Sanyo PLV-Z4000

Good color accuracy post calibration in "best" mode (extremely minor yellow push) ; Rich, dynamic image in "brightest" mode, with extremely good picture quality, for a brightest mode ; Excellent shadow detail performance ; Black level performance...

More difficult to calibrate than most, and lacks separate color gain and offset for grayscale calibration ; Slight yellow/green push, noticeable on skin tones, may be correctable with adjustments in the Color Management section ; While black levels are...

The PLV-Z4000 gets an award. Sanyo may have improved only little things, but the result was a better projector at a slightly lower price - more value. I considered at length our Hot Product Award, but, sports fan that I am, even with my points about...

The PLV-Z4000 has a 1080p resolution and can accept 24p sources ; This 120Hz projector offers either a Smooth mode or a 5:5 pulldown mode for film sources ; Multiple lamp modes allow you to tailor the projector's light output to suit your viewing...

The setup menu only offers global RGB controls, as opposed to high and low settings, to adjust white balance ; The PLV-Z4000 lacks a 12-volt trigger ; The zoom, focus and lens-shift controls are manual, not motorized

The PLV-Z4000 has an MSRP of $2,495, but it is actually available for under $2,000 through legitimate outlets. That makes it an excellent value in the world of 1080p projection, yet it does not skimp on features to achieve that price point. This SANYO...

Easy To Setup","Easy to use","Great picture quality","Reliable Performance

Have been known to break

Useful optical lens shift ; appealing film-like image resolution ; very quiet fan

Unrealistic colours ; yellow tint ; hardly improves on PLV-Z3000

A whole new model from Sanyo that really pushed the technology to a higher level would have been very welcome, but what we have here is simply another incarnation of a good projector. The price feels right for this high-spec full HD unit and it has a...

This ugly projector doesn’t quite make it to the top of the class, but it has plenty of features and good image quality.

As with the Z3000 with which it shares, well, pretty much everything, the Z4000 is capable of being a very accomplished projector for its money. It’s just a shame it needs arguably professional levels of calibration before you'll get anything like the...