Sanyo PLV-Z60 720p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: Overview-2

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Sanyo has just started shipping the PLV-Z60, with first shipments arriving at dealers in a day or two. Most of the attention, and most of the new home theater projectors launched in the last year, have been 1080p. That said, there is still a strong, but smaller (than 1080p) market for these low cost 720p projectors.

While 1080p projectors start right below $2000, 720p projectors start below $1000 (DLP models) while most 3LCD home theater projectors - like the PLV-Z60, are priced around $1299. Rebates are common and can lower the price significantly on some of the more expensive 720p projectors.

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• Good, but not great out of the box color accuracy
• Calibrates very nicely for extremely good color
• Below average brightness limits Z60 to medium to smaller screens
• Good black level performance, improved over the Z5
• Excellent placement flexibility - manual wide range zoom and lots of lens shift