Acer X1161P SVGA 800x600 2700 Lumens 3D Ready DLP Projector

Pros: Used mostly for presentations and occasionally to display videos, amazingly visible in a well illuminated room, minimal difference between ECO and normal mode so you can go ECO mode in any condition, cool feature to adjust light output to compensate wall paint color (so you can convert any wall into a real screen), 6000 hours lamp in ECO, low noise, very good scaling of non native resolutions tried 1280 X 800, 1366 X 768 and 1650 X 1080, I fed a 720p HD OTA TV signal of a soccer game and the picture was excellent, actually amazing for a projector in this price range, brilliant colors, lamp replacement around 120 USD, small footprint for a 2700 lumen device, very good option for a data projector at this price. Actually this is the second Acer projector I bought for my group, very satisfied with the performance. Cons: * No audio. * No buttons, the remote control slides in the projector housing to be used as the button station, so if you lose the remote you will suffer, so better keep the remote attached to the projector. * Only 1 year of warranty, all other Acer projectors have 2, not sure why, however for less than 40 you can add 1 year of warranty. * (Not a con, more like a suggestion) Seems like the auto keystone correction is too sensitive and may try to readjust the image every 5 minutes or so, that causes image flickering, so manual keystone adjustment is the way to go. Other Thoughts: Acer is doing very good electronics at affordable prices, I have an Acer AMD laptop (4 years old now) almost indestructible and very reliable, 2 23" LCD monitors bought for less than 139 each, very satisfied with Acer, Keep the good work.

This is the first projector I have owned. We installed it with a ceiling mount and use it for Netflix and projecting photos, etc; it is not used for business/classroom applications. The projector has a lot of built in features that make it very easy to use, including automatic adjustments for the orientation of the projector (right side up vs upside down; keystoning) and a number of menu options that seem useful (economy mode; high altitude mode -- which is relevant in our case). The picture is bright and crisp. I cannot say how it compares to a 1080 projector as I have not seen them side by side. I have not found it easy to connect the projector, to provide video input and sound output systems. There are relatively few options for input -- HDMI is missing -- and none for sound output. This is not a deal breaker, but I have a lot of wires running from a ROKU box, a computer, and a DVD player to various input sockets on the Acer and to the sound system we use with it. Another negative feature of the projector is that in the room we have it installed, the fan noise is quite noticeable. It is a noisy projector, so we crank up the volume on the sound system. I give the Acer four stars because it has a lot of hardware and software in it at a very reasonable price. We are happy with it and I doubt that I would ever want to pay three times as much to get a first rate projector. After a couple weeks of use, I will add one more "con" to the list. To adjust the focus of the ceiling-mounted projector, I must climb up and adjust the lens by hand. If we had not mounted it on the ceiling, I would not have paid attention to this issue. But focus is a bother for me, with the unit mounted perhaps 7.5 feet up. I still give the projector four stars, though.

We have been using this projector with relatively no issues for almost a year. This morning it started displaying a "FAN FAIL" error and will not work. We checked our warranty and have 15 days left on it thankfully but now we have to pay for shipping to send it back to Acer and wait who knows how long to wait for it's repair and return. A word of advice, purchase the warranty through Amazon if given that option. They're much quicker and easier to deal with than Acer.

I have used this item like 3 days and I bought it as a replacement for my old epson and as a complement to my benq... I have probed it in different conditions and I can describe it as follows... At night lights on or off it simply works great in power point presentations and computer general use... the same for movies...When connected to the ps3 or my 360 images are not as good as in a lcd tv, but it was possible to play and that is normal if you consider that this projector is 800x600 and it is really cheap... When connected to my old xbox, my ps2 or the wii it works exactly as a tv, same quality... Anyway I would not recommend this unit to play new video games... In day light conditions it continues working perfectly well... you can see the images clear even in an image 60" wide... terrific performance for such a cheap projector... I highly recommend it... If I compare this projector to my other two ones (an expensive epson and cheap benq) I only have one thing to say... Why did'n this acer exist when I bought my first projector? This one is superior in all terms... Acer x1161p is actually 2700 lumens, not 2500... in the economic mode image quality decreases let's say like 15% or 20 % in day light conditions but it is still ok...On the other hand, at night you cannot hardly see any difference... If you want to buy a projector take this seriously into consideration... it's great.... And remember, a replacement lamp is only 128 bucks...

