Acer V6810 DLP 4K 2200 Luminous Projector - White

Following my Acer HD projector running into colour wheel problems (lasted a good 4 years tbf) I was a bit hesitant to go for Acer again and I ended up with an Optoma HD300x. Unfortunately it was HUGE and made a whine from the colour wheel so it went back. This Acer came on Sale for Black Friday so I snapped it up. Picture is superb, very quiet and neat unit especially on 'silent mode' darks a little washed out but resolved nicely with a grey screen. Highly recommended so far. Nice light up remote - only niggle is the silent mode takes 10 secs and has to be activated everytime (now automated with Google Home and Broadlink RM Pro :-) otherwise a great UHD entry point in a well made Projector.

So I’ll start by disclosing that I did return this item for a refund... but that’s not to say, that by any means, this is a bad projector. If this was the first projector that I’d ever owned, I’d be over the moon with it. It’s bright and the 4K picture quality is epic. It also projects slightly larger that my current projector (which already displays a screen size which is well over 12 ft wide). It’s an impressive bit of kit for sure. So why did I return it? For me it basically came down to the colour. I tweaked every setting and colour profile and could not get the colour vibrancy anywhere close to my Optoma HD142X. It’s important to say that my requirements are quite tough, I’m projecting from a distance of over 20 ft, so I would imagine in a smaller room this would be less of an issue, but with my setup, the picture, whilst super-detailed, was just a bit flat and washed out. At just over a £1,000 you won’t find a cheaper 4K projector with the same spec, but for me the trade off with the colour was not a compromise I wanted to make. I didn’t work for me, with my specific requirements, but it’s still an impressive projector for the money, for sure. * I marked speaker quality as 5, the speakers are rubbish, but no more so than any other projector. You always need to add a sound bar or speaker. So it seemed unfair and unhelpful to rate these too badly.

Take my advise, DO NOT buy this projector. I bought this from Amazon, knowing Acer is a reasonably reputable brand. At sub-£1000 price it seems to be a no brainer for a starter projector to replace my old LCD now faulty TV. I spent ages getting ceiling mount and screen ready - my living room instantly transformed into a cool home cinema. It was every bit as promised, offering bright and crisp pictures. The problem came as soon as I started using it. First it dims occasionally, making me think it must be due to an ambience sensor or some sort. Then only after a few uses the projector failed to start up. It stuck on the Acer start up screen without progressing which causes some panic. The projector does not respond to any key presses (remote or key pad). Now the Acer start up screen doesn't even come on. The projector gives out either very faint light or no light at all. With blue LED blinking (which indicates starting up). It does not stop until the power cable is disconnected. I have contacted Acer to request a replacement, and hoping at least I will have a reasonable replacement for Christmas and new year period. I was told to send in the product for assessment (I will have to organise collection, etc). I am very disappointed with the experience. Of course I won't have any TV for the festive period now. So take my words, even if you think this is a one off bad batch, it is not worth taking the risk. I understand sometime, someone, would be unlucky to get a faulty product, but I think the after sales from Acer cannot be recommended.

This is one heck of a projector. It is so unbelievably easy to set up - it didn't even slow us down when we saw that the instruction manual wasn't in English! Regardless, we had it up and running off of our Firestick in minutes. The picture quality is just mind-blowing. The crispness of the image is unparalleled and because we are projecting onto a wall, there is zero glare, which has long been an issue with our current television. We were especially impressed with the speakers. Our last projector didn't have any built in speakers but the Acer H6810 not only has them, it has very good ones that are in no way tinny or cheap sounding, and reach a reasonable volume (though I still intend to hook it up to my virtual surround sound system for a more fully immersive experience). Our only complaint is that as far as I can tell it is not Bluetooth compatible. But in the grand scheme of things, that's nothing we can't work around. This thing is just amazing.

Good: -Price low (My H6810 bought in Black Friday) -picture is good -can support 4K 50/60Hz Bad: -Nothing (because in low price) -Poor of packing box. refer my photo,the amazon's outside box is bigger than acer's inside box. For protection, it must necessary to use air bag surround the inside-box. but Amazon only put paper on top-side only. so the inside-box was not in stable, you can see my photo there have a lot of space to poke out.

Detail... Wow! Picture wow! I'm in a blacked out cinema room and it's perfect with good colour and as I already said definition. I'm a little frustrated by the settings as they don't save (silent mode is amazing, but it humms on normal and doesn't save your choice). Another review mentioned the lack of user profiles for the picture settings which I agree with, but it was £200 less than the next best option so I'll use the remote a little more and deal with it! Note HDR 10 only, which isn't a massive deal now but might be in a few years time. On a large screen you really will see the difference 😀