Vivitek H1080FD 1080p Home Theater Projector (White)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 11 x 8 inches ; 5.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002I6319Q
• Item model number: H1080FD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 15, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Create an intense home-theater experience with the Vivitek H1080FD 1800 Lumen 1080p Home Theater Projector. This high-performance DLP unit utilizes BrilliantColor technology that features multicolor processing to produce vibrant, true-to-life images on the screen. Whether enjoying your favorite films or sharing family photos, you'll enjoy improved color accuracy, brighter secondary colors, and sharp contrast with this projector.

5000:1 contrast ratio is ideal for projecting HDTV and movies View Larger

DLP Dark Chip2 and BrilliantColor Technology for a Bright, Crisp Picture
The H1080FD utilizes Texas Instruments' DLP DarkChip2 and BrilliantColor technologies for sharp color and high-contrast images. With its native 1080p resolution, the projector delivers brilliant digital images with full-color saturation for a high-impact experience. Its remarkable 5000:1 contrast ratio and bright 1800 lumens ensure vivid and stunning images, making it ideal for a variety of uses, including viewing HD sports, video games, high resolution photos, or movies in low light.

Features a range of video inputs including HDMI v1.3, VGA-In, and S-Video. View Larger

Compact and Easy-to-Use
The user-friendly H1080FD features a RS-232c port so you can control your projector from a personal computer, enabling you to integrate it with third-party control systems for one-touch control. At 13.2 x 4.0 x 10.0 inches (W x H x D) and 7.8 pounds, the projector is easy to move around and transition from table-top to ceiling mount for placement at the ideal angle. There's also a 12-volt trigger for simple screen/projector automation.

To make things even easier, the H1080FD offers several modes to match your needs: Bright Mode, Movie Mode, Standard Mode, and Boost Mode. The projector also has a fast start-up time, so you can start the entertainment right away. And it features a quick power-down so you don't have to wait around to make sure everything's shut off.

And to help keep cords from cluttering your space, two HDMI ports make it easy to connect multiple high-definition devices to one centralized site.

Saves Time and Money
The H1080FD can help save you money over similar projectors. DLP technology allows for a filter-free projection design, which translates to significant savings over the projector's life span, thanks to reduced maintenance needs.

Quiet Operation
Designed to run quieter than other small DLP projectors, the H1080FD produces up to 1800 lumens, yet only uses a 230-watt lamp (up to a 3,000 hour life) for an operating noise of just 26 decibels. This means you can place the projector on a coffee or side table without worrying about excessive fan noise detracting from the on-screen entertainment.

Plug-Ins and Compatibility
The H1080FD features a range of plug-ins, including two HDMI v1.3, VGA-In, Component Video, Composite Video, and S-Video. It is compatible with VGA, VESA, UXGA, SXGA+, SXGA, XGA, and SVGA.

The Vivitek H1080FD 1800 Lumen 1080p Home Theater Projector (White) includes a built-in five-watt mono speaker, and is backed by a one-year warranty on parts and a 90-day warranty on the lamp.

What's in the Box
Vivitek H1080FD Projector, AC power cord, component cable, remote control, batteries for remote, lens cap, user's manual (CD), warranty card

Specifications
Brightness	1800 Lumens (Typical)
Native Resolution	1080p (1920 x 1080)
Contrast Ratio	5000:1 (Full On/Off)
Lamp Life and Type	C3000/2000 Hours (Standard/Boost Mode), 230W UHP
Lamp Part #	5811116206
Display Type	Single 0.65" DarkChip2™ DLP® Technology by Texas Instruments
Throw Ratio	1.6 to 1.92:1 (Distance/Width)
Image Size (Diagonal)	25" to 300" (0.6 to 7.6 m)
Projection Distance	3' to 30' (0.9 to 9.1 m)
Projection Lens	F=2.55-2.72, f=21.3-24.5mm
Zoom Ratio	1.2:1 Manual Zoom/Focus
Aspect Ratio	16:9 Native, 4:3 Compatible
Offset	130%
Keystone Correction	±30º Vertical, Auto Keystone
Color Spectrum	1.07 Billion

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Product Description

The Vivitek H1080FD is a high performance digital projector that integrates into any home theater based installation. With native 1080p resolutionthe H1080FD delivers brilliant and amazing digital images with full color saturation. Designed for high impact picture quality the Vivitek H1080FD is unmatched and unrivaled in function and performance.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flawed but otherwise great looking, December 23, 2009

