Sharp vision XUZW99U LCD Widescreen Projector Front Projectors
Sharp vision XUZW99U LCD Widescreen Projector Front Projectors
USER REVIEWS
[Sep 16, 2002]
kikosan
AudioPhile
Strength:
Good picture (at first). Ease of setup. You don't need an expert to get started. Color balance and picture adjustment are easy.
Weakness:
I have had to replace the ballast circuit board twice. Every time that I change the projectin bulb the ballast also goes bad! That is $450 for the bulb replacement and another $350 for the ballast. I called Sharp and got the cold shoulder (too bad). I will never buy another Sharp projector again. As much as the 9000 DLP is an awsome unit, I will not give them my money and will reserch an alternative for my next projector in the next two years. The fan is so load it is distracting during quiet passages. You can't be watching war movies forever. There is no good way to keep dust out of the projection and bulb housing. I purchased the projector on the suggestion of my neighborhood stereo installer. I had researched the unit online quite extensively. I liked the resolution (for the time) and the anamorphic capability. I also appreciated all of the connecions. The price point was aceptable, not too steep. |
[Sep 06, 2002]
Orestes Sanchez
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Initially an excellent picture. Ease of setup.
Weakness:
Incredibly noisy fan, Too dusty, You can fry an egg on it. Not a reliable piece of equipment. Two bulb replacements with internal circuitry repairs. It dopes not have to be this way. Sharp customer support is worthless, their arrogance knows no bounds. I bought the projector after reviewing all of the literature available on this projector and comparable units for the price. The projector was very easy to set up. I did not need the installer to help me. I even gave him tips for his next installation. The RGB input and component imputs are handy. The problem came up at the 1500 hour mark. The replacement bulb cost $400 and did not work. I had it at the repair shop for more than a week. The ballast was defective and needed a whole new circuit board. 1500 hours later, it is back at the repair shop. The new bulb blew along with the internal fuse. I was told it may be the ballast again and this time it is not under warranty. Needless to say if the repair is more than $1000, the projector is going in the trash. Following the first repair, the picture sucked. There were dropouts all over the screen and spots. I was told "tough" by the repairman because the projector cannot be kept clean from dust. I will never buy another Sharp LCD again. Similar Products Used: None |
[Nov 30, 2000]
Geoff
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Very easy to set up.
Weakness:
Fan noise. Very pleased with the performance, colors are great, with minimal bleeding. Every person who has seen the picture has been very impressed. Yes, you have to have a dark room, but you don't watch movies in broad daylight. Bottom line, don't buy this for everyday TV viewing. Similar Products Used: None |
[Oct 18, 1999]
Kory
Audiophile
Strength:
Component video inputs
Weakness:
crappy blacks (dark gray) Overall this is a pretty good projector but disappointing for its cost ($7999 MSRP). The light level dynamic range is low, meaning not very black blacks, not very white whites, and not much range in between. This results in a slightly muddy image though not as bad as VHS :) The colors can have plenty of saturation (I had to turn the red and blue down a bit from factory default). Similar Products Used: none |
[Feb 15, 2001]
Paolo Brandinu
Audiophile
Strength:
The sharpvision is a very good product, very good picture, for the price, good brigthness, colour and video dinamic
Weakness:
Noise of fan, Is sensible to dust of ambient, (take carefully to the position of the proiector) The picture that this projector reproduce is very good. Is similar to a CRT image (naturally of the same range of price, like Seleco, vidicron and others). I use normally a image of 100". The screen must be of good quality and i use a gain of the surface of 1, 1,5. Screens with a hight gain produce an image too poor, in term of colour and contrast. The contrast set at default is low and i set nert to the max. Similar Products Used: Toshiba 310, 400, seleco crt, fuji lcd... |
[Oct 12, 1999]
THOMAS E. MOXLEY JR.
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
VERY GOOD DETAILED PICTURE
Weakness:
NONE This unit is very good but I wish Sharp would give more info about the product and acessories. Also Sharp stated it is HDtv Ready I wish they would put out more info on when and how to achieve this. |