Panasonic PT-AX200U Home Theater
Projector Review: Overview
10-27-2007 - Art Feierman
ProjectorReviews.com
Panasonic PT-AX200U Projector
Highlights:
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Brightest projector in its class
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Excellent color, film-like quality, after minor adjustments
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Enhanced modes for gamers, for superior performance with game machines like Sony
PS3, PS2, X-box 360, X-box, and Nintendo Wii
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Wide range zoom lens, and lens shift for easy placement on tabletop, shelf or ceiling
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Invisible pixels thanks to Panasonic's Smooth Screen technology
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Overall, image is slightly softer than many 720p projectors
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Value proposition (price/performance) is excellent
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$1299 MAP, should represent the high, online pricing.
Reviewing the latest Panasonic 720p projector is a bit of deju vu, it seems. Every fall,
Panasonic rolls out a new 720p projector, and the PT-AX200U is simply the latest. Last year it
was the PT-AX100U, and before that... PT-AE900U, PT-AE700U...
PT-AX200U - This year's best seller?
I'm going to devote a few paragraphs here, on the nature of this segment of the home theater
projector market, in terms of what is popular. If this bores you, just skip down to the next
heading.
Every year I have to listen to Panasonic remind me that the model they are replacing has been
the best selling home theater projector in the market. Every year, they proclaim that they
expect the newly released Panasonic home theater projector to become the new best selling
projector on the market. And, it seems, every year they are right.
So, what gives? With competition out there from plenty of major players, from the likes of
Sanyo, Sony, Optoma, and Mitsubishi (to name just a few), you would think that sooner or
later, a more popular projector would show up from someone else.
So before we figure out in this review, whether the Panasonic PT-AX200U should be the best
seller this coming year, let's spend a few more seconds exploring why Panasonic has been
dominant.
