Sanyo's 6,500 lumen LP-XP100L 3LCD projector: bright with a nice personality

Sanyo's showing off their "world's brightest" projector this morning: the 6,500 lumen LP-XP100L. Of course, it's only the world's brightest single-lamp, mid-sized projector weighing less than 12-kg -- come on, why even bother Sanyo? Anyway, that 330W NSHA lamp is bright, enabling a 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution display with a 2000:1 contrast ratio. Inputs include component BNC and HDCP-enabled DVI. Yours in Japan starting August 1st for ¥1,260,000 or about $10,287. Oh hey, Sanyo, putting a pretty girl next to it doesn't cancel the ugly, mkay?

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[Jagannath A @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:48AM]

I bet the projector weighs more than the girl :D

[Chuckles McGee @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:56AM]

"Oh hey, Sanyo, putting a pretty girl next to it doesn't cancel the ugly, mkay?"

Maybe it doesn't cancel it, but there's still a good bit of ugly-deflection going on.

[jon @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:58AM]

it reminds me of the x-ray machine at the dentist.

[Marty Harrison @ Jul 3rd 2007 9:28AM]

Hey,
Who cares what the projector looks like (although this new series does look much more current than their previous pieces) what is most important is how the image on your screen looks. The 3 year parts and labor warranty and continuous airfilter are also really nice touches as well. I say great job, Sanyo!

[craig @ Jul 3rd 2007 9:56AM]

They use the same marketing group as Apple.

[L. Cyphre @ Jul 3rd 2007 10:12AM]

>bright with a nice personality
OK, so what *exactly* was this article about again?

[JeffDM @ Jul 3rd 2007 1:20PM]

"Anyway, that 330W NSHA lamp is bright, enabling a 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution display with a 2000:1 contrast ratio."

This is a contrived sentence. The specific bulb type or wattage does not "enable" a given screen resolution or "enable" a given contrast ratio.

I don't think the unit's appearance matters that much, it looks good enough. Bright Sanyos are usually ceiling-installed in large rooms and well out of the way, most people don't see them.

[Ghen @ Jul 3rd 2007 3:12PM]

Is it wrong that my first thought was "She could have been good in porn" ?

[I.M. Yerpappy @ Jul 3rd 2007 5:50PM]

The projector can sit on my table and she can sit on my face. Asoko, namete ii'n desu ka? Hai. Kimochi.
Endgadget should have Photoshopped the projector out of the picture.

[Toby @ Jul 4th 2007 2:18AM]

What projector? Hay naku!

[franzbonus @ Jul 4th 2007 6:25AM]

Sanyo are stupid; the proof: the hot asian model isn't half naked.