600 resolution. With my picture about 6 feet wide. The picture looked blocky (if that's a word). I could actually count the pixels on the screen.

I have returned this Vivitek projector and purchased another NEC NP216 projector with a 1024 x 768 resolution.

The 1024 x 768 resolution makes a huge difference in clarity.

I will never purchase anything less than 1024 x 768. I'm sure a Vivatek projector with 1024 x 768 or higher would have a better picture.

Before I made my purchase of this projector i tried to research it's quality and performance. Unfortunately I could only find one review which only rated it as a 2. So I took my chances hoping that the one reviewer could have been biased. I should have took it as a warning. I purchased this projector and after 3 weeks of testing and adjustments I can say that I to am thoroughly disappointed. Ouside of the brightness level theres nothing about this unit worth mentioning. The picture always looks cloudy.