Projector Reviews Announces 'Best in Class' Awards for 2007 Home Theater Projectors

Projector Reviews.com, recognized by industry experts as providing the most in-depth review and analysis of home theater projectors, names 9 projectors as winners of its first annual 'Best in Class' awards, and in a separate report, compares the 9 hottest new 1080p HD projectors.

San Clemente, CA (PRWEB) May 3, 2007

Projector Reviews.com (http://www.projectorreviews.com), leading independent review resource of home theater projectors, has announced the 'Best of Class' awards for 2007's in home theater projectors. The Projector Reviews.com team puts each home theater projector from more than 40 manufacturers through a rigorous set of criteria to determine the Best in Class winner and its runner up.

In order to recognize quality home theater projectors in a variety of price points, projectors were grouped into 8 categories based on price range and functionality. "In some classes, we also pick a Special Interest projector that may be sufficiently unique to be the best for a significant group of users, but less mainstream," says Art Feierman, president of Projector Reviews.

Best of the Best: Nine 1080p Home Theater Projectors Compared:

In addition to the Best in Class awards, Projector Reviews.com just published a comprehensive report based on analysis and comparison of the 9 most popular new home theater projectors to sport true 1080p resolution. The mix included four LCD projectors, three DLP projectors and two LCOS projectors. The first of these 1080p projectors hit the market last October, and the newest, started shipping this March. All sell for prices from just under $3000 to approximately $6000. The report is compares the following leading projectors based on a variety of different criteria:

  • Panasonic PT-AE1000U
  • Mitsubishi HC5000
  • Epson Home Cinema 1080
  • Epson Pro Cinema 1080
  • Optoma HD81
  • BenQ W10000
  • BenQ W9000
  • Sony "Pearl" VW50
  • JVC DLA-RS1

"Before spending this amount of money on a projector, buyers want to know exactly what they can expect and that's what we've provided in this detailed report. Obviously all of these top-of-the line home theater projectors are of high quality, but not all projectors perform equally for consumers depending on their room shape, the level of ambient lighting, and their viewing preferences," Feierman says. To help shoppers narrow the choices, the comparison includes 11 separate head-to-head comparisons, in addition to the general comparison of all the projectors.

Projector Reviews.com is well recognized in the home theater projector industry as providing the most in-depth review and analysis of home theater projectors. "The site currently has about 100 reviews, with over half being home theater projectors. Perhaps more importantly, we have reviewed more than 50 home theater projectors in just the last 18 months -- most of which are still current, or recently discontinued models," says Feierman.

Each home theater projector review on the Projector Reviews.com website provides an overview, a tour of the physical attributes of the projector from front to back, including info on the zoom lens, control panel, room placement issues, input panel and other features. Reviews also include documentation on image quality, discussing overall image quality, handling of skin tones, black level and shadow detail performance and sharpness, and are accompanied with dozens of actual digital photos of the images as they appear on two different test screens. Readers will also find recommendations and advice, including what type of projector screens will work best with the different projectors under different room conditions.

About Projector Reviews: Art Feierman is the head reviewer at Projector Reviews.com (http://www.projectorreviews.com), a California-based consumer-information company. Feierman is the author of the Portable Projector Report, has contributed expert advice to numerous national consumer and government magazines, and is a speaker at various tradeshows, seminars, universities and medical conferences. The mission of Projector Reviews.com is to utilize expert skills and experience to build the best AV resource, research and advice site on the Internet.

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