Sanyo PLV-1080HD High Definition 1080p LCD Home Theater Projector | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sanyo
Category: CE
Buy New: $1,599.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16.5
Dimensions (in): 13.6 x 17.7 x 5.7
MPN: PLV-1080HD
Model: PLV-1080HD
UPC: 086483072659
EAN: 0086483072659
ASIN: B001GCUIK8
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Full 1920 x 1080 HD resolution with TopazReal™ technology | | • | 10,000:1 contrast ratio for rich colors and deep blacks | | • | Four HD inputs including two HDMI version 1.3b and 2 component | | • | Easy DIY installation due to advanced lens shifting. | | • | Virtually silent fan design with low fan noise of 21 dB |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very good projector November 25, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got mine today and hooked it up. Easy to setup, 5 stars there. The menu on the remote is a bit funky, not much though. It just needs a couple extra minutes to adjust to it. After that, it's easy sailing.
Picture Quality, contrast etc?
I don't have a TV in the room so I really have no point of reference other than what I understand to be a good picture based on the couple of plasmas and lcd's I have upstairs. The picture is decent. I projected it onto a light yellow wall and the image was as good as my LCD. Projected onto a screen, this is a very good image. It wasn't cristal clear because I was running Oceans 12 at 480P, still very clear. 5 stars there.
I have 20 pot lights downstairs, with half of them on (see my uploaded pic with Halo 3 http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B001GCUIK8/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all) the picture is still clear - not sure what the fuss is about poor image quality there. To me, the movie was easy to take in with half the lights on. With the lights dimmed, it's that much more beautiful.
It's bigger than I thought it would be. There's no way this will blend into a ceiling, won't happen. Get used to it. I'm not bothered by it because, how many people stare at your ceiling anway? 3 stars.
I didn't get a co-ax plug-in. Bummer. Still, there's ample s-video, component and hdmi to keep me occupied. 5 stars.
This projector runs hot. I spent a few hours installing it into the ceiling and I can tell it needs to be well ventilated. However, the fan is not loud enough to be noticeably. 4 stars
The problem.
This thing has no key stone (sp?) correction - at least that is what the tech support guy said it was. The projector must sit horizontal. If it is not, the projected image follows the angle so you end up with a projected angle that doesn't fit square into the frame of the projector screen. That bothered me because I could see black edges on the image before the black images on the projector frame.
Tech support didn't know how to fix it. What I had to do, which worked really well, was to set the projector plumb horizontal and use the lenses shift to move the image down and across to fit the screen. I played with the zoom (contrast was already spot on) until the image fit perfectly into the projector frame. That fiddling took about 2 hours to be honest. I couldn't drop the project lower down from the ceiling beccause of space issues - that would have worked as well. 3 stars.
All in all?
If I had 2 grand, I'd buy it again without even thinking about it. It's that good. The issues I ran into had work-arounds - except one which turned out to be really nasty. X-box 360 has a black level setting. The extended black option setting caused the component 1 input to cast nasty green lines. And it just would not go away. I finally figured out that it was the black level setting. After reverting to normal setting, the image came back.
At this point, I wouldn't drop money on a 720 projector, it's a bad investment giving the rate at which technology is moving. I wouldn't spend more money than 2 grand on a projector either because I don't edit movies for living and I don't work in a movie studio so I don't need a ferarri projector - not many of us do.
This projector works for me because I can run my computer through it and work on a 120 inch screen without fuzzy fonts, I can watch movies in all their splendor when I am bored, and the rest of the time, Xbox puts it to plenty of use.
 Low-End 1080P projector November 20, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this projector as soon as it came out. Was dissapointed as soon as I powerd it up. Contrast levels are poor, color accuracy, even after calibration is so so, the menues are designed in a way that makes it very complicated to tune the picture. Brightness is also an issue if your room is not pitch black.
Overall, it generates a good picture when playing Blueray DVD with bright scenes but any dark content, especially standard definition DVD movies will look as good as a $700 SD projector.
Another thing that bothered me is that for some reason, perhaps for seperation from the official PLV-Z700 model (which is identical), the front panel is black. The Sanyo PLV-Z700 and the PLV-Z2000 were beutifuly desgined with an all-white enclosure that merged very nice with the ceiling when mounted but this model that is exculisvily sold by Amazon and Best Buy has a black front which makes it intrusive to the room. An unfortunate decision.
Bottom line - If you can afford the few extra hundreds of dollars skip this projector and go for a unit that will not cause you to plan your next upgrade after the first day you watch a movie with a new purchase.
Bright and colorful November 10, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is my first projector and so there is not much I can compare it with.
First the pros:
a) Great value for money. This is the first sub $2k 1080p projector I found.
b) Simple to setup. It has two HDMI and two component inputs. I just plugged the power in hooked up my HD tuner and DVD player in and I was up and running in a couple of minutes.
c) The image is bright, crisp and colorful. On my first attempt I projected the image onto a dark wall and yet I could see a lot of detail and colors.
d) The zoom combined with the vertical and horizontal shifts mean that you can pretty much install it wherever you want and control the size of the image.
e) The lens cover is motorized and shuts off when you power off the device, keeping out unwanted dust.
Cons:
1) The projector is a bit bulky.
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