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Runco's new High-Bright projectors bring LightStyle to the living room for less
If you were drooling over Runco's latest LightStyle projectors that aimed to bring the segment out of dedicated home theaters and into more well-lit rooms but couldn't quite find room in your budget for a $22k beamer, check out the new LS-HB series. Bringing 2,700 lumens of brightness and the company's usual suite of DLP tech, ISF calibration options and video processing, the LS-HB will be available in February for an unusually thrifty price of just $7,995. Adding the CineGlide option for perfect anamorphic reproduction without black bars ups the MSRP to $15,995, but really the question is, can you afford not to have it? Check out all the details in the press release after the break.
Runco reveals LS-10d and LS-10i projectors to bring home theaters out of the basement
Unlike most high-end projectors designed strictly to live in nice dark dungeons, Runco's new three chip DLP, 1080p LS-10d and LS-10i projectors are built to perform in a wider range of rooms -- which is good news for penthouse dwellers lacking a basement. Both are packed with the usual proprietary picture-enhancing accoutrements and also support the firm's nifty CineGlide motorized 2.35:1 anamorphic lens solution for users who can't bear to view black bars around their image. The LS-10i sports an internal image processor, while the LS-10d ups the ante with Runco's DHD rack-mounted external video processor. That upgrade enables IR and RS-232 control as well as the ability to install the processor next to your existing HT setup -- a real boon for those not building a fresh home theater out of their old squash court. Either can also be custom painted and printed to match any decor, so there's no need to fear the gear clashing with the drapes. Release-wise, the LS-10i is coming in October for just under $22,000, while the LS-10d ships later in December for a hair below $27,000. That's way more than the sub-$10k range of other LightStyle models, but it's nothing compared to Runco's $90k+ 3D cinema projectors, so we'll quit our plebeian whining. For full details see the PR after the break.
