Nice improvement over earlier models
Had the PK201 for about 3 weeks now. 4 1/2 stars. The brightness has much improved. I love that I can now connect just about anything to the PK201. Hopefully the rest of the cables/adapter will be available soon. Battery life is poor at about an hour. But I mostly keep this plugged in all the time. I wish the screen was just a little bit bigger. 70" easy with good clarity. The focus wheel is much better not loose like previous models. Great for travel and hotel rooms. Even with some light ambient lighting you can see the picture fine. Best with complete darkness.
**** Update **** After a lot of use I've noticed a few things when compared to other PK models. First the projection screen on the 201 has a smaller footprint on the wall. I'm unable to get the entire screen to focus. Areas remain blurry no matter what. 101 had better focus. Get the PK301 really impressed with that model. Bought one myself.
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Initial impressions very pleasedThis was an upgrade for me from a 720p DLP projector (Mitsubishi HD1000u). Initial impressions are very positive based on about 10 hours of viewing & tweaking. Very quiet and plenty bright running in low power mode. The high resolution (1920 X 1080) approaches that for a typical 2k digital cinema so my 145" diagonal screen viewed from about 15 feet distance provides a very pleasing movie experience. That said the increase in resolution from 720p is an incremental step so it is not the be all and end all of image quality in projectors. More specifically the source material you feed it is what really brings out the quality. Many HD feed materials (from cable or satellite) don't ever approach the inherent resolution of the projector so at this point only blu-ray source material will really give the utmost in high resolution detail (and not even all disks depending on the original mastering etc.). Black levels are similar to my previous DLP projector so if you are obsessed with having pitch black star fields you should opt for a pricier DLP or LCD projector which may more closely approach jet black in those situations. I don't worry too much about this aspect reminding myself that even film projectors don't provide jet black when the screen goes blank so the HD20 actually matches the real cinema experience more closely (how's that for rationalizing why a cheaper projector is better!) . At this price level (<$1000) it is hard to imagine a bigger bang for the buck in terms of image quality. Finally I highly recommend you check out www.avsforum.com where there is an extensive discussion thread about this and competing projectors.
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