[Editor's note: this review is excerpted from John's write-up of the 2004 Projector Expo.]

This was one of my favorite HD2s at the show, comparable to the BenQ PE8700 but with more vibrant (and more accurate) colors. Unfortunately, not too many people expressed an interest in it and we did not get to do the side by side demos that we did with some of the other pieces. On its own it did very well. I particularly liked its renderings of the blues and reds in the LORD OF THE RINGS HD clip, which had an intensity that was very pleasing without being oversaturated. Blacks were comparable to the BenQ, as again, we had it on the Carada Brilliant White. It did seem brighter than the BenQ, which, given its equivalent black, suggests a greater contrast ratio. I wish I could go into greater detail on the H76, but the truth is that we didn't have it up for all that long.

As several have pointed out, this is a very quiet projector. In a large venue like the Pikes Peak room at the Marriott, it's really hard to accurately evaluate the noise put out by these projectors, but it did seem quieter than the BenQ we had just before it. In defense of the BenQ, many people commented upon how loud it was, but that was after we powered down the bulb. The BenQ runs the fan at a very high speed right after bulb shutdown, but NEVER runs that loudly when in its regular operating mode.

I think the main reason we were kind of rushed into taking the H76 off the table was due to the fact that the Screenplay 4805 was up next, and many people came just to see this projector.