New Panasonic PT3000 and JVC HD-350 and 750 model announced

[brendon]

Interesting time for PJ fans....

[Chris D]

Sweet... I have the Panny AE2000, and it's great. Next one must be even better. I'll check it all out at CEDIA!

Wow, 2.35:1 without an anamorphic lens? Must learn more.

[Hdale85]

I'm more interested to know how it gets a native 60k:1. I'm starting to think it was a good idea to wait Doesn't sound like the new JVC adds much of anything. I'm very interested in that Panny though and am going to keep a very close eye on it. I'd love to see it outperform the JVC's and the 1080UB as it costs less then them I believe. Wonder when we'll see US prices.

[Chris D]

Well, it should be up on projector central by now. You can check there.

[Hdale85]

Nope its not on there I checked that already. It sounds like it uses a similar technology to JVC's dark plate or whatever they call it. I'm quite interested thats for sure

[Chris D]

I made sure I checked out the Panny at CEDIA last week. Looks good, great specs. I asked about the 2.35:1 thing. What they're doing is using zoom and focus to just enlarge the image to a wiser 2.35:1 screen when you choose to do so. It does NOT use the full vertical pixels for higher resolution like an anamorphic lens would.

So it's the poor man's way of getting the wider aspect ratio, just an automated way of doing the same thing you could by yourself, on a "constant height" screen.

[wettou]

I made sure I checked out the Panny at CEDIA last week. Looks good, great specs. I asked about the 2.35:1 thing. What they're doing is using zoom and focus to just enlarge the image to a wiser 2.35:1 screen when you choose to do so. It does NOT use the full vertical pixels for higher resolution like an anamorphic lens would.

So it's the poor man's way of getting the wider aspect ratio, just an automated way of doing the same thing you could by yourself, on a "constant height" screen.

Yes, that is exactly what I do, I use the zoom on my 2:35 screen. Paying $6000 for an anamorphic lens makes no sense to me. It cost almost as much as the projector!! I have a JVC RS2

It is disappointing that none of the new projectors use Lasers or LED maybe next year. By the way is DLP going away? They have not release anything new at CEDIA so I hear!

[Chris D]

Of course, the benefit of using all vertical pixels (like an anamorphic lens does) is higher resolution. But that's expensive.

[Hdale85]

There are some nice lenses for around 2k I believe. You can order an Aussiemorphic lens from Australia for around 1500 I think. Still a bit much with how much newer 1080p projectors cost.

[Lex]

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[brendon]

A note from admins.

While innocent perhaps, I still have to say:

I have to caution about "forum sponsored" things as being presented here. Please do be aware, we are not a promotion place for other forums, and while new information is good, it must be separated from promotional value typically and be manufacturer sponsored information. Otherwise, suddenly we have all this "sponsored" information showing up here, and that is not going to happen... thanks.

My appologies lex original posted edited.
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[wettou]

Unbiased reviews should be coming soon:

http://www.projectorreviews.com/reviews.php