Refurbished 3M DMS-700 Projector SVGA 1500 Lumens Short Throw $100

Is this all a projector costs these days?

Edit: Oh, missed that's only SVGA. Might be good for the wife's preschool classroom though.... hmm....

Damn you SD!!!! I ordered one.... 119.15 poorer... But atleast I have an ugly orange projector I wont have ot care about....

One minute... just got my confirmation... says that it is backordered!!! I think we are in for cancels.

Quote from gibsonbass : Was it refurbished too last time when it was on sale?

I'm pretty sure it was new last time, but the box was opened to swap out the euro power cord.

You think they would expect an onslaught at $100.
But it seams they are already sold out. If you already ordered don't cancel.
Last time around orders were eventually fulfilled (took about a week)
Some even got a comparable model when these were gone.

Response from customer service.

Thanks for the email, unfortunately we are out of stock of these projectors and are trying to have them removed from the webstore. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please feel free to contact us with anything else you may need.

Thanks and have a great day,

Kenyata Peters
Inside Sales
Logical Choice Technologies
800-730-5644 x2703
770-688-1422 fax
Inside.Sales@logicalchoice.com

Ok, people... I am guessing a lot of you ordered, show the OP some love.

Quote from Arrow34 : I am on the fence about this, would be a good procjector to take to a party and not care that much if a drunk chick dumps her drink on it... I sometimes dj parties and do video djing and I always worry about my projector... hmmm.

Same here...I pulled the trigger, too bad I couldn't order it though

"The Zip code you have entered does not qualify for this catalog. Please check your shipping address or change your catalog selection"

Couldn't get my order to work. Wouldn't send me an email. I called and the rep said they don't even know how that got back on the website because they don't have any. Which is obviously not true since some of you ordered this time around. Don't know why she would be deceptive like that.

She asked, Did I get an email or something. Where did you hear about this?

I said, Um, Here's the part of your website I went to.

I think these are returned ones from last sale and thats why they are selling them as refurbished.

I got two of these new from the past eBay deal. They were $100 a pop, arrived brand new (with UK power cords), 1080i compatible HDMI input, and work fine. Power cord input is a standard mickey mouse type cord, so no biggie there, I didn't complain as I have a box full of them.

Performance is ok. The last projector I had was a $1,000 inFocus X1 and from my memory, this projector is just as bright but has a poorer contrast ratio. I would not plan on using it in anything other than a dark room, and it is easily outperformed by any sort of modern ~$500 home theater projector. It is also huge, bright orange, and the fan is loud. The speakers in this model are not good. The higher end model has a built in DVD player and better speakers that would do in a pinch. But the speakers in this one are like a laptop. You can hear the movie but it is not how you'd want to watch it.

Having said that, it was only $100, and it's a real projector with real inputs. Not one of the dim, SD only led or light bulb driven junkboxes you get for $100 elsewhere. Not a $100 craigslist projector with no bulb or bad inputs.

As an adult with real money I would spend (a lot) more to get a much better projector for a better quality setup. But if I wanted to setup a kids movie room, or was still in college or wanting to setup something cheap in an apartment or whatever, I'd be all over this. As it stands one went in my basement and one went as a housewarming gift to my nephew. Even considering a $60 new bulb you'd be pretty well off.

Oh, and the short throw is no joke. The thing will throw a ~100" image from a few feet away from the screen, which is very non-standard. Consider if that is OK in your setup.

Would happily repeat the purchase.

BTW if you have a microcenter by you they sell a ~100% 16:9 pull down screen for $70. Hard to beat even with DIY material costs.

Which might mean... we get cancels... Well that wont be the end of the world. but I could use this.

Quote from FranksAndBeans : I got two of these new from the past eBay deal. They were $100 a pop, arrived brand new (with UK power cords), 1080i compatible HDMI input, and work fine. Power cord input is a standard mickey mouse type cord, so no biggie there, I didn't complain as I have a box full of them. Performance is ok. The last projector I had was a $1,000 inFocus X1 and from my memory, this projector is just as bright but has a poorer contrast ratio. I would not plan on using it in anything other than a dark room, and it is easily outperformed by any sort of modern ~$500 home theater projector. It is also huge, bright orange, and the fan is loud. The speakers in this model are not good. The higher end model has a built in DVD player and better speakers that would do in a pinch. But the speakers in this one are like a laptop. You can hear the movie but it is not how you'd want to watch it. Having said that, it was only $100, and it's a real projector with real inputs. Not one of the dim, SD only led or light bulb driven junkboxes you get for $100 elsewhere. Not a $100 craigslist projector with no bulb or bad inputs. As an adult with real money I would spend (a lot) more to get a much better projector for a better quality setup. But if I wanted to setup a kids movie room, or was still in college or wanting to setup something cheap in an apartment or whatever, I'd be all over this. As it stands one went in my basement and one went as a housewarming gift to my nephew. Even considering a $60 new bulb you'd be pretty well off. Oh, and the short throw is no joke. The thing will throw a ~100" image from a few feet away from the screen, which is very non-standard. Consider if that is OK in your setup. Would happily repeat the purchase. BTW if you have a microcenter by you they sell a ~100% 16:9 pull down screen for $70. Hard to beat even with DIY material costs.

Thanx for the info

Quote from ascotnot : 1) "Refurbished" is undefined. They sold out of their last inventory and it's not like 3M would have dedicated staff refurbishing a legacy model like this, so who knows what these are or why they have them. 2) No information on bulb hours in the unit. On the other hand, the first inventory that went out did so to rave reviews (aside from some annoying rants from people having to supply their own $1 power cord, taking the concept of "whiner" to a whole new level). Service and product were excellent. I don't see them as a company trying to dump a bunch of bad units. They bent over backwards to accommodate even the petty power cord moaners. So I'm on the fence as to whether to pony up $130 to get a backup bulb for the one I already bought. It's a close call.

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My assumption is that there were collected by a recycler who received a pallet of these guys for free, tested them, and is selling them for $100.The bulbs are used, but with replacement bulbs only $60, not a big deal. My concern is that they will have mechanical problems (mirrors off, calibration issues, over heating, etc) that were not discovered and I will have to return it.

Ha, pulled the trigger too and it didn't go boom. Bummer.

"Hey, honey, guess what I tried to order for you..." I might get some brownie points for that

its OOS

"The requested product could not be found or is inactive."