I purchased this projector 6 months ago after reading the reviews about it and doing [what I considered to be] extensive research online. Noticing a few negative reviews, I bought the additional warranty to cover my bases. Fool's gold that was, but I'll get back to this later. My roommate and I could not have been happier with the purchase for the first two months or so, and then the problem started. Without going into all details, I used to use the projector all the time. I'd have a friend or friends over, and we'd watch stuff on the wall which doubled as a 70 inch screen. Once, I fell asleep on the couch, and when I woke up the projector was off. There was a quick flashing red and blue light on the power button. I didn't think it was a big deal, until I tried to turn it back on. Then I was getting a slow flashing error that meant that the bulb was bad. At this time, I contacted the third person warranty company to cash in on the warranty I purchased. They gave me two excuses. First of all, they would not replace a bulb under any circumstance because it was a "replaceable part". Second of all, they wouldn't help me because I was still under the manufacturer warranty. When I protested, they said that if I wasn't happy they would give me my $20 back! Now I was in the position in which I had to either send the projector into Acer for who knows how long or buy a new bulb. I forked over the 120 something dollars for a new bulb and hoped for the best. Two months later, that bulb blew too. At some point in time, I had sent a message to Acer, and received an email full of bogus trouble-shooting tips from some guy in India. I'm not a projector technician, but I am a mechanic, and I know when I'm getting smoke blown in my . . . ear. Eventually, I realized the problem by sheer luck. We had the brightness turned up to get a better picture. The projector couldn't handle this, and it was overheating. When it would overheat, it would lose power. When it would lose power, it would shut down without cooling off the bulb. When it would shut down without powering down and cooling off the bulb, the bulb would break. I turned the brightness down on the projector, and it has been working without incident ever since, but the whole experience was a sort of buzz kill. If I had to do over again, I'd obviously spend a little more up front, instead of spending the extra on the bulbs and also the time and headaches. For the record, my brother had bought the Viewsonic, and he has never had issues with it, falling alseep in front of it or not. One day, I will get another projector. My experience with this one has been . . . not the best.

I was looking for a bright and versatile work-house projector and this is definitely it. Even with all the lights on in our room, and projected ~5 feet tall the projection is still easy to look at. Also awesome are the blacks, which are essentially indistinguishable from the surrounding ambient. (when showing a movie in letterbox, I don't see the top & bottom bars unless I really look for them) Once you turn the lights down a bit, then it really pops. As an experiment, I projected it out our window, and you could still see the movie (somewhat dimly) projected on the houses across the street. I was worried about missing the extra resolution of more expensive models, but I haven't at all; movies look incredibly crisp and we run computer resolutions from 1024x768 all the way to 1600x1200 and everything is still readable when resized to 800x600 by the projector. (I almost never run computers at the native 800x600 anymore because the scaling is so good and it's like getting free anti-aliasing) I wish the projector was instant off, but the 2-minute cool-down time goes really quick and is a lot faster than other projectors I've seen. I see some rainbow effect, but it's only when I move my head side to side quickly; I wish it was a bit less but it's not a big distraction, and I haven't had any headaches from it. In summary, know what you want. If you want a high resolution or refresh rate, you'll need something else; however, if you're looking for brightness and versatility, this is definitely a great choice.

I initially debated between an LED projector like the Favi RIO and a lamp projector - so glad I settled on this one. Shows a great picture in a room with lights on, mainly using this for Disney movies and TV shows, as well as streaming netflix. This isn't a 1080p image, so look elsewhere if you just have to have the sharpest image possible - but if you're just interested in watching good looking movies on a big screen this is your projector. For the prices it's unbeatable. I bought a mount - PCMD Projector Ceiling Mount for Acer X1161P that works very well - highly recommend it for this projector - much better (and cheaper) than generic mounts. Also bought 50' of composite cable for a tv signal from our tuner to the projector (we have an older tv that needed a digital tuner). True, there is no audio in. No big deal. I bought a 2.1 sound system for $27 Insignia 2.1 Computer Speaker System NS-PCS21 , used the aux in with a volume control for the TV tuner and DVD audio and plugged it into my laptop for neflix etc. All of that for under $400 - a complete home theater system that I can also take outside during the summer for block parties or whatever. Definitely worth the money for my application (movies for my kids, netflix).

I'm using the projector by 3 weeks and every thing is ok; at the beginning, the first view it's not the best, is a square plastic box without any design but of course, this is not the must important thing in it; connecting the projector to my MacBook is a great experience, the image is really clear, no pixels, no problems. I just using 1280 x 800 with a great image with presentations and viewing videos. Pros: - Easy to use - Good resolution - Good product for the price Cons: - the Box design (it's not a beautiful box) - Hot, there is a lot of hot produced in the front of the projector, of course I know is normal. - NOT HDMI