Bright sparks in the boardroom: 10 projectors reviewed

Canon LV-7555Canon LV-7555

The LV-7555 is Canon’s new large venue and conference room projector. It’s Canon’s brightest projector delivering 4600 ANSI lumens in Turbo Mode or 4000 ANSI lumens in standard mode.

The Canon LV-7555 was the brightest projector we tested and also the largest, weighing in at 9.3kg. It has a powerful 300W NSH lamp that can run for approximately 2000 hours. Its native resolution is set to 1024 x 768—if you want to, you can set it to 1280 x 1024 but you get a compressed image.

You can purchase an optional Network Imager that connects the LV-7555 to your network. This allows you to remotely manage the projector. You can switch the input mode, adjust the picture, and it can e-mail you alerts.

Canon claims the projected image can fill a 400in screen with 90 percent uniform brightness. Out tests showed Canon may be exaggerating slightly. The picture was slightly less uniform than Canon claims, but nothing to worry about. The LV-7555 was sharp, extremely bright, and even when we turned turbo mode off it was still the brightest. Colours were also strikingly vivid.

 Data projectors

 Projector reviews:

 BenQ PB8230
 Canon LV-7555
 Epson EMP-7850
 Hitachi CP-X880
 HP XP 8010
 InFocus LP820
 JVC DLA-SX21
 Mitsubishi XL30U
 Panasonic PT-L735NTE
 Sony VPL-PX15

 Specifications
 How we tested
 Sample scenarios
 Editor's choice
 About RMIT

Product Canon LV-7555
Price AU$15,675
Vendor Canon
Phone 02 9805 2000
Web www.canon.com.au
 
Interoperability
DVI, BNC, and component video connectors.
Futureproofing ½
Brightest of all the projectors.
ROI ½
Most expensive; suitable for large boardrooms.
Service ½
Three-year warranty; lamp 120 days.
Rating ½
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Talkback 1 comments

    Dear Sir, Just to clarify the ...Anonymous -- 01/09/04

    Dear Sir,

    Just to clarify the review of the XL30U. Contrast ratio is actually 500:1 and the product has a RRP of $8490.

    Could we please have this amended.

    Mitsubishi Electric
    Claudio Cardile

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