it be good ... bring it a year ago for the family and it be still run good ... find out how to get it brighter , I like to hook it up to my laptop and use the projector as a second monitor on the laptop and the laptop provide even further brightness and saturation and contrast option -lrb- for the second monitor setting -rrb- , allow I to brighten the scene up and fix the contrast immensely . so for its price , it be worth it . however it can be a little frustrating , if I have it too bright for dark movie , the lighter scene will have a wash out look with too much brightness , and if I have it too dark for the brighter movie , the darker scene will be harder to make out on screen . but there with a little tweaking here and there , you can find a balance between the two if you be willing to accept it be shortcoming ... all in all , though , not bad at all . the only one who seem frustrated the most be myself , and my kid and wife do not even notice , they just enjoy it . so if you do not tell anyone they might miss a detail or two , nobody will notice . for myself though , I would say it be good enough most time . color be really bright , they pop out like liquid candy , there be no problem with the picture quality other than the brightness factor . I like how I can get the screen to take up half the wall in my living room on a dark night , definitely like a night out at the movie , especially with we external speaker hook up as well ... only downside from hook it up to my laptop be the lag on its dvd drive ... think about get a external dvd drive for it ...