Mitsubishi's 1080p FL7000U projector now available for $15,000

New beater / better car? New HD projector? Pay off that second mortgage? New HD projector? C'mon folks, the choice here is crystal clear, is it not? Mitsubishi's 1080p FL7000U is apparently now ready for consumption here in the US of A, but that native 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, 5,000 ANSI lumens and 1,000:1 contrast ratio will cost you a pretty penny. 1,499,500 of them, in fact, though we heard through the grapevine that you can find it somewhat cheaper on the streets.

[Via AboutProjectors]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 12:23PM]

$15,000 for a beater car?

How much are you bloggers getting paid?!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 12:25PM]

*beater car

[EdwardD Posted Jul 9th 2008 12:26PM]

$15,000 for a beater car doesn't make sense.... a "better car" would... hey, that's my 2 cents anyway!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 12:41PM]

Unless you drive around a Bugatti Veyron.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 12:35PM]

might as well buy two

[fieldcar Posted Jul 9th 2008 1:02PM]

Its times like these that you just have to laugh. Within the next year, we should start to see the laser based projectors that will blow these out of the water for affordable prices. Its a head scratcher when you look at projectors like this. If i spend that much, I want drastic difference over entry level projectors, not this.

[furquanatique Posted Jul 9th 2008 1:11PM]

Omg I cant do the math! My head will EXPLODE!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 1:27PM]

The only point of this proejctor would be to project on very large screens. (5000 lumens). If the rated contrast is only 1000:1, thats not so hot compared to other modern projector's like JVC's RS1, which is one of the best projectors I've seen.

High output low contrast projectors are a dime a dozen, the fact that mitsubishi just came out wiht another one isn't newsworthy at all. Its the high contrast home theater projectors that are worth watching.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 1:44PM]

Its not the contrast ratio thats interesting, its ability to show a decent picture in a well-lit room xD
Just a business projector with a business price, really not news worthy. Yeah, I'd prefer to pay off mortgage instead. Or buy a car?...

[Roberini Posted Jul 9th 2008 2:16PM]

Man, I just feel like I'm watching the movie "Gung-Ho" all over again with that "15,000" number there. Wow...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 3:41PM]

I hope the HELOC application I just submitted gets approved! Ima gonna buy at least three of these, gotta have one for the living room, bedroom, and the head. Does anyone know where I can get some decent speakers for under $50K?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 4:55PM]

You would need 1,499,500,000 pennies to actually make that amount. (Or so my bad mental math tells me)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 4:59PM]

That is one hell of a squeal of a deal.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2008 8:49PM]

ok

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 10th 2008 1:30AM]

Mitsu sent me one of the prototypes for this projector last year and I have to say it's pretty damn impressive. I know $15k seems like a lot when you're used to buying 1k lumen projectors for your basement, but 5k lumen projectors that are needed in conference rooms with medium amounts of ambient light often run much more than this one and with less resolution.

[collegekid13 Posted Jul 10th 2008 1:45AM]

couldn't you just make the whole home theater package for that amount. curtains included.