Sanyo PLV-Z700 1080p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: Overview
The Sanyo PLV-Z700 surprised me. I'm used to Sanyo projectors being some of the least bright out there, but ones, nonetheless, with very good overall performance.
In the case of the PLV-Z700, our initial measurements were not surprising, based on previous Sanyo projector reviews. It turns out, however, that upon playing with the many settings options, that the PLV-Z700 can manage very impressive brightness in its "best" mode, without much compromise. The "Best mode" is called Creative Cinema. Although the brightness measured at the default settings for that mode, was, as expected, below average, we discovered that by opening up the fixed iris all the way, (but still using the dynamic iris), brightness definitely achieved what I would say is average for 1080p projectors, or, actually a little more.