Sanyo PLV-Z60: Shadow Detail Performance 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. 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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 Once again, the PLV-Z60 performs very well, but not quite best in class. The first image here is from Space Cowboys – a photo of a scene with Clint Eastwood in his home office, a room lit only by a small table lamp, makes this an especially dark scene. Because of that, all the images are multiple second exposures, and that tends to make the images less consistent from projector to projector, in terms of color. What are subtle differences (a slight shift to red, or blue, or green) when viewed live on the screen, tends to be drastically exaggerated when photographed. As a result, ignore the color shifts, and instead focus on the shadow details, in the blinds in the back, the beer bottle, the back of Clint’s head, etc. First here’s the image from the Sanyo PLV-Z60. You can, I should note, also make out in the scene, the blue hotspot in the upper right side of the image. This ties to the background evenness issue previously mentioned Obviously we’d see a little more shadow detail in that area in a production unit that has a good background: Comparing the image above to the Mitsubishi image below, note that the Z60 is a little brighter. The letterbox area is also a touch brighter than in the image below. Compensate for the slight difference in exposures, and these two projectors are doing a roughly comparable job on black levels, and the same is true of shadow detail. I might give the Z60 the slightest advantage, and that’s from studying the images, compensating for an exposure difference that’s slight, etc. Let me say, though in fairness, that any slight advantage in shadow details that the Z60 has over the Mitsubishi HC1600, is not going to be enough to help you choose one over the other. We are talking slight! PLV-Z60HC1600HD65PT-AX200UJVC_RS-1PreviousNext Mitsubishi HC1600Optoma HD65Panasonic PT-AX200UOptoma HD71PreviousNext 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. 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