Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector – Physical Tour Posted on October 17, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Sanyo PLV-Z60 720p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: Overview - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector Highlights:2. Sanyo PLV-Z60 720p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: Overview-2 - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector Highlights:3. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector – Physical Tour4. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector Review: Image Quality - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - Sanyo PLV-Z60: Skin Tone Handling5. Sanyo PLV-Z60: Black Level and Shadow Detail - PLV-Z60 Black Level Performance6. Sanyo PLV-Z60: Shadow Detail Performance7. Sanyo PLV-Z60: Shadow Detail Performance8. Sanyo PLV-Z60: Shadow Detail Performance - Sharpness:9. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Performance: HDTV and Sports - Overall Image Quality10. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance - PLV-Z60 Menus - PLV-Z60 User Memory Settings - PLV-Z60 Projector Remote Control - PLV-Z60 Lens Throw and Lens Shift - PLV-Z60 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility11. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance - PLV-Z60 Projector Brightness - PLV-Z60 Projector Light Leakage - PLV-Z60 Audible Noise Levels - PLV-Z60 Projector Screen Recommendations - PLV-Z60 Projector Measurements and Calibration12. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance - PLV-Z60 Image Noise - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Warranty13. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Pros and Cons - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Pros - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Cons - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Typical Capabilities - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Competitive Aspects14. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Pros and Cons1 - PLV-Z60 vs. Panasonic PT-AX200U - PLV-Z60 vs. Epson Home Cinema 720 - PLV-Z60 vs. Optoma HD65 - PLV-Z60 vs. Optoma HD71 - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Summary - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Bottom Line15. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector Specifications We start facing the front of the charcoal gray PLV-Z60 home theater projector. The recessed, manual zoom lens is offset to the right. Focus and zoom rings are located around the lens. When the projector is powered down, a motorized door closes to keep dust off, and to protect the lens. From a placement standpoint, the 2:1 zoom lens (for a 100 inch, 16:9 aspect ratio screen), can be placed as close as 9.8 feet and as far back as 20 feet, as measured from the front of the lens. Note: Lens shift range can be found in our lens section on the General Performance page. There is an infra-red sensor in the front, to the right of the lens. Below the front are two screw thread adjustable feet. Moving to the top of the PLV-Z60 (and from now on, we are looking from the back of the projector), you will find the projector’s control panel, located toward the right side. A large silver Power button is furthest to the right, and front. (Press once to power up, twice to power down). The rest of the control panel consists of the usual diamond shaped array of four arrow keys for navigating the menu system, with an “OK” (enter) button in the center of them. To the left of the Up arrow, is the Menu button, and to the right, the Input button (source select). And that, folks is it, except for three indicator lights above the up arrow, from left to right: Lamp Replace, Warning, and Power. On the left side, are the dials for vertical and horizontal lens shift, and a lock to hold those adjustments firmly in place. The PLV-Z60 is designed to allow shelf mounting, and to accomplish that, the air intake is in the back while the hot air exhaust is located on the right side. That takes us, finally, to the input panel on the back. The PLV-Z60 is very nicely endowed for a 720p projector, sporting two HDMI inputs (both 1.3, with Deep Color support), an analog computer input (standard HD15), and the usual S-Video (DIN connector) and composite video (RCA jack). In addition there are two component video inputs (each with the usual color coded R,G,B RCA type connectors). In addition there is the usual RS-232 service port, which can support controlling the Z60 from a computer or room control system. Lastly, you’ll find a power cord receptacle (Sanyo uses the “mickey mouse” three round connector), the master power switch, and a Kensington Lock slot. There are two different air filter access doors in the back. Finally, the lamp door, to change out a lamp, is located on the bottom. This will require a projector that is using a ceiling mount, to be unmounted, to change the lamp. That’s a definite nuisance, but is the case on many, but probably less than half of home theater projectors. That concludes our “physical tour” of the PLV-Z60. Time to get to the heart of things – image quality. 1. Sanyo PLV-Z60 720p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: Overview - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector Highlights:2. Sanyo PLV-Z60 720p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: Overview-2 - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector Highlights:3. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector – Physical Tour4. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector Review: Image Quality - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - Sanyo PLV-Z60: Skin Tone Handling5. Sanyo PLV-Z60: Black Level and Shadow Detail - PLV-Z60 Black Level Performance6. Sanyo PLV-Z60: Shadow Detail Performance7. Sanyo PLV-Z60: Shadow Detail Performance8. Sanyo PLV-Z60: Shadow Detail Performance - Sharpness:9. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Performance: HDTV and Sports - Overall Image Quality10. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance - PLV-Z60 Menus - PLV-Z60 User Memory Settings - PLV-Z60 Projector Remote Control - PLV-Z60 Lens Throw and Lens Shift - PLV-Z60 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility11. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance - PLV-Z60 Projector Brightness - PLV-Z60 Projector Light Leakage - PLV-Z60 Audible Noise Levels - PLV-Z60 Projector Screen Recommendations - PLV-Z60 Projector Measurements and Calibration12. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance - PLV-Z60 Image Noise - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Warranty13. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Pros and Cons - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Pros - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Cons - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Typical Capabilities - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Competitive Aspects14. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Pros and Cons1 - PLV-Z60 vs. Panasonic PT-AX200U - PLV-Z60 vs. Epson Home Cinema 720 - PLV-Z60 vs. Optoma HD65 - PLV-Z60 vs. Optoma HD71 - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Home Theater Projector: Summary - Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector: Bottom Line15. Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector Specifications Sanyo PLV-Z60 720p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: Overview-2 Sanyo PLV-Z60 Projector Review: Image Quality