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Sanyo PLV-Z3000 projector - First Look

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December 2nd, 2008 Art Feierman

Greetings everyone!  Hope everyone enjoyed the long Thanksgiving weekend (US only…).

The Sanyo projector has been in use since the weekend.  I still haven’t spent a great deal of time watching movies and movie segments, but have logged a fair amount of time on HDTV and sports.  The Z3000 has an MSRP of $3295, but I’m still waiting to hear the MAP price, which tends to indicate the online sales price.  I’ve emailed Sanyo, and waiting to hear back.  Since I haven’t heard, my thought about pricing is that Sanyo will match, and maybe beat, the Panasonic MAP pricing of $2499 for their PT-AE3000.  Sanyo loves to slug it out with Panasonic, and rarely lets Panasonic under price them.  We’ll know in a couple of days!

I’m hoping to publish the full review on Friday, or more likely, this Saturday.

The PLV-Z3000 has surprised me in a few ways.  First, and most significantly Read the rest of this entry »

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