Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance

I had Mike do a quick calibration of Dynamic mode as well. When I say "quick" the goal isn't perfect color balance. The goal is to maintain as much brightness as possible, but sacrificing a few lumens to make the overall color accuracy more watchable. Most projectors in brightest modes tend to be over the top on greens and or yellows. Our goal is to tame them a bit, not perfect, but still bright, and definitely more watchable. Some times that has a high cost in lumens. With the Z60, the price was small, only a 4% loss in brightness, in exchange for better color. True, there's still a slightly too strong yellow, but it becomes very watchable for most things, especially sports!

Sanyo, for the PLV-Z60, also provides their fast-turnaround program for projectors in for warranty repair (for all three years of warranty). Their policy says that they will turn the projector (ship it back) within 72 hours of receiving it. Sanyo actually says they actually are faster than that, turning many of them in 24 hours.

I tend to favor replacement programs, rather than repair programs, but that is pretty much personal taste, when a repair program is handled rapidly. In terms of replacement programs Epson will have a two year warranty with two year replacement program on their new Home Cinema 700, when it ships later this year, but that's the longest I am aware of in the current 720p projector space.

Bottom Line: You won't find a better/longer warranty for a current 720p home theater projector than the one that comes standard with the PLV-Z60!