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Panasonic PT-AE1000U 1080p Video Projector: Short Take
By: Thomas J. Norton
March 2007
Ultimate AV
http://ultimateavmag.com/videoprojectors/307panaptae/
A few short months ago, the introduction of a 1080p projector for under $5,000
would have been big news. While that field is now getting crowded, with
projectors from Sony, Mitsubishi, and JVC muscling in on the action, it's still a
tale worth repeating. And Panasonic's new PT-AE1000U is a story worth telling.
More details will appear in our expanded, final report, which is planned for mid-
April. But much of the story appears here because it's too interesting and
important to delay.
None of the projectors mentioned above are DLPs, which may be another story
in itself. Panasonic's entry is an LCD design, and at an MSRP of $5,999, with
"street prices" dipping below $4,000 and sometimes including a rebate on top of
that. Price-wise, the PT-AE1000U is highly competitive in what has become a
cutthroat market.
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- Page 1 None of the projectors mentioned above are DLPs, which may be another story in itself. Panasonic's entry is an LCD design, and at an MSRP of $5,999, with "street prices" dipping below $4,000 and sometimes including a rebate on top of that.
- Page 2 This is the first new Panasonic home theater projector since the PT-AE900U, reviewed here in late 2005. But the PT-AE1000U has little in common with that earlier design. The differences are immediately obvious from the cosmetics alone, with the new projector larger, heavier, and clearly more substantial than its predecessors.
- Page 3 2,000 hours. Tech The optical system of the PT-AE1000U is completely new, and includes a 16 element, aspherical glass lens. For a 100" diagonal (87" wide), 16:9 screen the throw distance of this 2:1 zoom lens ranges from 9'10" to 19'4".
- Page 4 But if so, which mode is it stuck in? At this point there's no way to tell for certain. The Panasonic's blacks are excellent (but only if you use the Dynamic Iris). With the Dynamic Iris engaged, at just over 100 hours on the lamp following the final calibration, I measured an excellent peak contrast ratio of 4267:1 in the Eco- Mode lamp setting (12.8fL peak white, 0.003fL video black on my screen).
- Page 5 The Panasonic also produces a finely detailed image. The Sony Pearl and JVC DLA-HD1 have now left my studio and were not available for a direct comparison, but my feeling is that the PT-AE1000U falls into the middle of the resolution gap separating those two projectors—a little sharper than the Sony, a little less detailed than the JVC.