Acer X1161

197 reviews

May, 2024

Positive
price (71)
image quality (69)
usability (56)
noise (28)
size (11)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 197 reviews of Acer X1161. The average rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People are impressed by the size and noise. The usability and price also get good views.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Acer X1161 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 80/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Acer X1161

alaTest has collected and analyzed 129 user reviews of Acer X1161 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People really like the reliability and noise. The usability and price also get good feedback.

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81% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Real piece of junk

none

This projector barely had 15 hours on it and the "Fan Fail" warning comes up and Acer will not even talk to me about it. THEY SAY THEY DON'T SUPPORT PROJECTORS! STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING THESE PEOPLE MAKE

Jan, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Real piece of junk

none

Jan, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

One down.. Lessons learned

Acer's customer service has suffered greatly since the Gateway/eMachines merge. It borders on un-friendly. I purchased a replacement unit and will take better care of it. Dead at 6 weeks and weeks to have fixed (and do without a picture)?? = Not...

Affordable. Really clear and decent picture (if you are not sitting within 4 feet of the screen). Easy to use, focus and enjoy.

fragile and appears to be super sensitive to heat and humidity. The first one died at 6 weeks old. Used it every day and it got left on over night more than once (fell asleep while watching my 10' picture!). Then... no light, but bulb was good. Our...

Feb, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Follow up to previous review

I got my projector repaired by Acer for around $20. I bought it from Newegg with my Capital One card which doubles the warranty period and retains special warranty benefits. Be forewarned, there is a lot of paperwork involved. In my case they paid the...

I looked into fixing the projector myself. The DMD chip might cost as little as $118+ Shipping from China. The real question is can this be a simple disassemble -plug in new chip-reassemble repair? The service manual gives no hint as to that...

Keep this projector's capabilities in perspective. Really what do you expect for less than three bills. Thus far I have put over 300 hours on the repaired machine. I am satisfied.

Jan, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Bad product and bad support

talked to several Acer supports they could not take care the problems. Eventually talked to level 2 support manager Mr. Banks in Texas about replacing the unit, but got same standard answer - would take several weeks to check, fixing, sending back......

Cheap

bought 2 months ago, since day 1 ; 1. image blur ; 2. image is not shown as rectangle, left side image height is shorter than right side ; After one month ; 3. Intermittently shutdown automatically ; 4. wireless control not responsive, took 3-5 pushes...

Nov, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Bad product and bad support

Cheap

bought 2 months ago, since day 1: 1. image blur 2. image is not shown as rectangle, left side image height is shorter than right side After one month: 3. Intermittently shutdown automatically 4. wireless control not responsive, took 3-5 pushes to power...

Nov, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

issuse

don't understand why the lamp died, but it works pretty good.

cheap, portable, lightweight easy to use.

sound not built in, lamp life rated at 5000 normal mode had it for two years lamp has died twice at 600 hours

Aug, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

issuse

don't understand why the lamp died, but it works pretty good.

cheap, portable, lightweight easy to use

sound not built in, lamp life rated at 5000 normal mode had it for two years lamp has died twice at 600 hours

Aug, 2012

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Consumer review (tigerdirect.com)

User friendly?

It certainly does the job and is well built and balanced. May with trying to be more user friendly, the menu does not offer many otions for custom set up. That's the only real downside. I like it enough to get another one for another room in our building.

Aug, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Received With Disrespect

The review guidelines specify that there can be no hate or incitement of violence, well, I just paid hundreds of dollars to be completely disrespected. I'd say Newegg is the one inciting hate, and causing harm.

Uhh, it's shiny?

Plugged the thing in exactly to quick-start guidelines, the power button was initially red, pressed it as the instructions said. Turned around to clean up packaging, turned back around to see how it was doing only to find that it stopped working...

Jul, 2012

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