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3/1/2008 - Steven Jackson from Rental and Staging
REVIEW: Panasonic PT-D5700U And PT-DW5100U
By Steven Jackson CTS, Product Manager - Video, PSAV Presentation Services
Panasonic's PT-D5700
The PT-D5700U and the PT-DW5100U are single chip DLP projectors rated at 6000 and 5500 lumens respectively. The 5700 has a 4:3 aspect ratio 1024x768 DLP chip, the 5100 sports a wider 16:9 aspect ratio chip with a pixel array of 1280x768. Other than aspect ratio, native resolution and slight difference in lumen production, these two projectors are virtually identical in form and function.
Panasonic promotes these siblings as primarily fixed install projectors. I am sure that they work very well for those applications, but do they have the reliability, performance, and credentials to be considered for the rental and staging environment? Let's take a closer look. [Read more]
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