PA503W 4000 Lumens WXGA DLP Projector, High Brightness HDMI

If you want to watch blu ray 3D movies, you'll need compatible DLP shutter glasses after connecting an HDMI cable from your blu ray 3D Player (PS3 with update for blu ray 3D). On the projector, there is not a mode to switch off the 3D effect to go into 2D, so that will depend on each disc. If it's a 3D only disc, it's only going to project with a double image that will require the DLP 3D glasses. The cinema Real D 3D glasses don't work at all, I tried it. For the image, I have it set at 100" or so, and the image quality is solid. The image is sharp, though there is a screen door effect when you look at the projected image closer and if you hold your hand into the beam of light, you'll see it. But it still looks great. This is like having a movie theater in your home! While this has a speaker built into it, the sound has no bass and distorts at higher volume, with quiet volume even at the loudest setting. There is a 3.5 mm audio Jack OUTPUT that you can plug into the Viewsonic Projector that will allow you to connect any Computer based speakers that use a headphone jack to project the audible sound. Once it's plugged in, it happens automatically. I listed with headphones on, and the quality is much better than the built in speaker. Will be trying a more powerful bass speaker set up soon. My biggest complaint is the Menu and remote controller menu. I want SUPER ECO MODE so I can get 15,000 hours instead of 5000 hours in Normal mode. That would be 7250 two hour movies that you can watch before the bulb dies out. That's incredible. But the ONLY way I can get it to stay in Super Eco Mode for the slightly dimmer bulb setting (which by the way still looks great with bright whites and nice darkness), is to go into the settings, switch to that mode and then press EXIT on the remote. If you press Menu, adjust the volume, or any other input, it will automatically switch back to NORMAL 5000 hour mode due to terrible programming. And if the input blu ray film is switched, it also switches back to normal mode without you even doing anything. It's ridiculous and 2/5 stars because of it for something so critical to making the projector bulb last 15000 hours as advertised. The box packaging this arrives in is strong and sturdy and well protected. The instructions however, are just pictures, so they are pretty much useless and I figured out the buttons and set up on my own. So in other words, just a "quick start up guide" instructions that are very lacking. Overall though, I'm very happy and thrilled with this new movie projector. You can also play PS4, PS5, PS3 games on it if you want, as well as regular blu rays, DVDs, and blu ray 3Ds. I haven't tried a UHD disc yet, but the resolution may be affected since this outputs 1280 x 800 aspect ratio depending. Test out the best angle and set up for where you'll project your image. I project it right onto my light cream colored wall and it's perfect. I love it! With TV Manufacturers opting for 4K and 8K these days, they completely abandoned the 3D feature even though there are still studios releasing new 3D blu rays. So this ViewSonic is a very affordable alternative for your blu ray 3D player to display 3D films (compared to the $1000 to 2000+ models).

We had a ViewSonic before this one, and it lasted nine years, during which we watched at least a move twice a week, and I also surfed to watch a lot of YouTube videos. We loved our old ViewSonic, and we love this new one, too. The colors on the projection screen are crisp, luminous and warm at the same time. My husband got it out of the box and between the moment he called up to me to ask "how about a movie" and my finishing up whatever I was doing and walking down to join him, he had the machine out of the box and hooked up. It was that easy. We use a laptop with a DVD player in it to play movies. The only thing left to do now is to unscrew the old one and put the new one on the ceiling bracket. We also hooked up the external sound system in no time. I want to mention that we tried several LED lighted projectors of different price ranges before coming back to buy this one, as we hoped LED would be a more energy friendly choice. Turns out the colors on the LED lit ones were horribly cold, mostly in the blue/black range and also all of them had terribly loud fans systems on them, both criteria on which we don't want to make concessions. We like to hear the soundtrack without straining our ears to filter out the noise of the cooling system. This ViewSonic is quiet and I cannot say enough of its awesome colors. We both are very pleased with our new projector and look forward to years of entertainment. If you like my review and found it helpful, thanks for letting me know!

I decided to trade my 300 lumen pico projector for this one, and the difference is night and day! Obviously not as portable, but the image is so much better! I had no trouble setting it up and am using it with a FireTV stick plugged in the HDMI port. This is the perfect combination. The projector is very bright, and the high definition picture is a real treat. I barely hear the fan noise (I actually don't notice it when watching movies). Note that since the FireTV connects to my surround sound system via bluetooth, I didn't get a chance to test the speaker on the projector. I am so glad I traded portability for image quality given that the projector doesn't rever leave my media room. The projector is about 14 feet from the screen and fills it completely. Overall, a complete upgrade for less than 500$. Well worth it!

I bought this projector for outdoor movies. Throw distance 22 feet gives a 7.5' x 12.5' screen. The manual and digital zoom feature allowed me to perfectly frame my screen. The brightness is good.. best picture is obviously in full darkness, but once tge sun has set, its decent for outside. Great value. Here are my negatives. 1. After seeing 3600 lumens, i wish i could afford 4000-5000. I think it would give a much better picture at dusk. In summer, it's 8:30/9:00 before decent darkness. 2. This doesnt output 16:9.. it does 16:10. 4:3. Panoramic or stretch. 3. Sound output options stink. Internal speaker or stereo output. I had to buy a $70 Bluetooth transmitter. 4. Top and bottom keystone only.. means you have to be perfect at mounting your projector. 5. Remote only works while pointing at front of unit. 6. 1 x hdmi, and no usb power option.. we use roku stick, so i needed a plug. I would definitely recommend this projector.

