It’s Home Projector Time Again!

Greetings everyone.  Hey, sorry I haven’t been around much the last 3 weeks.  After I got the 1080p Projector report posted, I had to delve right into a Read the rest of this entry »

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3D Projectors – Where are we going?

Damn good question if you ask me.  I primarily attended NAB (national association of broadcasters) last week, to learn what I can about 3D, relating to our home theaters.

I am pleased to say, I probably increased my practical knowledge at the show, by 2x.  Unfortunately,that catapulted me into the “know enough to be dangerous” category.

On the downside, I’m now probably 4x as confused.

But, guys, Read the rest of this entry »

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The 2010 Home Projector Comparison Report is Live

and still being worked on.

Greetings all,

I’m partially recovered from working on the report, as well as from the Coachella Music Festival this past weekend. BTW, my favorite Read the rest of this entry »

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What’s new – what’s in the works, Mitsubishi HC3800 video clip, Epson etc.

Greetings all.

Just a heads up.  For the next roughly 3 days, I won’t be checking the blogs, and responding, sorry, but will try to catch up on the weekend.

In the meantime, I have just finished working on one of two videos.  The first one is now live on YouTube.

Basically it’s a 2+ minute teaser.  It’s a very short summary (humorous I hope) of our not long ago, Mitsubishi HC3800 review, a projector I really like a lot.  Click here:  The YouTube Mitsubishi HC3800 video summary of the full HC3800 projector review, is live. Read the rest of this entry »

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Panasonic PT-AE4000 Home Theater Projector – A First Look review

Greetings everyone!

OK, I know a lot of folks have been waiting quite a while for this especially with the first online review of the PT-AE4000 published what is now several weeks ago.  And since I’m getting a whole ton of Panasonic PT-AE4000 vs. Epson UB questions by email, I’ll give you all my latest thoughts on that contest, throughout this blog.

As is usual, this is a “First Look” and not the full projector review.  I’ve been working with the PT-AE4000 projector since Read the rest of this entry »

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Infocomm 2009 – A few new home theater projectors announced

Greetings again!

I’m going to keep almost all of this piece to the home theater side of what was shown at Infocomm 2009.  There was far more action – as expected, on the business side, with many dozens of new biz projectors.  Hey, this is a home theater blog, so I won’t bore you.  I will add an article about Infocomm 2009 to the website late next week, discussing a number of the new business projectors as well as, in general LED light source projectors and 3D projector solutions.  3D is getting A LOT of attention in the commercial space, but I figure we are still a few years off before we see any real move toward 3D in our homes.

Where to start?  Hmm!  Vivitek, a not overly well known Taiwanese manufacturer was showing an LED lightsource based projector, the H9080HD.  I should have a review unit late July, and publish (hopefully) in the  first half Read the rest of this entry »

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InFocus gets a new life?

Greetings!

Yesterday, InFocus announced that it was being acquired by private company IHC, which is controlled by John Hui, one of the original co-founders of eMachines (a maker of low cost PCs, that ultimately was purchased by Gateway Computer).  IHC, like InFocus is headquartered in Oregon.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Back from CES – catching up on comments – JVC, Optoma review units coming

Greetings all,

OK, five days in Las Vegas, at the CES show.  Not much in new home theater projectors – and not much was expected as most new projectors were announce at CEDIA in September.

Of note, Optoma has two versions of a new projector, featuring a 1.5:1 zoom lens, and vertical lens shift. Read the rest of this entry »

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Catching Up: Next Reviews – Optoma Epson, DVDO … other issues

Greetings all, 

Well, I’m slammed with emails asking about when the Epson 6100 and 6500 UB will be reviewed.  I’m still waiting, like all the other reviewers, for Epson to release review units.  As of yesterday, their PR firm (PR firms usually handle such things) still was telling me.  ”We haven’t gotten them in yet, but soon”.  They still say, this month.

Both are top priority over here (if they both arrive same day, the UB will be first, however. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sanyo PLV-Z3000, Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB, Mitsubishi HC7000 pricing

Greetings,

As everyone in the market for a “top of the line” 3LCD home theater projector realizes, the major new projector entries, notably the Epson Home Cinema 6500UB, the Sanyo PLV-Z3000 and the Mitsubishi HC7000, all compete directly with the Panasonic PT-AE3000U, which just set a price point of $2499.

The Epson HOme Cinema 6500 UB claims the highest contrast ratio of any home projector

In my earlier blog, today, I wrote about the lower than expected PT-AE3000U home theater projector pricing. The big question is will Epson, with their Home Cinema 6500 UB, come down to match the price of the Panasonic, when Epson ships?  What about the pricing on the Sanyo PLV-Z3000 and the Mitsubishi HC7000?

Just for fun, my guesses:   I expect Sanyo, with their PLV-Z3000, will definitely go for pricing parity, it seems to be their nature.  Over the years they have almost always come in at the same price or slightly less, when compared to the Panasonic home theater projector competition.  Those two companies just love to slug it out. Read the rest of this entry »

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