Sanyo, a leader in home theater entertainment has recently announced an addition to its projector lineup with two new LCD portable projectors, the PLC-XC55 and the PLC-XC50 projectors, which are for both education and business markets. For the first time in any portable projector, they are using the Sanyo Active Maintenance Filter (AMF) system, which allows for easy filter changes. It consists of a filter cartridge with ten lengths of filter material and detects when airflow obstructed, and each of these filters that are installed last approximately 3,000 hours.

According to Mark Holt, Vice President and General Manger for Sanyo’s Presentation Technologies Division, “Thanks to SANYO’s AMF these new high brightness projectors significantly lower a school system’s cost of ownership by reducing filter maintenance costs by a factor of ten.”

Sanyo has also added a number of security features such as a security bar in the corner of the device and an on-board pin that locks the device when not in use. In addition, there are video input terminals, component video, and D-Sub15. The compatibility of these includes UXGA, SXGA+, SXGA, WXGA, XGA, SVGA, VGA, and MAC. It is also compatible with HD resolutions including 1080i 50/60, 1035i, 720p with compatibility for HD resolutions such as 480p, 480i, 575p, 575i. The PLC-XC55 emits around 3,100 Lumens and costs $1,995.00. The PLC-XC50 sports 2,600 Lumens, and costs around $1,495.00.

[via Austin Business Journal]

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