Official Sanyo PLV-Z60 Thread

Originally Posted by mgottwalt

While watching HDTV (OTA), and especially during the football game, the distant, in focus objects seem to be in standard def and not very clear, especially when moving. Also, the background of Jay Leno's Tonight Show literally blinks on and off when the camera is moved ever so slightly. I was wondering if there is any specific setting that may help reduce this effect. I do understand that since it is an LCD projector and does not have 120Hz refresh, images in motion will be blurrier than other TVs or style projectors. Thanks for the insights.

Originally Posted by mgottwalt

I'm sending a 720p signal to it over HDMI from a Panasonic DVD recorder / VHS player / digital tuner (lot's of functionality, but doesn't do any of them very well... another topic). I was watching NBC, which I understand is 1080i. Maybe I should send 1080i to the Z60 and let it figure it out? Thanks.

Originally Posted by skippy911

I have my z60 playing output from my ps3 onto an elite ezframe 100" screen. I noticed on the top and bottom of the video there is a small bar, about 3~4cm all the way across. Is this something wrong with my projector? The bar is the same color as what is being displayed on the screen, and if I resize the picture the bar moves with the edge of the picture. Its very odd to say the least. I tried to overscan the image, but that didnt seem to help. Any ideas?? Also what is a good calibration for the z60? I don't have any of the fancy calibration disks, but all my blacks seem to be a grayish color and not a nice dark black. I know I won't get black blacks, but they shouldn't be gray

Originally Posted by GET 1T DONE

I'm about to buy a screen for my Sanyo PLV-Z60 and would like to hear other's recommendations or warnings.

My HT room is completely light controlled.
Walls are painted a flat "dark cavern" (Behr 790F-7 - very dark brown/gray)
Sample at-http://www.behr.com/Behr/home#vgnextoid=6bd8ea6621ca5110VgnVCM1000008119fea9RCRD;chan nel=EXPLORE;view=14).
Ceilings and baseboards are flat white.
Rug is an commercial type, multi-color brown.

I'm looking to purchase a 106" screen.
I was pretty set on purchasing a Matte White screen, but was starting to consider a High-Contrast Matte White screen (from Da-Lite).
I figured since our projectors are supposed to have good contrast already, and the light can be totally controlled (a basement room with NO windows), that simple Matte White would be the most appropriate choice... though "High Contrast" Matte White has me curious... a "Matte White" screen that somehow has gray in it to give better black levels "without sacrificing white levels"??? Seems like a contradictory claim... matte white, but has a gray base material???

Anyway, thoughts, opinions, recommendations, and warnings are appreciated. Thanks!

PLV-Z60 Projector Screen Recommendations
Considering the low lumen output in best mode, and the better than typical black level performance for a 720p projector, I have to recommend a white screen surface, and for many of you, one with some gain. Screens like Carada's Brilliant White (only available in fixed wall), or pull-down, motorized or fixed wall equivalents from Da-Lite, Elite, Draper, Grandview, Stewart, etc. with gains in the 1.1 to 1.4 range are probably the best choice. Of course if you are going with less than 100" diagonal and have some side ambient light issues, then you might want to consider a light gray high contrast surface, which will help with some of that side ambient light.

If you will not have folks sitting far to the sides, then some may even want to choose a higher gain screen, such as a 1.8 gain. I'm definitely not big on gains higher than that, because of the unevenness of illumination from left to right, if you are not sitting extremely close to the center.

Originally Posted by skippy911

I posted it happens on blurays too

Originally Posted by angryht

This looks it might be a scaling issue. Does this happen with SD discs and Blu-ray discs?

Originally Posted by mrpergo

I finally got a minute to take a couple of pictures.
They are not very good, I have an old 3.1 megapixel.
The actual picture from the Z60 looks much better then these pics.

Originally Posted by wolverin

Did you try the panasonic menus, or the sanyo menus? projectorreviews.com states twice that z60 supports 24fps via hdmi. if both machines support it, it may be something you missed.