Next-gen full-HD beamers announced

Philip Wong | Sep 12, 2008

There was a hive of activity during the recent US CEDIA Expo with a few announcements in the home theater projector space. These include the latest flagship full-HD entries from Epson, Panasonic and JVC. The former two models are based on the Epson's 3LCD engine, while the third is a derivative of LCoS or JVC's D-ILA.

Editors' note:

The JVC DLA-H750 will be available in Singapore from end October.

Aside from their high native 1,920 x 1,080-pixel resolution, these movie-tuned light canons also offer the following capabilities.

	Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema 7500UB	Panasonic PT-AE3000	JVC DLA-H750
Contrast	75,000:1 (dynamic)	60,000:1 (dynamic)	30,000:1 (native)
Video processor	HQV Reon-VX	No information	HQV Reon-VX
Lens zoom	No information	2x	2x
Special features	a. FineFrame motion-enhancement technology b. Imaging Sound Foundation-certified	Frame Creation motion-enhancement technology	a. THX-certified b. THX movie mode
HDMI inputs	2 x version 1.3a	3 x version 1.3	2 x version 1.3
US pricing	Sub US$4,500	US$3,499	Sub US$8,000

We've already received confirmation from Epson that the EMP-TW5000 (Asia equivalent of above) will not launched in Singapore anytime soon. Details for the rest of the Asian countries and information regarding the Panasonic PT-AE3000 and JVC DLA-H750 were not available at press time.

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