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 - Price Gouge admittedly, this isn't a review for the actual product. but how does the price go from 400 dollars to 680 dollars overnight? i was this close to purchasing one ( this close: |---| ) but a 280 dollar instant price difference is enough to make one reconsider... Rating:  - Hubby likes it!Bought this for my husband and loves the fact its compact enough to fit in his pocket. Rating: - Home Theatre with $0 UpkeepLet me start by saying I refuse to pay upkeep on a projector. I'm FINE with low contrast ratio or even the 800x600 resolution. Sure it's dim. Whatever! It looks amazing in a mildly-darkened room, even from 10' away. Lumens are overrated. Running cost (energy + bulb) is king. If you agree with me so far, read on. I bought a PK20 about 6 months ago as a replacement for my old JVC-G11 style home theatre projector, taking a hit in terms of both resolution and brightness. My old projector was near-HD resolution and extremely bright -- almost movie-theatre quality, but was LOUD and COSTLY. 1,000 hr bulbs were MSRP $1000, and usually sold for $550. INSANE cost! At that price, why even bother renting movies when you could pay almost the same price to see one in the theatre!? With the recent introduction of LED projectors, you can finally say SCREW-OFF! to the bulb manufacturers, milking home theatre hobbyists with every viewing. With this baby, I've played all the PS2, PS3, PC games, and movies I want without ever having to worry about a bulb! I leave this thing on all day and forget about it. I cannot describe how good it feels to finally relax while I'm enjoying a movie, knowing that I'm not paying insane prices for proprietary bulbs. I cannot stand that. I refuse. Sorry. For people who don't mind bulb upkeep, I do not understand you. Resolution is 800x600, so there is some downconverting on PS3 games and Blu-Ray, but it's not too bad. 800x600 may not be HDTV, but it's better than standard TV, so I'm happy! With the amazingly clear picture and awesome results from this projector, I have no worries that HDTV LED projectors will come out eventually. Meanwhile, I have no problem waiting for resolution on these to advance (while I enjoy this magificent 92"-diagonal image!). That said, I have a few problems with it -- the optics are cheap: No optical keystoning or panamorphing; runs hot & loud in high-power mode; the remote needs a line-of-sight; doesn't scale over/under-sized images in all cases. But these few complaints don't negate the 90% success rate with my media, nor the consistently beautiful images blasting onto the screen. In conclusion, this little projector is NOT just some portable device. It humbly conceals its power as a fantastic home theatre projector. It's quiet, compact, full of options, and does the job with ZERO dependence on proprietary bulbs. Well worth the cost, even at MSRP. Rating:  - LED projector is a great idea but they could have done a lot betterI already own one projector which I use downstairs as my main TV/Home Theater system so I'm very familiar with projectors and their features, benefits, and limitations. This one is for the bedroom and its job is to sit at the foot of my bed and shoot an image to the ceiling above my head (it's shooting on a diagonal angle and the keystone is maxxed out to make the image correct). This is shooting a 57" screen and it looks great. The image will not focus past 60". [...] I would advise people that 25 lumens is probably equal to 1000 in 'normal bulb projector lumens'. My two major complaints are as follows: The remote is terrible. The range is about 1 foot and it only works from directly in front of the unit. Completely and totally useless. Also, the fan is LOUD!! For such a small fan with such a light job because this unit doesn't produce a lot of heat this fan won't shut up. It is incredibly noisy! A constant buzz I wish I didn't have to hear. My minor grumbles are I wish this unit had slightly greater keystone range (including side keystone, not just top and bottom), and I wish there was a sleep timer on it. I also wish there was an option to 16:9 the image. The favorite features are: The lack of start-up time. Size and portability (although I don't need these now, they're nice to have). Very long power cable. LED= less electricity and no-bulb replacement. Also note, the resale value is very good because the bulb lasts so long. Rating:  - Bang for Buck Like many others I resisted getting this because of the early reviews of being too dim. It really is not an issue unless you expect it to replace a big auditorium projector. I've never been to a meeting room presentation where they don't at least dim the lights at the front of the room and PK20 works just fine in that situation. In a dark room watching movies at home it is fantastic. If you really want the "wow" factor, you have to get the battery pack because otherwise you have to drag along the power cord that is almost bigger and heavier than the projector. The SD card feature is nice, but has little utility unless you want to just project a photo slide show. It does not recognize PowerPoint, which is sort of the coin of the realm for business and educational presentations. Slight flaws for what you get. If you look around, you can get refurbs for under $400 which should be good deals since the LEDs aren't going to burn out. Which reminds me, I'm not sure why it has a cooling fan since it generates almost no heat. It's just a fun little gizmo. Hook it up to a small DVD player and take it camping.
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