Planar PD8130 Projector Review
The Planar PD8130 projector is built to impress. It features 1000 ANSI lumens, full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, and a 1000:1 contrast ratio. Recently the writers from Trusted Reviews got the chance to review this behemoth. The first thing they noticed when unpacking the PD8130 was how heavy it was. The circular design of the chassis did not help with carrying it from room to room either. Although the PD8130 is a chunky and awkward to carry, the writers do mention that this projector is designed for custom installation and comes with Planar’s installation professionals to mount and adjust the projector for you. Once the projector was turned on the writers were able to scroll through the helpful onscreen menu. One thing noted by the writers was that the projector appeared to be already calibrated before they received it. The writers did not have to make any adjustments to the projector to get the best possible picture. The picture displayed was one of the best features of the PD8130. The image was clean and crisp and was especially good during fast motion images. Their final verdict was, “In an ideal world, the PD8130 would suffer no rainbowing at all. And its black levels would be unbelievably deep. And its HD images might look so sharp you could cut glass with them while still retaining their cinematic feel. And it would run a bit more quietly. But then that same ideal world would also include trees that grew chocolate bars, no mortgages, teleportation, 50 weeks of holiday a year and babies that changed their own nappies and slept for 12 hours a night from birth. In other words, in the context of anything approaching reality, the PD8130 is yet another startlingly good product from Planar - and one that’s got us drooling like a thirsty dog at the prospect of its upcoming ‘Viper’ DLP three-chipper. “
[via Trusted Reviews]
