Panasonic PT LB51NTEA

Advantages: Works in relatively bright conditions, quiet
Disadvantages: unreliable, very big, short bulb life

...have been using the Panasonic PT AX 100E as my main TV for just over a year now. I paid £900 for it then, but the price has dropped and even the improved PT AX200 can now be bought for about £700. The picture quality is extremely good in a dark room and quite watchable during the day even with the curtains open for all but the darkest movies. In bright conditions the colours can become a little washed-out although there are various viewing options on the remote control to compensate a little. For some very dark films however you should wait until the room can be blacked out completely. The lens is large and of very high quality with a wide ranging zoom. Many home cinema projectors have just a wide angle lens with a small amount of zoom for fine adjustment, to allow big pictures from a short distance, but are less flexible, especially... Read review

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Advantages: No screen door effect, high contrast ratio, cinema colour, quiet, all the inputs you need
Disadvantages: there really are no significant disadvantages

...The Panasonic PT-AE900 projector is the latest and most impressive projector in the award winning PT-AE series. It is a true high definition progressive scan 16:9 projector with a native resolution of 1280 by 720. This liquid crystal display projector challenges the picture quality; smoothness and contrast of the more expensive digital light processing models. The on screen image can truly be described as cinema quality. Here are some of the features: 1100 ANSI Lumens brightness 25 db operating noise 5500:1 contrast ratio 720p resolution +/- 30% keystone vertical correction Manual zoom Manual focus Min 1.2m to max 12.4m projection distance Front / Rear / Ceiling projection Joystick for horizontal and vertical lens shift 3.6kg 335 by 95 by 270mm (w/h/d) dimensions 100-240V Mains power 180 W consumption (<1W in standby mode) Remote... Read review

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Advantages: cheap..if it had a warranty, portable
Disadvantages: Warranty not honoured, bulbs blow in rapid succession

...The unit itself has a fatal flaw - its eats bulbs for breakfast ! But even more sinister is Acer's blatant non-honouring of any of the 2 year warranty that remains on the unit. After the 1st unit was replaced in the first week, almost 2 years of faithful service mine then ate 3 $230 bulbs in a month ! The first I paid for the 2nd (which died a week or so later), was covered under warranty, (which then died a few DAYS later) the third Acer tried to extrort ANOTHER $230 out of me. I gave up and got a Panasonic PT-AX100U with 5 years warranty for $3000 which is BRILLIANT. Too bad Acer - you've had enough of my cash. Their solution to my problems ? I could pay a 2nd amount of $234.00 for a third bulb or go to the ACCC. Nice work...no thanks. The unit's performance whilst working was quite good but it's unmerchantable nature makes... Read review

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