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Sanyo PLC-XP100L by Dennis @ UIS - Nov 17, 2008
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| XGA (1024x768), 6500 ANSI Lumens, 25.8 lbs, $9,995 (MSRP) |
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| Personal Experience |
| I recommended this projector to replace a current aging projector in an auditorium setting at the University I work at. The price was very reasonable since it was nearing the end of it's production run. We paid just under $5K for the projector without the lens. The lens was $1.8K but was necessary for the facility we installed it in. Our projected distance is just under 50 ft. to the screen which is 22 ft. wide. With the LNS--T31A Long Zoom lens installed, the image fills the entire screen and is capable of filling a larger screen if one has that. Our old projector was an NEC large venue and was only rated at 3K lumen which when purchased 7 years ago, was not too bad. It's cost for the projector and lens at that time was a little over $8K. There is absolutely no comparison between these two projectors when it comes to brightness. This Sanyo blows the older NEC away in both image brightness and quality. We can fill he screen and keep the lights up for presentations in this facility. With the old NEC we had to dim the lights at least to 50%. The image quality is excellent for a 1024 X 768 native resolution projector. Our University doesn't need to have a higher resolution since we are liberal arts and never require this in this room. It would be nice but the next level is too expensive for our budget. We do run films on a 35 MM projector in this facility for an Independent and Foreign Film series every semester and occasionally cannot get the film in a 35 MM print. When showing a movie on the DVD player playing through an HDMI output using an HDMI-DVI cable the image is outstanding. You can see the pixels in the first two rows but this is expected given the native resolution of this projector. However, the size and brightness of the projected image overcomes this except for the most dedicated of purest movie goers. I have tested the brightness comparing it with our 35 MM film projector and was amazed they were very close. I ran a movie on the DVD which was in the format of 16:9 and then turned on the 35 MM movie projector, rotated the lens turret to CinemaScope and opened the aperture and I could still see the projected image from the video projector. It was a bit washed out which one would expect it to be but the image did not completely disappear. We are completely satisfied with this purchase and look forward to it serving our needs for some years to come. Of course we will eventually need to upgrade to a higher resolution as will be necessary in the future. This is a given with today's technology advancing at leaps and bounds. |
| Problems |
| The only quirky thing that I can identify about this projector is its keystoning adjustment. It is a bit difficult to get it exactly square but after several attempts we got it as close to square as we could. We have to set any projection device off center in this room since the center of the projection booth has a support column which helps hold the building up. Lens shifting is a must in this auditorium. |
