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LG have release the first ever HD-Ready wall-mounted projector.

The LG AN110 looks to be aimed at the home cinema market and ovvers 1280 x 768 native resolution with compressed 1080 signals. However, some have commented that the LG AN110 falls short of true HD compliant.

The picture ratio is 2500:1 and has two brightness modes: 1000 ANSI Lumens and 7000 ANSI Lumens.

The LG AN110 also falls short of true home cinema quality when it comes to sound quality.

There's a choice of HDMI, Analogue VGA and Composite Video.

You also get a leg stand if you don't want to fix it to your wall.

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LAS VEGAS -- Panasonic announced the development of a full-resolution 1080p projector for cinema applications that is planned to be delivered by the fourth quarter of this year.
The widescreen new projector features a new Texas Instruments 3-chip DLP™ imager that produces 10,000 lumens of brightness and full 1920x1080 resolution. The projector delivers a theater-quality 4000:1 contrast ratio with Panasonic's exclusive Dynamic Iris, which switches the aperture according to the input signal. Panasonic's Dynamic Iris technology quickly fine tunes the lamp output with exceptional speed, resulting in highly accurate real-time control of the projector light output.

Mr. Katsuaki Shimaoka, Director of Panasonic Projector Business unit, said, "We have the experience of supplying more than 1,200 DLP projectors to cinema theaters all over the world. Providing this full resolution HD projector will strengthen our 3-Chip DLP lineup and accelerate the change from analog to digital prints in the cinema industry, as well as accelerate the production of digital films."

The new projector is equipped with improved dust-proof, sealed, liquid-cooled optics and a new rugged yet small and compact chassis. It also features improved color processing with a 10-bit scaling engine and a powerful 3-D color management system. To assure continuous operation even if one lamp burns out, the new projector offers the security of Panasonic's BriteOptic™ multilamp system. This advanced system utilizes high-power, cost-saving UHP lamps and a high-precision prism.

Standard features on the new projector include a horizontal/vertical lens shift, a DVI input with HDCP, and LAN control with standard PJ link protocol, thereby enabling network administrators to centrally monitor the projector via LAN-based remote control over a web browser. Options will include SD-SDI and HD-SDI input boards.

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InFocus debuted the new IN76 HD Projector at the CES show in January and has made a splash ever since.

So what are the details? Well its a native 1280 x 720 DLP projector with a Texas Instruments DarkChip engine.

It has a six-segmant colour wheel which combats the "rainbow effect" that some DLP projectors suffer from.

Also, it has a 12 element all-glass 1.3: 1 zoom lens. The video processing is handled y Pixelworks' DNX technology.

The maximum brightness is 1000 ANSI Lumens and has a contrast ration of 3000:1.

InFocus were determined to bring a HD projector to the market that was full of features but at a reasonable cost. They've certainly done it with the InFocus IN76.

They've also created a damn sexy HD projector. Many of the HD projectors created these days are a boring grey box that reminds me of a sectretary in an A-line skirt counting paper-clips - not the IN76 - its more of a super-sassy administrator that teases you by showing a bit more leg than you were expecting.

Prices:
PRC Direct - £1479.00
Comet - £1488.00 (First Choice - Web Price)
PC World - £1488.00
Audio Vision Online - £1595.00
Audio Visual - £1689.00
Future Home - £1695.00

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