Home Theater Projector Comparison Report: Sharp XV-Z30000 is a 2013 Best in Class Winner

Best In Class 3D and 2D Projector: Sharp XV-Z30000

Congratulations to Sharp for the XV-Z30000 (click for full review)projector this year's top award winner in the under $2000 price class. This is Sharp's first category win in 6 years of this report.

I must note that the Sharp XV-Z30000 (click for specifications) really has made my life more difficult in terms of this report.  Just three weeks before publication I was sorting out which projectors deserved which awards. I had the Sharp placed in low end of the $2000-$3500 price class.  Then in the course of two weeks a pair of readers, asked how good the Sharp was, considering they were finding it for just under $2000. Two people recently purchased Sharps for under $1900.   Sure enough, some web searching finds that while most are selling it for around $2100-$2200, lower could be found.

It was a tough call, but at the last minute I decided to move the Sharp to the under $2000 price category which really shook up awards selection, and cost me hours of re-writing.

In hindsight, should I have left the Sharp XV-Z30000 in the over $2000 price class, where most dealers sell it.   Tough call.  It reminds me of last year when I awarded the Panasonic AR100U a top award, but by the time my report published a promotion had ended and the projector jumped almost 20% in price.  Things can be tricky out there.