Mitsubishi HC5500 (Projectors)

Mitsubishi's LCD projector comes in a small but solidly built black case with smooth curves and a business-like design.

Mitsubishi's HC5500 LCD projector puts in a fine performance for its price.

The HC5500 is the best Full HD LCD projector I've seen for under £1,500, making it a really tantalising option to consider if you can't quite run to the £1,500 (or more) asking price of Sony's slightly better VPL-HW10, or you hate the rainbow effect...

The Mitsubishi HC5500 is a Full HD projector at a remarkably affordable price

Decent colour and detail performance ; Very quiet operation

Some limitations to contrast and colour ; Plasticky construction

In essence, I don't think buyers will be disappointed with the Mitsubishi HC5500, but I'd be tempted to spend a few hundred pounds more so that you can really dazzle those retinas

The settings here aim to bring temperature colour to around 6500K and give a smooth curve in terms of increase in brightness of grey tones. The first change is to the gamma. So as to correct a curve quite a bit above our objective, the settings should...

Very deep blacks ; Motorised zoom, focus and lens-shift ; Image sharpness ; Quiet ; Relatively affordable

Quite a few settings need changing ; No side lens-shift ; Weak zoom ; High stand-by energy consumption ; Colour tends to be tinged with violet

If you are new to the world of home projection, starting out with the HC5500 is a very good move. A dynamic image, deep blacks, sharp colours. A very attractive general consumer image. If you are a little more expert look up the range a bit further.

I am continuing my journey into the world of affordable front projector systems, with a special emphasis on systems that are suitable for multi-use rooms. My first foray, the Sanyo PLV-Z2000, was a success. But I didn?t have anything to compare it to,...

The Mitsubishi HC5500 is another good, value-priced 1080p front projector. Compared to the Sanyo PLZ-2000, it has certain attributes that make it a more attractive option for those interested in a permanent installation, such as anamorphic lens...

A personal movie theatre projector with astonishing quality, though we wished for audio outputs

Mitsubishi's next-to-top-of-line 3LCD 1080p front projector is certainly very well equipped, with a host of improvements over the model it replaces, including the latest C2Fine inorganic Vertical Alignment LCD imaging panels, which provide noticeable...

Mitsubishi scores high marks with its HC5500. High points include the latest 3LCD 1080p imaging panels, the Silicon Optix Reon video processor, Mitsubishi's excellent motorized optical adjustment system, and dual anamorphic scaling modes (this is the...

Take one of Mitsubishi's most lauded front projection designs and give it an update but don't change what made the original so magical-well that's what Mitsubishi has done with their HC5500 LCD as Home Theater Review found out....

The Full 1920 x 1080P HDthree-chip C2 Fine LCD light engine utilizes new inorganic, verticallyaligned crystals for improved signal track-ability ; A Really and truly quiet fan is thanks to a new cooling duct design, producing only 19 db SPL - a new...

The minimal lens offset makes it necessary for the projector to be perpendicular to the screen to preserve accurate geometry ; Economy mode cuts light output in half to 600 ANSI Lumens, slightly on the dark side for a large screen ; The inputs are all...

If you're just stepping up to buy anew front projector, you owe it to yourself to see what the entry-levelFull HD 1080P Mitsubishi HC5500 has to offer. Its small size and weightmake it quite easy to locate in a home theater, but equally portable inthe...

Facing the front of the projector we have the zoom lens mounted to the right side. As you can see, the lens is recessed, but in the sense that the casing comes forward to protect it, as the front of the lens is forward of most of the front of the...

One of the most affordable 1080p projectors ; Brighter than most 1080p projectors when comparing "best" color modes ; Very good color after calibration ; Extremely sharp image ; Dynamic iris, for improved black level performance ; Very good shadow...

Limited placement flexibility due to 1.2:1 zoom lens, no match for other 3LCD projectors, and no better than DLP projectors ; Lens shift is more limited than other 3LCD projectors, the same as the BenQ DLP, but of course better than the Optoma...

For many people, it will be, especially those on a tight budget! Afterall, there may be slightly better projectors out there, but you won't be seeing them side by side, and the HC5500 has no major flaws to detract from its overall performance, plus...

Mitsubishi continues to make competitive inroads into the hot 1080p home theater market with its evolving line of 1080p models that are all outstanding value propositions.