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Το κειμενο που ακολουθει ειναι εντυπωσεις απο την Cedia και το εκανα copy&paste απο το Αμερικανικο φορουμ.
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Just got back home from CEDIA. I spent quite a bit of time at the Panasonic booth and the Sony booth, and I saw both the AE700 and HS51 in action.
Both projectors now have lens shift, and to be quite honest, the cheap controls could not have cost over $2. I am not saying a nicer lens shift control is needed, just that all projectors should have it as it is so simple to do.
Here is what I took from the AE700. I was told the AE700 will be sold only through Panny's Industrial division and there will not be an L700U. Retail price is $3000 with an expected street price of $2100. They are hoping to avoid the pricing wars seen with the L500U which made the item very low profit for their dealers.
The AE 700 was shown right out on the floor, unlike other projectors shown in dark rooms. Regardless, the picture was excellent. DVD though component was a little grainy, but the HDTV was stunning. A perfect picture! The unit has a 2x zoom feature; for example, you can achieve the same size picture from 10' to 20' away. I really liked this feature. The unit is also quieter than the 500 series with specs saying it was 28db at its loudest. I do not question that number - I got right up to the unit and could not hear it. Of course there was quite a bit of crowd noise in the backround of the show, so that made low noise levels hard to hear anyway. Finally, the specs quoted were 2000:1 contrast and 1000 lumens.
The AE700 is expected to be available in limited quantities this month, with greater availability in October. I will purchasing one of these sometime in the next six weeks. There were a couple of dealers at the booth while I was there, and they said they would be dropping prices and trying to unload their L500U's as fast as they could.
The HS51 I saw claimed to have a 6000:1 contrast ratio, and it was set up in a dark room. The picture was a little grainy, and I could not get an answer as to what inputs were being used. I did not like the picture nearly as well as the AE700 HDTV; but I found it very similar to the AE700 component DVD. So if they were also using component DVD, the pictures generated were very close in quality. I tried to look at dark scenes to compare black levels and I failed to see any difference between the AE700 and the HS51. Also, in contrast to what others have said in this forum, the HS51 I saw had ONLY HDMI digital input, no DVI. (Just like the AE700) Unless I saw some sort of pre-production model, which is quite possible, there is no DVI on the HS51. Finally, the HS51 was silent, with a sound level of only 24db with the fans running there hardest. Even in an enclosed room which was much more quiet than the show floor, the unit was inaudible when standing right underneath it.
In the end, the Panny 700 lists for $3000 with a street price of $2100, while the Sony lists for a $3500 and has an unknown street price at this time. I found their performance very similar with the exception of the HDTV I saw on the Panny which was phenomenal. The only way I will consider the SONY is if it has a street price the same as the Panasonic.
Well, that pretty much wraps up my impressions of these two projectors. If you have any questions, fire away, and I will try and give you an honest opinion.
Νομιζω πως θα σας ενδιαφερει
Just got back home from CEDIA. I spent quite a bit of time at the Panasonic booth and the Sony booth, and I saw both the AE700 and HS51 in action.
Both projectors now have lens shift, and to be quite honest, the cheap controls could not have cost over $2. I am not saying a nicer lens shift control is needed, just that all projectors should have it as it is so simple to do.
Here is what I took from the AE700. I was told the AE700 will be sold only through Panny's Industrial division and there will not be an L700U. Retail price is $3000 with an expected street price of $2100. They are hoping to avoid the pricing wars seen with the L500U which made the item very low profit for their dealers.
The AE 700 was shown right out on the floor, unlike other projectors shown in dark rooms. Regardless, the picture was excellent. DVD though component was a little grainy, but the HDTV was stunning. A perfect picture! The unit has a 2x zoom feature; for example, you can achieve the same size picture from 10' to 20' away. I really liked this feature. The unit is also quieter than the 500 series with specs saying it was 28db at its loudest. I do not question that number - I got right up to the unit and could not hear it. Of course there was quite a bit of crowd noise in the backround of the show, so that made low noise levels hard to hear anyway. Finally, the specs quoted were 2000:1 contrast and 1000 lumens.
The AE700 is expected to be available in limited quantities this month, with greater availability in October. I will purchasing one of these sometime in the next six weeks. There were a couple of dealers at the booth while I was there, and they said they would be dropping prices and trying to unload their L500U's as fast as they could.
The HS51 I saw claimed to have a 6000:1 contrast ratio, and it was set up in a dark room. The picture was a little grainy, and I could not get an answer as to what inputs were being used. I did not like the picture nearly as well as the AE700 HDTV; but I found it very similar to the AE700 component DVD. So if they were also using component DVD, the pictures generated were very close in quality. I tried to look at dark scenes to compare black levels and I failed to see any difference between the AE700 and the HS51. Also, in contrast to what others have said in this forum, the HS51 I saw had ONLY HDMI digital input, no DVI. (Just like the AE700) Unless I saw some sort of pre-production model, which is quite possible, there is no DVI on the HS51. Finally, the HS51 was silent, with a sound level of only 24db with the fans running there hardest. Even in an enclosed room which was much more quiet than the show floor, the unit was inaudible when standing right underneath it.
In the end, the Panny 700 lists for $3000 with a street price of $2100, while the Sony lists for a $3500 and has an unknown street price at this time. I found their performance very similar with the exception of the HDTV I saw on the Panny which was phenomenal. The only way I will consider the SONY is if it has a street price the same as the Panasonic.
Well, that pretty much wraps up my impressions of these two projectors. If you have any questions, fire away, and I will try and give you an honest opinion.
και σένα Αντρέα, είμαι μιά χαρά! Ξέρεις πόσο θέλω να τον δω, οπότε δεν κρατιέμαι.
