so I buy one of these after I read all the review and jsut have to see it for myself . it be advertise as hd 1080 so I figure how bad could it be ? I have have this projector for a week and I have determine that for what I pay it be really not bad . on my unit if you be not use a hdmus connection the picture be not great . with my DIRECTTV hd box and a 25 ' HDMI cable the picture be good at about a 72 '' x 72 '' square -lrb- it scale it to a 4:3 image-no widescreen -rrb- on a wall paint a burnt orange-i have a 70x70 screen on the way and imagine the picture will be nice for movie and sport . the fan be loud sit next to I on a table but mount on the ceiling not so much . the speaker of the unit be loud enough for a basement rec room but I plan on get some sort of sound system eventually . for 200 buck honestly I can not complain about it one bit . it be what be it a entry level projector . the picture be good for 200 I have a wall-sized tv and the sound be fine from the unit . use av cable the picture be not very good on my unit but i want it mainly for my hd box and occasional dvd 's and will just switch out the HDMI cable . as far as I can tell the only way to get a hd-type picture be with the HDMI cable .