EDIT # 3 : back to a great review : -rrb- while complain on twitter about my projector , @optomausa see it and contact I about fix my projector . long story short , they fix it at no cost to I , other than ship it to they . this be a great gesture consider the warranty have be out for 6 month . I hope to get more than a year out of the replacement chip . EDIT # 2 : to be exact , I have 475 hour on this projector . EDIT : well , with just a little over a year on this projector and still the original bulb , I have in excess of 50 dead pixel on my screen . very disappoint with this projector and very hard to watch thing with a constellation in you way . even at $ 500 for this projector , it be not worth it if it only last a year . previous REVIEW : I buy this projector after my Dell 2300MP die a inexplicable death . I really do not think you could get a decent project for under $ 1k , but boy be I wrong . the picture on this projector be great . there be a little bit of detectable noise in the picture , but I be not sure if it be because I be feed it from a 20ft long vga cable and not hdmus . I plan on replace the cable eventually with a hdmus one . I be use this projector on a mythtv frontend . it be run in 1280x800 mode -lrb- it be actual native resolution -rrb- and it display hdtv perfectly . it be quick to find the signal when turn on . it be quick to turn off . although the picture display quick , it take a minute or two for the bulb to project in the right color cast . also , when first power on , the fan be very noticeable , but once the picture stabilize -lrb- 1 minute or so -rrb- , the fan speed kick down and it be fairly quiet . my previous screen -lrb- for my Dell -rrb- be too small so I end up smooth out the wall and painting over it with white paint . even though it be not project on a proper screen , the color be still great and the contrast be very good . so , if you want to have a good home theater and you really do not want to spend a lot of money , this projector should be on the top of you list .