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Given the aggressive competition from LCD in the low to moderate end of the price range, vendors with DLP-based products are getting more aggressive as well. Perhaps the most noteworthy of the new DLP projectors was the Sharp XV-Z2000. This is the first projector to feature an HD2+ 1280x720 DLP chip to be released with an official estimated selling price under $4,000 ($3,999 to be exact). It is rated at 1200 ANSI lumens and 2500:1 contrast. It is also much smaller than Sharp's more expensive home theater projectors, so this one has portability as a feature. The Z2000 is scheduled to ship in November.
We are anxious to get the Sharp Z2000 into the lab. For the question now is, just how good is it? If you can get HD2+ performance at $4,000, is there any point to paying $10,000 to $17,000 for the boutique high-end brands that feature the same DLP chip? Clearly the higher end brands will have some performance and connectivity advantages as well as some slick cosmetics. But the huge price gap between the various projectors that all feature the same HD2+ chip is looking very strange at this juncture.
With respect to the big consumer products companies, it is clear that they are all lining up to capitalize on the coming explosion in consumer home theater. The biggest growth segment is in the under $2,000 projector market. Many consumers are moving their box TV into the kid's room and going for the large screen theater experience. And the adoption of large screen projection systems by the consumer is happening more rapidly than anyone had expected.
Two primary factors are driving the boom. First, video quality in low cost projectors has made quantum leaps forward; you can now get amazing image quality for not much money at all.
Second, HDTV has arrived. All major networks are broadcasting prime time shows in HD this fall, and more football than ever will be broadcast in HD this season by both ABC and ESPN. But the fact is that HDTV, while it looks good on a big screen TV, it looks outstanding on a 90" screen or larger. To truly gain the full benefit of HDTV resolution—that feeling of "being there in real life"—a projector is required. And you only need to experience the power and drama of today's low cost HDTV projectors once before you say, "Hey, that is something I could use in my house."
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