Mobile z Talk

You’re probably wondering whether adding in a fourth panel to an LCD projector is really worthwhile. Actually, you’re probably willing to bet your bottom dollar that it’s a gimmick. Sound & Vision took the moment to actually critique Sanyo’s latest with an open intellect, and believe it or not, it found the all new QuaDrive technology to be everything it was hyped up to be. To be fair, the PLC-XP200L isn’t tailor-made for the domestic theater; the lowly 1,024 x 768 resolution and 4:3 aspect ratio sound downright appalling. However, reviewers focused more on the actual technology / image quality given that Sanyo already has a compact, quieter, 16:9 QuaDrive beamer slated for 2009. During a demonstration, critics found the new tech to be visibly better than 3LCD rivals, with the picture appearing “dramatically more vivid.” Should you rush out and buy the XP200L? Probably not. But you may just want to delay your impending PJ purchase until that HT version hits next year.

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