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PANASONIC HOME - -
ENTRY LEVEL LCD PTLB75E - - - PTLB75NTE - - - PTLB80E - - - PTLB80NTE - - - PTLW80NTE - - -
PROFESSIONAL LCD PTF200E - - - PTF200NTE - - - PTFW300NTE - - - PTFW300E - - - PTF300NTE - - - PTF300E - - -
SINGLE CHIP DLP PTD4000E - - - PTD5100E - - - PTD5100EL - - - PTD5700E - - - PTD5700EL - - -
NEW NEW NEW SINGLE CHIP 3D LIGHT ENGINE PTD6000 - - - PTD6300 - - - PTD6700 - - - PTD6710 - - -
THREE CHIP DLP PTD7700E - - - PTD7000E - - -
EXTREME VENUE AND HD DLP PTD10000E - - - PTDW10000E - - - PT12000k - - - PTZ12000E - - -

Which projector ?
The choices when buying a data or Digital projector are vast, with competing technologies and brands offering units from a few hundred pounds to sever tens of thousands. We hope that this page will help you make a wise decision..

Why Panasonic ?
Since 2000, Future Projections have sold only Panasonic. Prior to this, we sold an array of LCD projectors from a variety of brands, however the fact is that there are only a handful of real projector manufacturers, split into three categories;
1. Non aligned manufacturers, who manufacture projectors for the worlds largest brands as well as tendering "in house" designs, usually of older more basic technology, to larger and smaller brands across the world. Most LCD projectors today come from these factories
2. Aligned manufacturers, working primarily for one or two brands however selling the same products under a number of brands, all with similar or the same specification
3. Dedicated and exclusive manufacturers, developing new technologies and making only their own projectors. Panasonic is one of a very exclusive few manufacturers in this category.
We LOVE Panasonic ! Not only do they offer an enequalled warranty and after sales support, but their products are designed to last and certainly do "more than they say on the tin". No other manufacturer offers;

Three year warranties on all proejctors
Loan projectors
Exclusively "in house" manufactured products
A UK based dedicated team of support specialists
A product range designed to last

Reliability - ease of use - support - longevity .. making both the process and cost of ownership over the life of an installation unequalled.
Check out the warranty - THREE YEARS including a LOAN MACHINE. Check out the range..

Why Future Projections ?
Our background is large scale, commercial and professional installations - we've been working with LCD, DLP and film projector technologues for over 15 years now and know our stuff. From the smallest home cinema to the largest Leicester Square showplace, we continue to deliver honest, quality solutions.

Which technology ?
There are three major types of projectors: Standard LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), Polysilicon LCD, and DLP (Digital Light Processing) projectors.

Standard LCD
Standard LCD projectors have one panel of LCD glass that controls the three primary colors. Standard LCD projectors are becoming less common as polysilicon LCD and DLP projectors gain popularity. They usually display a much brighter image than DLP. However, their transmission design limits the amount of time they can be used. LCD-based projectors often operate effectively only a short time, with image deterioration present after 8-10 hours. Because LCD projectors transmit light through LCD chips, then through the optics and onto the screen, heat is transferred to the LCD chips from the light source. This causes the LCD chip to deteriorate and will probably result in severe image loss and can permanently damage the LCD projector. This is old tecnhology and we dont deal in these machines - beware of low cost uints however available elsewhere employing these panels - they just wont last

Polysilicon LCD
These projectors control colors through three panels and are higher in quality than standard LCD projectors. Projecting through 3 panels allows polysilicon LCD projectors to have higher color saturation than a standard LCD projector.
ENTRY LEVEL LCD PTLB75E - - - PTLB75NTE - - - PTLB80E - - - PTLB80NTE - - - PTLW80NTE - - -
PROFESSIONAL LCD PTF200E - - - PTF200NTE - - -

Inorganic LCD
A new development, these panels have incredible light transmission properties, are heat and light resistant and have extremely long lifespans.
PROFESSIONAL LCD PTFW300NTE - - - PTFW300E - - - PTF300NTE - - - PTF300E - - -

Single chip standard colourwheel DLP (Digital Light Processing)
The most common type of projector on the market, DLPs use a single chip with thousands of micro mirrors to modulate the lamp's light and project it through the lens. DLP systems are composed of over 400,000 tiny mirrors, which modulate light from a lamp and project the "modulated" signal out through the lens onto a screen. This technology is also referred to as DMD (Digital Mirror Device). This mirror configuration prevents heat from having an adverse effect on the projector's components. Thus, DLP projectors can operate continuously with no discernable loss in performance. The only loss comes from slow bulb decay, which gradually reduces brightness. Simply replacing the bulb will generally return to the DLP projector to its original quality. However the single array colourwheel used in these proejctors, whilst fine for static images, produces some nasty "rainbow" effects and is not suitable for moving video.

