I paid $2000 plus a $500 rebate(I already got it) for the HC4900 about 4 months ago and couldn't be happier. I'm blasting a 125" glory on the wall and it looks amazing. The contrast is very good and I run it in low lamp mode rated for 5000 hours. It has very goos position adjustably too. My only complaints are it is a big projector(compared to other sub-1080p's I looked at but 1080p projectors tend to be bigger anyway) and it could be brighter. I can play games on it with the basement lights on(you loose contrast though) so it isn't that bad but I'm not sure how it would work in the living room during the day.
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thats cheap for a 1080p projector!
but hopefully my schol will get one of the lesser ones cause our NEC projectors SUCK
Usually Mitsubishi will have a huge rebate after Sanyo and Epson release their similar spec projector. I can't wait until the rebate war begin again.
I paid $2000 plus a $500 rebate(I already got it) for the HC4900 about 4 months ago and couldn't be happier. I'm blasting a 125" glory on the wall and it looks amazing. The contrast is very good and I run it in low lamp mode rated for 5000 hours.
It has very goos position adjustably too. My only complaints are it is a big projector(compared to other sub-1080p's I looked at but 1080p projectors tend to be bigger anyway) and it could be brighter. I can play games on it with the basement lights on(you loose contrast though) so it isn't that bad but I'm not sure how it would work in the living room during the day.