[QUOTE=LuvMy 4805|Sep 24, 2009 4:39:21 AM] My Sanyo 1080p projector had a burning smell for about a month. Just about everyone who owns that projector said they dealt with a burning smell for at least the first 50 hours or more of lamp life. [/QUOTE] I just purchased a Sanyo plv-1080hd (rebadged plv-z700) from BestBuy (had it on clearance at the incredible price of $720), to replace an old Infocus 4805. It works great, but I've noticed a pretty strong smell from it (not exactly burning but like hot plastic or something). I exchanged it and the second one does the same thing (and I've seen some similar comments online, such as yours). My main concern is, is this a short term or long-term problem? Did yours improve significantly after a short period, or does it still smell to some extent? I'm trying to "burn it in" right now, just running it, but so far I only have 10 hours or so on it. I have 30 days to try it, and I would love it to work at this price but I can't put up with the smell permanently. Any more details on your particular experience (# of hours, level of improvement, etc) would be very helpful. Thanks!

Hello, I have recently bought a sanyo PLV 1080HD projector and i am very happy with it. I use it as a computer screen, connecting it with a 15ft., 1.3a gold plater HDMI cable from mycablemart.com to a HDMI-DVI adapter. Sometimes, however, i have a problem: i don't get a signal from my computer! Before, i had a dual monitor set up. I would have a regular monitor as a main monitor and i would "enable" the projector when i wanted to use it. But sometimes, after a restart, the computer would not recognize the projector as a monitor. I thought it was a video card issue, i have nvidia 8800 gts. So i updated the drivers. It didnt help. Then i got rid of the second monitor, using the projector as a primary AND only monitor. But it didnt help either. Currently, after i set it up, if i do not turn the computer off it works till the next restart. When i restart the computer, i get a logo, so i have to plug my regular monitor in, make sure it works. I unplug it and plug the projector in the same output, and unplug it and randomly keep trying to plug the projector in the 2 DVI outputs till, in 10-15 mins, it starts working. It is interesting to notice that sometimes it stops working even without a restart, like after standby, but never WHILE use, and the regular VGA monitor ALWAYS works when plugged in the projector output with a DVI adapter. This is tremendously frustrating! Also, x box never has this problem. Help Please! or refer to help. Thanks

The input is computer (RGB analog). I set the resolution to 1920x1080. Im allso using a wallpaper with 1920x1080 resolution. OK so no matter what screen type i use, the wallpaper does not show in 16:9 (1920x1080) size! Manual states that: "When the input signal is from computers, select Auto adj. and press the arrow Point or OK buttons so that it automatically adjust Fine sync, Total dots, and Horizontal and Vertical positions to conform to your computer." This option is not available as u can see in the picture i added. Why i can not use auto adjust if I AM using computer input? The only screen option best so far is using the "natural wide" option. Is this the correct one i should use? Ok but the problem is that IT CUTS corners from wallpaper and movie! As shown in "before full screen" picture there is a 1080p resolution video not set to full screen yet. Take look at left and right corners of the movie. Now when i set the movie to full screen u notice that the green bush on the right has been cut off a little and allso the yellow wall/door on the left of Jim has been cut off a little! I really do not want to miss out any details, please advice...