By	Manuel Peguero "Manny peguero" (new york) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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The bad: I'm not 100% sure but when I connected a component video cable to my previous projector, a mitsubishi hc1000 720p I did NOT get redish horizontal lines going through the viewed image. Nor did I occasionally get distorted skin tones. However, i did experience this with the Vivitek. Again, this is only with the component video cable. I happen to think that for viewing a digital cable box, its' better to use component. In any case an HDMI cable is fantastic especially for viewing Blu-Ray or HD DVD. This issue with rainbow effect, is not as slight as they make it out to me. Maybe I'm one of those people who is more sensitive to it. My wife said she sees it too but only when she makes an effort to see it, like quickly removing her eyes from the screen. Any way the effect is definintely there and I've already surpassed more than 50 hours of viewing but I would otherwise exchange it for a projector that does not have this effect.
The Good; Other than these "flaws" Just pop in a blu-ray, especially one of the newer movies and prepare to be awed ! Between the luminance, the resolution and the color, It truly makes for a satisfying viewing experiance. I watched the movie The public Enemies on blu ray and it was like, true home theater experience if not better than at the movies. The Roku movies (to long to explain what this is but for those who have it, you know what I mean) in HD also look fantastic, but again only the newer movies blow you away. Older movies that have been converted to HD somehow and do not make as good an impact. In summary, take away the fault when viewing through a component video, take away the dreaded rainbow effect, and take away the fan noise (it's not overwhelming but it is noticable, I have mine cealing mounted so that helps a bit) and focus on the HD or Blue ray viewed movies, and this projector is to die for.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhere over the Rainbow, December 27, 2009

By	Jonathan Cleary - See all my reviews

If you are a newbie like me, go look up the rainbow effect for dlp sets. That is the problem here. Basically, this unit uses a 3x color wheel meaning that you can these rainbows all over the place in 1080p content. And frankly, aren't you here because you want 1080p?

This unit is better than the Optima H20 that you are likely also looking at in every way except what I just mentioned, but you're going to have to take that hit. I'm returning this unit now for the Optima. Such a shame. It was almost perfect.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent sub $1k 1080p projector!!, February 24, 2010

By	M. ALYAHRI - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Let me get this straight to you. If you're trying to buy your first projector, just go buy it or watch it in action. You don't have to look at all the negativity surrounding this projector. I really was pushed away from this projector because of all these rainbow effect comments and I was leaning toward the Optoma H20 because of the 4 color segmant wheel which is supposed to be faster and produces less rainbow effect than the Vivitek H1080FD. But you have to know that This Vivitek projector has higher contrast than the optoma H20. That's what really matters to me. I'm glad I took the Vivitek route. I really can't say anything bad about the Optoma HD20 since I don't have it, but I can tell you that my Vivitek is amazing as my first ever projector and I'm totally satisfied with it.

I unboxed the projector and hooked it to my PS3 using HDMI cable and projected the image on a light yellow flat wall from about 6 feet away, from that distance and using the maximum zoom, you'll get around 80" diagonal picture. I played Call of Duty: Modern warfare 2 and the picture was excellent, I really forgot that I was projecting the image on a wall that is not fully white and the color of the picture seemed to be correct!!!.... I was afraid of being a rainbow effect guy, but that wasn't the case. I really didn't suffer or noticed any rainbow effect. only when I turn my head to the left or to the right fast, I kinda see some vertical lines of primary colors which I think is what people refere to as rainbow effect. I invited my 3 nephews to play MW2 on split screen mode. we played for 4 hours and no one complained from the rainbow effect or any headache. So there you have it, rainbow effect is either overrated or only few few people suffer from it.

Closing the rainbow effect chapter and moving on to the performance of the projector. I was expecting some lag or frame rate drop from this projector when playing fast paced games, but I really did not encounter any, the gameplay was as smooth as silk. The picture projected was vivid and crisp, although there are minimum adjustment to the picture quality from your projector, but you really aren't going to need them because the presets are very accurate, you still can play with the contrast, brightness and hue.
Ease of installation is an issue here, this projector is not flexible, it's not an expensive projector so you'd expect such features to be stripped out, there is no vertical or horizontal shift to the picture. That means you're going to need to install or place your projector in the middle of the intended projected image. That means if you're going to ceiling mount it, you have to get rid of whatever is hanging from your ceiling.

The only real drawback of this projector is the black levels, if you're picky and have the budget, this is not for you. But if you're just like me,, someone who's got his first projector, who's not too picky about the darkest black in his projected image, then you will not care about this at all, you'll just be amazed at the performance of this projector.
the noise was very low, I was sitting 3 feet away from this projector an I couldn't hear anything.

PROS: Vivid & crisp picture, quiet and very cheap.
CONS: black is kinda dark gray.

I would recommend this product to a friend.

I'm waiting for my 120" Elite screen to arrive and once I install it and ceilling mount my projector I'll be able to provide you with my feed back on a bigger projected image.

[UPDATE]
Just got my 120" screen installed!! The projector was able to fill the entire screen with a very bright picture.Watched a couple of blu ray movies and some SD videos. I wasn't expecting the SD feed to be viewable, but it was very good. Anyway, you don't want to consume your lamp watching SD videos,, this is a 1080p Projector, so you better not put alot of milage on your lamp watching SD videos on a 120" screen. Anyway, I was very happy with my projector and it has not let me down yet. Everthing I expected from such price range for a projector was met. I love my little vivitek H1080FD.