Panasonic Announces a New Home Theater Projector

[TheDickWard]

The company boasts a 50,000:1 contrast ratio and 2,800 lumens brightness.

http://www.ecoustics.com/electronics...ew/691305.html

[Badger3920]

How does this compare to the PT-AE line? Is it basically the replacement? Seems to have lot of signature similarities (e.g. the red-rich lamp)

[David Susilo]

it's not a replacement of PT-AE4000U

some notable downgrades are:

1. No lens memory
2. No motorized zoom and focus
3. Horizontal adjustment is down from 100% to only 68%, vertical from 50% down to 26% making projector placement more difficult

[LordoftheRingsEE]

It's not the 7000 and I hate that link (very slow to download)!

[David Susilo]

here's the quicker link for the PT-AR100
http://panasonic.net/avc/projector/products/ar100/

and this is the link for the 7000
http://panasonic.net/avc/projector/products/ae7000/

[Badger3920]

Wow I kinda want the 7000 - and LOVE my AE4000U.

[LordoftheRingsEE]

here's the quicker link for the PT-AR100
http://panasonic.net/avc/projector/products/ar100/

and this is the link for the 7000
http://panasonic.net/avc/projector/products/ae7000/

Thank you very much David!

Wow I kinda want the 7000 - and LOVE my AE4000U.

No kidding! ...The 7000.

[AV_Integrated]

Optoma has their HD33 coming to market as well. $1,500 for a native 1080p 3D projector. They are the first to break the $3,000 price point for 1080p native 3D, and it seems like they decided to decimate that price point and remind people that paying a serious premium for 1080p 3D is not at all required.

Want to save $1,000 on that Panasonic AE7000 and get it for $2,000?

Just wait a year!

I'm kind of interested in the AR100 to use with a 161" screen setup that I'm installing. It would be really amazing to drop a solidly bright projector onto a screen that large.

[Badger3920]

Wow, 161" screen! Someday.... (I need a bigger theater room, and thus - house, so it'll be awhile lol)