Projector made in china?

Question

i am planning to buy projector from china and here is the spec. can someone tell me if it is good?

Detailed Product Description

Projection system: RGB LCD Projection system

Projection Model: Frontal/Back/Suspending

Display Tech: 1*3.5" LCD

Resolution: 640*480 SVGA & XGA

Brightness: 1500 ANSI lumens

Contrast ratio(Standard): 500:1

Projecting lens: manual focusing

Projection Distance: 0.9-5.0m

Projection size: 32-120 inches (diagonal)

Aspect ratio: 4:3 /16:9

Color: 26,220,000 colors

Lamp/Life: 175w metal halide;about 6000hours

power consumption: 180W

Video Input: RCA*1

Video/TV signal mode: PAL/NTSC/SECAM

Audio input: RCA(L/R) , Build-in Speaker(2W*2)

TV signal input: 75Ω radio frequency input

Input Interface: TV, VCD/DVD Input, PC Input, S-Video Input;

sound noise: ≤35dba

Menu language: English/Franch/Portuese/Japanese and so on

Size: 320mm(L)*250mm(W)*110mm(H)

N.W.: 4.5KG/G.W.: 6.0KG/Package: 39*32.5*20cm(1pc)

Voltage: 100V-240V(±10%), 50/60HZ

can connect with PC

Answer 1

This is a Business projector, unsuited to home theatre use.

You don't mention what price you would be paying, but I wouldn't pay more than about $300 for it (actually I wouldn't buy it given specs and the fact you have no backup/recourse if it fails).

It's bright enough, but low resolution and has very limited input capability (RCA, S-video, VGA) ... so you can't get even the advantages of component, DVI or HDMI.

The contrast ratio is poor, so it's not well suited to video and the fan noise level is too high for HT use anyway.