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Short Throw Projector: 80-Inch Pic From 3-Inches Away

Sanyo LP-XL50 Projector

Sanyo’s breakthrough short throw projector design may well revolutionize the front projector market. By radically altering traditional projection optics, they’ve been able to design a projector capable of filling a wall from as little as 3-inches away.

The LX-XL50 can be hung on a wall to project images directly below…

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June 13th, 2007 by: Technabob

Front Projection in Bright Rooms (Once Again)

Planar XScreen

Reception was lukewarm to last year’s release of Sony’s ChromaVue front projection screen that provided the ability for Sony front projectors to work in brightly-lit rooms. The screens did improve image contrast, but exhibited problems with hotspotting and off axis viewing.
Well now, Planar…, known mostly for their LCD

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August 11th, 2006 by: Technabob

Sony “Pearl” Sxrd Projector Details Start to Emerge

Sony VPL-VW50 SXRD Projector

Details in a Japanese press release give insight into a new SXRD front projector from Sony, codenamed “Pearl”.

The VPL-VW50… projector will be 1080p native (1920×1080) with a contrast ratio of 5,000:1. The projector features a 200-watt mercury lamp, a low noise fan system claimed to run at just

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August 8th, 2006 by: Technabob

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