9.5 out of 10

Sanyo PLV-Z2000

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Best Price: £1,291

  • User Score (26)
    9.5 9.5 from 26 reviewers
  • Expert Score (12)
    7.9 7.9 from 12 reviewers
  • Value for money (14)
    9.9 9.9 from 14 reviewers
  • Features (13)
    9.7 9.7 from 13 reviewers
  • Ease of use (13)
    9.3 9.3 from 13 reviewers
  • Performance (1)
    9.5 9.5 from 1 reviewers
  • Picture quality (13)
    9.3 9.3 from 13 reviewers
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  • Activity: 1/5

Sanyo PLV-Z2000

PLV-Z2000 is a High Contrast Home Entertainment Projector by Sanyo that features Topaz Real HD Technology. The machine has the net weight of 16.1lbs whereas its dimension is at 15.7 x 5.7 x 13.6 inch. It possesses the resolution of 1920 x 1080 with the brightness comes at 1200 ANSI Lumens, in vivid mode. The projector is equipped with three 0.7” TFT Poly-Silicon LCD Panel System. The number of pixels sets at 6,220,800 while the contrast ratio is 15000:1. PLV-Z2000 has the Throw Distance of 3.9’~60.4’. Technically, Throw Distance relates to the measurement of projector’s lens to the screen. The projection image in diagonal measurement is at 40”~300”. It uses the projection system of dichroic mirror & 4P prism system with PBS. The projector has 164W UHP projection lamp. Among the color compatibility of the system include WXGA, SXGA, XGA, SVGA, VGA and IMAC. Sanyo PLV-Z2000 uses 252W power consumption whereas its voltage is 100V-240V AC. The color system of the projection ranges from PAL, SECAM, NTSC, NTSC4.43, PAL-M to PAL-N.

Features

The PLV-Z2000 by Sanyo features Topaz Real HD Technology. It is a 3D color management system that adjusts color phase and color level, targeting to acquire perfect color reproduction. As such, colors that are deep, rich and accurate are delivered. Its color management system which is designed to optimize its HDMI 1.3 output features a total of approximately 216 billion possible color combinations. With its newly-developed lens, image details are maximized for favorable optical performance. Besides that, Durable Inorganic Optical System (D.I.O.S) is being used by the projector. It is a new optical system that aims for overall reliability and performance. Advance lens shift is featured with the PLV-Z2000, targeting for various room environment usability. It can create a large screen image in any size room. The throw design of the projector contributes to small to mid-size home theatre as well.

Additional Features

  • Virtually Silent Fan design
  • 100MHz dot clock
  • Manual lens shift (up/down/left/right)
  • 16:9 aspect ratio
  • 85% uniformity

Accessories

  • Replacement lamp
  • Illuminated infrared remote control
  • AC power cord
  • Air blower
  • AA batteries

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  1. Sanyo PLV-Z2000

    Reviewer: whathifi.co.uk
    2 days ago
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    A fine projector: well worth considering, especially if you hunt down a competitive price Read more

  2. Reviewer: TechRadar UK
    02 February 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Easier on the eye is the Z2000's connectivity, which includes two HDMI ports, a D-Sub PC connector and, unusually for this level of the market, two component video inputs. A serious omission though is the failure to include 12V system control, commonly used to automate the lowering of a projector screen when the projector is activated. Turn the PJ off and the screen automatically retracts to its ceiling base. Read more

  3. Sanyo PLV-Z2000 LCD Projector

    Reviewer: TrustedReviews
    12 January 2008
    Overall 7
    7.0
    Value for money 8
    8.0
    Picture quality 7
    7.0
     

    In some ways the Z2000 is a ground-breaking piece of kit. Certainly its black levels redefine what we consider possible from an affordable LCD model. And these, together with its extreme HD sharpness, may be enough to entice budget buyers to part with £1,800 or so. However, Sanyo really needs to work on its colour tuning before it might persuade us to pick it over the best the DLP world currently has to offer. Read more

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