Reviewing Home Theater Projectors
There are many innovations in the world of home theater projectors. With LCoS technology, the pixels have been virtually eliminated from your screen, giving you a smooth-as-ice picture! Laser and LED technology have enabled some projector lamps to last more than 60,000 hours, rather than the usual 2,000.
New projector models are coming out with more ports for connecting to your speakers, your computer, your video game consoles, your iPod and more. Better color controls let you customize the perfect saturation and shading. Let’s take a look at some of the top models and features for 2009 and beyond.
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Consumer Search is a top-caliber review site that combines opinions from numerous experts from consumer groups, newspapers and electronics magazines. Recently, their editors rated some of the top home theater projectors.
Topping the list was the Optoma HD65 ($880), a low-cost DLP projector well-suited for standard-definition DVD and television. The Panasonic PT-AX200U ($1,250) was awarded “Best 720p LCD Projector,” noted for its inky black levels and its solid resolution for standard-definition DVDs.
Its relative, the Panasonic PT-AE2000U ($2,550), won “Best Value 1080p LCD Projector.” Experts say this Panasonic PT combines performance and value, with superb picture quality and the highest available resolution, so it’s ideal for Blu Ray disc movies and high-definition TV.
A little pricier, the $5,000 Sony Bravia VPL-VW60 was heralded for its top-notch image quality and best black color. The best luxury multimedia projector is the JVC DLA-HD100 ($8,000), which delivers the unsurpassed picture quality and shadow details.
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Another review site, www.projectorreviews.com, wrote up a report of the best 1080p home theater projectors out this year. According to site editor, Art Feierman, the best video projectors under $2,100 are: the Epson Home Cinema 6100 3LCD, the InFocus X10 DLP projector, the Mitsubishi HC5500 3LCD, the Sanyo PLV-Z700 3LCD and the Optoma HD806 DLP projector.
The best projectors between $2,100 and $3,500 are: the BenQ W5000 DLP projector, the Epson Home Cinema 6500UB 3LCD/7000/7500UB, the Optoma HD8200 DLP projector, the Panasonic PT-AE3000 3LCD, the Mitsubishi HC6500 3LCD/HC7000 3LCD, the Sanyo PLV-Z3000 3LCD, the Sony VPL-HW10 LCoS or the Viewsonic Pro8100 DLP projector.
As for luxury projectors from $3,500 to $10,000, Feierman recommends the BenQ W20000 LCoS, the JVC DLA-RS10 LCoS/JVC DLA-RS20 LCoS, the InFocus IN82/IN83 DLP projector, the Optoma HD8000-LV DLP projector, the Planar 8150 DLP, the Sharp XV-Z20000 DLP projector or the Sony VPL-VW70.
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When you’re searching for home theater projectors, you’ll need to do some soul-searching and ask yourself, “What is most essential to me?” For many consumers, it’s shadow detail and black level, contrast and resolution. Nothing can be more frustrating than a movie filmed in the dark, where you can’t see what’s going on!
Other consumers watch a lot of action and sports or play a lot of video games, in which case a feature like creative frame interpolation would be ideal. Avoid DLP projectors, as well as the InFocus projectors and Optoma projectors (except the HD8200) if lens shift is important.
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