ViewSonic PX700HD 1080p Projector

This projector is a solid 3 star projector for myself. I really wish I could have given it a higher review as I liked it out of the box. However, overtime the negatives started to pop out a bit for me. If you are using this purely for movie watching I'd say it is a nice projector and can recommend it for such use only (more on that later). As for gaming, the lag is really great. I have an Epson 3020 from around 2013 I purchased back then, in comparison it has a small lag between input and what you see, very small but still there. On this PX700HD it is much less noticeable and even without *gaming mode on I could not easily tell. Please note I was playing mainly RPG's, Mario Tennis and a couple of other action games. For competitive FPS or Fighters may require *Gaming Mode. *Gaming Mode on will require you to not have any lense shift or any other changes in projector. The moment you change a setting, which for me I had the projector elevated, defaults any horizontal and vertical shifts I made therefore making it impossible to use. Movies looked great. Watching shows looked great as well. THE BIGGEST draw for me to this projector was the Super Eco Mode at 12,000 hours. However enabling this eco mode completely dims the light. You must use this mode in near complete darkness. In comparison, a $60 projector I have that has 12k hours is equivalent in brightness (or dimness for that matter) to Super Eco Mode. For shows, its good especially if you're multitasking while a show is playing in the back, or talk/sports show. However you DO NOT want to use this in longer gaming sessions or movies for that matter. The dimness at times makes it too hard to see what is going on, especially in dark scenes. Therefore I recommend using Eco Mode or Dynamic Eco mode. An odd issue I was also having with this projector was in Super Eco Mode the video would be bright enough at times then dim extremely dark. It was happening so often after awhile I kept it at Eco Mode. In certain games the projector also had a hard time adjusting to background brightness in both the normal Eco and Dynamic Mode. During a play session in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 where there is time changes from day to night, certain areas especially in towns the projector could not handle the sun rising or setting as the projector would display the sun too bright or dim it too much. I never have this issue with my Epson 3020. The colors between the two are also incomparable as the Epson model completely out performs the PX700HD in every way and I do not include this in my rating as they are also in two different price brackets but thought I should include my experience. Eco Mode on my Epson is also as bright, if not brighter than PX700HD in Normal. My last experience is the rainbow effect of DLP's. I had an Optoma DLP over a decade ago and I know this is an issue for some but I was okay with it. In the ViewSonic I was mainly having issues with in Breath of the Wild and pretty much any Anime subbed. The issue came because whenever a bubble would pop over someones head in BOTW I could NEVER read it. It would be too blurry from the rainbow effect. Anything White Texted would get this effect. And so in Anime this was an issue as much of the text used is either yellow or white. Areas with White Lights is the same. Playing through a game and walking into a room with lights it was more than obvious. Because anime is bright, you'll also get this effect easily in bright white scenes. In conclusion it is going to be up to your use. If you are fine with watching shows and movies only (minus subbed or CC) you'll have a great time with this projector. If you wish to use this in gaming and want to play something such as Overwatch or any FPS or Tekken/SF, make sure you'll have this project completely even. I MUST ALSO ADD that Super Eco Mode is disabled in Game Mode. Infact I believe Eco Mode is as well as it resets everything to default (please correct me if I am wrong about Eco Mode). There is also an issue with the overhang, it displays brightly on the left and right sides of the projector screen and does not line up correctly to a screen so make sure you have nothing reflective outside your screen if its on a wall (of course if you're outside you wont notice it if its not projector on or near a wall). This may very well be the only time I can neither recommend nor not recommend this item as it is entirely up to the individuals usage. For me personally, I could not continue using it. Additionally, I had a couple of issues of the fan not shutting off and having to unplug it. I am thankful for Amazon's return policy. For me, I will most likely just get an HDMI splitter and split between my cheap projector for sports talk shows, anime and late night slow gaming and the Epson for movies. Thank you for reading!