I'm considering replacing my Sanyo PLV -70. I have a 131'width screen. Will The Plv Z-3000 project a bright enough picture in a dedicated theater room where light can be controlled?

I have the Sanyo PLV Z2000, and am extremely happy with it. I ahve it shooting out around 14 feet on a 72 inch white screen, and I watch it at around 12 feet. Just at the point where I cannot see the fine pixels...which I think is the best way to watch front projection. Plus, it is Very Sharp. My only issue is getting deep into color correction. Well, there are really two issues. With C.C., let's say I'm watching Mad Men on Blu-Ray, and I notice that in the shadows of people's faces it heats up with too much off color yellowish murk..you can sometimes see it in the shadow areas of the interiors. So, that means I want to adjust color in those gamma areas, and not overall. (When I worked in a one hour photo lab in the eighties, we calibrated each film type with three negs...one over,one normal, and one under exposed neg...and that eliminated getting blue in the shadows, etc.) So, I'd like to know more about how to manage this. (Yes I mess with advanced setting) Similarly my other problem is sometimes the better blacks that people rave about shows up when you don't need it...In the shadows of peoples faces, etc., when you know it's overdone. Look almost forced in. I mess around with gamma settings, brightness and contrast to deal with this issue, but I still see an artificial black pumping into these regions that looks a bit forced. I have to say, that when I had the earlier 720 model from sanyo, I never saw this. So, increased black levels are not always the best thing...only when there are really real black in the source material. So, the projector does not always make the best judgement. And can someone tell me what lens iris number works the best for them? Not the speed of lens iris correction, but the general opening level...I have a very hard time seeing differences in the settings...or really understanding what's happening. And wouldn't it be nice for Sanyo to really explain Gamma and the difference between it and brightness? thanks for reading...

Hi guys, I would like to know if the PLVZ-3000 can prject a 106" image @ 12-13'.Also I am in the process of setting up a theatre room and will have a 2" conduate in the ceiling.Will I only need an hdmi cable? Cheers Neall

Thanks for the review. The review says that in "Living and Dynamic modes there is some unobtrusive fan noise". Is this in full lamp mode or low-lamp (Eco) mode?

I am trying to work out the right balance between light output with as little noise as possible for a 92" 0.9 gain white screen with a 3.4m throw. ie one of the "Cinema" modes in full lamp mode or "Living" mode with the bulb in eco mode. Thanks again.