Panasonic's 10,000 lumen TH-DW10000 projector

by Donald Melanson, posted Oct 3rd 2006 at 12:55PM

Panasonic's dropped more than just camcorders at the big CEATEC show in Japan this week, also announcing this fairly beefy projector (and no, Akihabara News isn't getting into the projector biz -- just a bit more creative with its watermarks). Details on specs are still a little thin, but we've got the big numbers, with the DLP projector promising full HD resolution (which we assume is 1080p, though you can never really be sure these days), 4,000:1 contrast ratio, and a mighty 10,000 lumens. No word on the port situation, or a price or release date for that matter, though you can safely bet on throwing down at least a couple of grand for this one.

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Tags: dlp, hd, panasonic, projector, th-dw10000

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Rohit Kapur @ Oct 3rd 2006 1:06PM

10,0000???

A typo a day is the Engadget way.

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strider_mt2k @ Oct 3rd 2006 1:15PM

10,0000 = It goes to eleven.

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Anthony @ Oct 3rd 2006 1:20PM

I think "a couple grand" should read "a few dozen grands."

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Geoff @ Oct 3rd 2006 1:43PM

I'm not too sure about the Akihabara News logo on the face of the projector ... I think I'd rather have the branding be a little more subtle on my several-grand-costing projector.

:P

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Jake @ Oct 3rd 2006 2:25PM

Don't think I've seen one with 10,000 lumens before. That is extremely bright. My guess is $5000 to $7000, possibly more.

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Ben Hobbs @ Oct 3rd 2006 4:10PM

More like $15,000-$25,000 minimum, its obviously a commercial projector for actual cinema use.

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About Projectors @ Oct 3rd 2006 4:41PM

I'm going to say at least $75,000.

Some new information has surfaced about this and its sister projector, the TH-D10000.

They're going to use three 0.95" DLP chips instead of one, the resolution is in fact (1920 x 1080) and it will be able to project a 600" diagonal image. The TH-D10000 will have all the same specifications, but will be SXGA+ (1400 x 1050).

Full Specs:
http://www.aboutprojectors.com/Panasonic-TH-DW10000-projector.html
http://www.aboutprojectors.com/Panasonic-TH-D10000-projector.html

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Martin @ Nov 17th 2006 4:16PM

Oh, and the whole system is liquid cooled. So it's dead silent.

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Martin @ Nov 20th 2006 1:02PM

Just saw a demo at my work. It really is 10,000 Lumens, looks incredible. They quoted $75,000 CAD for it.

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