The distributor have added some great touches and this equals great value.
This item is certainly that and will be a perfect buy. 3D capable, includes supporting both 7i/1080p 3D, including Blu-ray 3D and all DirecTV 3D we tested with Bright overall, with exceptionally bright best mode, and above average overall brightness With so many on offer these days, it is great to have a name you can trust. For the HDX650's solid 2D performance, and pretty darn good 3D as well, for a nice low price, earns the HDX650 our Hot Product Award. For shear value, the Cinema Optix HDX650 should be the projector to beat as other models hit the market in the next few months. Add to that Cinama Optix first to market with an under $5000 3D projectror, - and they come in at exactly - $4599. Even this projector could really stand to be half again as bright - or more, for really nice 3D brightness. Most of the rest are fooling around in the 600 to 1000 lumens maximum, so very thin when it comes to 3D. It is a bit brighter than any of the previous 3D projectors to roll through here, but for the big LG CF3D. This projector, though has generally not looked dim, during viewing in my rooms. Brightness can be a minor limitation, depending on your screen. (It's the only one I had here, in close proximity to the HDX650 arrival. I will give the 3D on the Mitsubishi a slight edge, though.
I don't see it being noticeably inferior to some of those projectors selling for 3-4 times the price. Give or take the cross talk and or any other artifacts, the 3D was pretty solid. More on this later, let's just say we would have loved to have seen something like 4500 hundred of those 4000 claimed, but almost 3600 lumens was it. That still makes it rather bright in "best mode" but, it's only slightly brighter than the average projector at its brightest, a far cry from the 4500 lumens claimed, which really would have been impressive. For a family room type environment and 3D, while also great that the HDX650 claims plenty of lumens, it came up well short of claim.