Sanyo doesn’t like to be forgotten. I guess they felt all the recent projector buzz had gone to the h3080FD and HD20 but they didn’t have anything of the sort to compete. Instead, they’re going to release something at the other end of the spectrum. Sanyo’s new PLC-XF1000 projector makes use of two lamp architecture and now boasts the industry’s brightest projector. The machine is said to produce 12,00 lumens from a 100V AC input which kind of blows my mind.
It is incredibly simple to project a beautiful image on a black screen in broad daylight with these types of numbers. The lamps are two high-output 330-watters that are actually 20% more efficient that their previous models. The PLC-XF1000 projector is said to produce an image with a contrast ratio of 4,000:1 and make use of an improved QuaDrive optical engine that allegedly adds a so-called “Color Control Device to the conventional 3LCD system” for control of yellow light independent of the other colors.
This product is made for outdoor displays or digital signage and it shows. There isn’t much in terms of resolution for this projector as it pumps out only 1024×768 pixels and has an Active Maintenance Filter to reduce maintenance costs and labor thanks to its unique cartridge replacement system. The Sanyo PLC-XF1000 is slated for release in December and will retail for $24,995… without a lens…