Perfect projector for giving author talks and historical presentations for organizations and institutions around Maine. Many don't have projectors bright enough, or sufficient dongles to connect. Bringing this along, especially since it easily connects with both my laptop, iphone and ipad, insures every presentation will go off without technical hitches. Good brightness, easy to operate. Like trying to cheap out on low-end raingear before finally buying Gortex, I've bought smaller, less bright projectors and have been disappointed when the space was too bright, lacked curtains, blinds, etc. This viewsonic is worth the money and you'll save in the long run

I ended up with this unit after wasting my money on a sub $100 LED projector. In short, you get what you pay for. I was trying to save a little with the cheap LED projector but they’re all too dim and focus gets blurry around the perimeter of the picture. Seriously, don’t waste your time. If you want something that will work well with ambient light, and is sharp and crystal clear, this is the move. My budget couldn’t handle a thousand dollar HD model, but this one handles HD just fine. I just had movie night with the kids watching a 720p video and I was impressed. So far, I’ve used this projector for a total of about 5 hours and have no complaints. It may be a refurb but its appearance and functionality are as if new. FYI the photo was taken with an iPhone6S, at about 6:30p in June, so lots of ambient light from windows. Seriously, the photo makes the room seem darker than it was. The screen is 100” and the projector throw here is about 10’.

I had to modify my ceiling mounting bracket to match the holes, but that's to be expected. Very happy with the picture quality. I have a 105 inch screen and it fills it nicely with very clear images. The set up is very simple and the adjustments are easy. It is much quieter that my last one which is a real bonus when a movie gets quiet. All in all, for the price, this is a bargain.

This is a great upgrade from our previous projector! (Optoma HD25lv). We opted for the PA503W model so we had the wide screen option (aspect ratio 16:10). It does only have one HDMI port, so be aware of that. It’s not an issue for us because it’s hooked up to a receiver (which runs our surround sound, DVD player, and chromecast). The picture is clear, bright & colors seem spot on. I left all the settings on auto and it looks great! I wasn’t sure about this projector initially because the description talks a lot about business and education use, but it’s working great as our home theater projector! We needed a projector with a video input option so we could hook up our Wii and this one has it👍🏼 It’s very quiet (can’t hear it while movies are playing), was really easy to set up, and easy to mount on the ceiling using a universal ceiling mount (mounting holes require 3 screws size M4 x 8mm). The keystone adjustment was super easy to use to adjust the picture so it wasn’t tilted. I can’t speak to the internal speaker because we have it hooked up to a receiver and surround sound speakers. It took maybe 10 mins to unbox, attach the ceiling bracket, and get hooked up. We have it mounted 11’ 6” from our 90” screen and it was easy to get in focus and adjusted. Zero complaints! It came with a power cord, monitor cord, remote, and 2 AAA batteries for the remote, which was nice. If you’re looking for a good projector that won’t break the bank, I’d highly recommend this one.

Ich habe lange recherchiert, um in der Preisklasse einen guten Beamer zu bekommen. Dabei bin ich auf den PA503W gestoßen. Die Marke ist mir aus meinem Berufsleben von Monitoren her bekannt, was mich schon Vertrauen aufbauen ließ. Und ich bin nicht enttäuscht worden. Natürlich gibt es immer offene Wünsche. Andere Modelle haben einen oder gleich mehrere Kartenslots, das hat er nicht. Auch kann man keinen USB-Stick anschließen, denn er hat nur eine Mini-USB-Schnittstelle, über die kein Signal eingespeist werden kann. Dafür hat er aber alle sonst heute gängigen Schnittstellen, wie HDMI, VGA, COM und Video über Cinch. Für mich war wichtig, den Amazon Fire-TV Stick anschließen zu können, das funktioniert hervorragend. Die Auflösung von 1024 x 800 (HD 720p) bringt er und er projiziert das Bild vollflächig scharf. Der Trapezausgleich funktioniert in einem großen Bereich. Das Lüftergeräusch, gemessen aus 1 Meter Entfernung beträgt 25-27 dB, ist also auszuhalten. Die Farbwiedergabe kann nach Untergrund, z. B. Tafelgrün eingestellt werden, auch sind die Farben und der Gammawert nachträglich regelbar. Der Beamer wird unter den 10 besten Videoprojektoren genannt, eignet sich aber auch gut für Präsentationen. Ob er 3D-Filme wiedergeben kann, kann ich nicht beurteilen, dazu fehlt mir die zugehörige Technik, das war für mich aber auch kein Kaufargument. Von der Bauform her kann er mit LED-Geräten nicht mithalten. Wen stört, dass das Gerät auch einige Zeit zum Abkühlen braucht, der sollte sich zu LED-Technik hinwenden. Von mir gibt's volle Punktzahl, weil das Gerät alles macht, wofür ich ihn mir zugelegt habe, und ich kann den Beamer nur empfehlen.

Great projector simple to use and great in bright situations

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Compre este proyector para ver peliculas con mi familia. Creo que es un muy buen proyector a muy buen costo. Tiene colores muy brillantes, una excelente opcion para ver peliculas en familia.

a voltre troppe diavolerie e funzioni rendono il prodotto poco funzionale, questo è l'opposto, semplice ma funzionale buona luminosità anche in ambienti molto chiari