Sharp XV-Z3000 Projector Review - Image Quality-5

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Art Feierman

Sharp XV-Z3000 Overall Color Handling

Actually, I'll start with a black and white image. from the beginning of Phantom of the Opera, in fact, three shots of the same frame. You can see slight differences from one to the next. I got the exposures as close as I could to being the same. The first image is in the XV-Z3000's best mode - Movie 2, with the Iris set for High Contrast (the dimmest mode). This is followed by two more images - Iris to Medium Mode, and finally, to the brightest - High Brightness:

Optoma HD70

PhantomNecklaceLarge

Sanyo PLV-Z5 LCD

Panasonic PT-AX100U

Optoma HD70

competing 720p DLP

Let's not forget HDTV sources. The following images were shot with modest to moderate light in the room. More HDTV images will be found in the Projector Brightness section under General Performance.