Toshiba TDPMT700

I'm in the same boat, held off a purchase of the Sharp to check out the Toshiba. I'm hoping reports start coming soon.

Not sure if its coming in under the radar as its already been mentioned a couple of times on AVS. It will, like the Benq PE7700, be one of the first Po Folks 720P DLP projectors. I think it or the Benq is suppose to be out next month or in April, but I do not have the official Toshiba announcement in front of me to refer to.

what are the supposed specs on the 7700? i too have been close to pulling the trigger on the panny 700...but haven't yet.

i've heard six-segment, 5x speed color wheel, and has ratings of 1000 ANSI lumens and 2000:1 contrast and HDMI.

Well, its been three more weeksn any any new information?

Hi, you can find the official spec sheet from BenQ on the 7700 in the link below

Link about 7700 (swedish)
http://www.component.se/forum/index.php?showtopic=2269

Spec from BenQ (english)
http://www.component.se/docs/product...e7700_0217.doc

cheers

/Par

edit: added direct link to sheet

I just called Toshiba and they don't even have the MT700 in their system.

I saw a pre-sample of MT700 already a couple of weeks ago - it was not performing well at the time. I hope to get at productionsample for review before end of March.

If I remember I will post impressions in this thread

cheers

/Par

edit:clarifications

If price is your primary consideration this is your projector, It can retail for less than 2700.

Wow, froogle "TDPMT700" gives two results already. Out of stock of course but it's encouraging.

Brochure courtesy of Toshiba Canada

I'm not sure I like the fratboy image they're giving of the MT700 potential buyers...

The Toshiba brochure posted above has the CR at 2500:1. I seem to remember that during CES the press release was for 2000:1 while the Benq PE7700 claimed 2500:1. I guess Toshiba decided to match Benq's claimed CR.

Looks like 4X color wheel- not what I expected

I read on a previous post that it was switchable between 4x and 5x.

Curious, what reason for offering a switchable CW speed?

Doesn't the toshiba use faroudja?

Faster CW - less rainbows, more posterization / banding / false countours / motion dithering / whatever

Slower CW - more rainbows, less posterization / banding / etc etc

You choose your poison.

Already implemented on the Mitsubishi HC2000.


Yeah it does, and it is indeed mentioned on the brochure.

Also, 6X x PAL 50 Hz = 300 Hz, 5x x 60 Hz = 300 Hz; this is what the NEC HT1000 did

Jeffcom or Grubert, where (URL?) did you read that it was 4x or selectable? thx.

quack724

Go to Grubert's post at 5:35am today and click his link for the brochure.

On the spec sheet see "color wheel RGBRGB X4" This is a six segment color wheel, four speed.

Not heard about selectable speed. Hope there is. Need 5x to minimize rainbows.

Jeffcom, thanks..I see it. hmm...is that why it's MSRP is lower than the Sharp XV-Z2000? I was told the Sharp has a 5x.

I read it back in September '04 on the first thread on this projector: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=446554

Quack 724
You raise a good question. I too thought the Z2000 has 5x wheel. Also figured the BenQ7700 and Toshiba MT-700 are to compete head to head- at a better price point, as these models are coming out 6-12 months later.

Beginning to see that there may or may not be some substantial differences between these three PJ's. Anybody know what CW speed is on the Sharp? Not found on Sharp's own literature I got at Cedia!!

Thanks Grubert for the above link. Am also interested as to what silicon chipset Sharp put in the Z2000. I sure hope the selectable CW is a reality.

Could someone who has the MT700 brochure post it here or host it? The link doesn't seem to work for me at the moment.

I can host it as well if someone emails it to me. zmetz@cableone.net

I'm dying to know what the throw will be on this unit. Does the brochure mention it, or has it been posted anywhere?

Missed the Swedish link. It has the throw info for the Benq 7700: 100" at 9.8. Assuming that 100" is diagonal then this would roughly match the Benq 8700 throw.

This is awesome because I have a small room and would love to push this right to the edge of SDE .

I think this is the one for me... mmmm.

Any idea of the throw for the MT700?


Anyone lurkers out there worried about 4x vs. 5x should try to find a 4805 to look at. I too was scared of rainbows. Not a problem on my 4805 for me, even shooting on a 60" wide screen with no ND filter. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones who's not too rainbow aware.

After being tempted by the H77 deal and reading about their clayface problems, I personally will take less posterization.

Here's a thread with the MT700 brochure: MT700

Looks like a very similar throw to the 7700.

I like the dorm guy target market. Those fools want a huge screen for their video games, which made the throw short. That'll be great for my Xbox/Xbox 360.

Hmmm, now where'd I put my keg and my grunge knit cap...