Meridian announces MF10 1080p D-ILA projector at EHX

Every so often, a projector hits the market that's just so delectable, it's hard to stop fantasizing about what pieces of your kids' rooms could be auctioned off in order to procure it. Enter the $14,995 Meridian MF10, which is most certainly one those units. Packin' a totally familiar black chassis, three 0.7-inch 1080p D-ILA chips, a native 30,000:1 contrast ratio, 700 lumens, and a 2x zoom lens (2:35:1 Cinemascope is optional), this PJ exudes confidence. You'll also find a pair of HDMI 1.3 ports along with component, S-Video and composite (saywha?), an RS-232 control terminal and the ability to play nice with the firm's $3,995 DVP2351 digital video processor (shown after the jump). Yeah, they're both available as we speak, but can your Centurion Card really handle it? [Warning: PDF read link]

[sik59rt Posted Mar 14th 2008 12:51PM]

id still rather get a JVC HD100...or two HD100's

[Buttabean Posted Mar 14th 2008 1:04PM]

it may have a better lens. Thats definitely a rebadged dvdo vp50pro scaler! Hope it has a cms built in to add to the cost

[Eric H Posted Mar 14th 2008 12:59PM]

700 lumens really, why don't they just use light from the room.

[Buttabean Posted Mar 14th 2008 1:06PM]

700 lumens from a properly calibrated d65k "home theater" projector is bright!

[sik59rt Posted Mar 14th 2008 1:08PM]

why do people think a projector has to have a "5000 lunens" rating to be a great projector.
and if you look at this projector, it is a rebadged JVC DLAHD100. it obviously has a better scaler, but its a HD100

[JPFrech Posted Mar 14th 2008 1:26PM]

Once a projector is properly setup, it never use more than 800 lumens, no matter what it said on the spec sheet. Some manufacturer use honest numbers (it is the case here). A 3000 lumens from benq probably can't reach 800 lumens under the same setup than this Meridian.

[Eric H Posted Mar 14th 2008 1:36PM]

My mistake, what is the best way to use a projector in a brighter room?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2008 2:19PM]

700 lumens is pretty wimpy though. You'd need a reasonably dark room in order to see it very well. I'm aware that projectors advertised as "5000 lumens" are probably not capable of actually producing this brightness level.
But in my experience, you need a lot more than 700 lumens to make a really bright, crisp picture.

[Buttabean Posted Mar 14th 2008 2:11PM]

use a high power screen which has a high gain but the con is you have to sit in a very narrow angle. also the more ambient light you have in the room, the lower the contrast you will have which will hinder both ansi, on/off contrast. What gives your image 3d pop and black levels.