Single chip "3D colour" DLP
A step change from the basic, single array colourwheels, this techologuy takes into account the demands of fast moving video and is well suited for moving images as well as minimising any raiobow effect
SINGLE CHIP DLP PTD4000E - - - PTD5100E - - - PTD5100EL - - - PTD5700E - - - PTD5700EL - - -
NEW NEW NEW SINGLE CHIP 3D LIGHT ENGINE PTD6000 - - - PTD6300 - - - PTD6700 - - - PTD6710 - - -

Three chip DLP
This technology uses three DLP arrays, one for each colour, and is the same technology used in Digital cinemas today. It is the best - durable, incredible image quality and amazing brightness.
THREE CHIP DLP PTD7700E - - - PTD7000E - - -
EXTREME VENUE AND HD DLP PTD10000E - - - PTDW10000E - - - PT12000k - - - PTZ12000E - - -

D-Cinema DLP
See our Digital cinema pages for more information on this..

Brightness - ANSI Lumens
Your choice of projector output depends on three factors;
- Your image size
- The amont of blackout available
- What you will be using the projector for
All projectors have reccomended image sizes listed. Your presentation isn't going anywhere if your projector can't produce enough light to throw images across a room and onto a screen. Accordingly, the brightness (measured in ANSI lumens) of your projector is worth investigating. Generally, the brighter the room, the brighter projector lamp you will need. When deciding how much brightness your projector has to have, keep in mind how dark the rooms will typically be for your presentations and how far your projector will be from the screen. The more light in the room or the farther away the projector, the brighter your projector should be. As a rule of thumb, when the size of the image is doubled, the brightness will need to be quadrupled. The LCD systems with less than 2000 ANSI lumens can project black and white Excel images in dark room settings, they may not have enough illumination to keep multicolored presentations from appearing washed out.

Duty cycle
Time for some home truths ! LCDs dont last as long as inorganic LCDs, and even these dont last as long as DLPs.
Occasional use - try
ENTRY LEVEL LCD PTLB75E - - - PTLB75NTE - - - PTLB80E - - - PTLB80NTE - - - PTLW80NTE - - -
PROFESSIONAL LCD
Frequent use - we suggest
PTF200E - - - PTF200NTE - - - PTFW300NTE - - - PTFW300E - - - PTF300NTE - - - PTF300E - - -
Always on - stick to
SINGLE CHIP DLP PTD4000E - - - PTD5100E - - - PTD5100EL - - - PTD5700E - - - PTD5700EL - - -
NEW NEW NEW SINGLE CHIP 3D LIGHT ENGINE PTD6000 - - - PTD6300 - - - PTD6700 - - - PTD6710 - - -
THREE CHIP DLP PTD7700E - - - PTD7000E - - -
EXTREME VENUE AND HD DLP PTD10000E - - - PTDW10000E - - - PT12000k - - - PTZ12000E - - -

Fixed or specialist lenses
Often it's more cost effective to install a projector at the rear of a room rather than deal with the maintainence headaches of pole or ceiling mount. The following projectors come with a wide variety of optional lenses
Panasonic lens calculator (for larger projectors)

Other factors
See our feature chart (below) for an overview of the range

PANASONIC HOME - -
ENTRY LEVEL LCD PTLB75E - - - PTLB75NTE - - - PTLB80E - - - PTLB80NTE - - - PTLW80NTE - - -
PROFESSIONAL LCD PTF200E - - - PTF200NTE - - - PTFW300NTE - - - PTFW300E - - - PTF300NTE - - - PTF300E - - -
SINGLE CHIP DLP PTD4000E - - - PTD5100E - - - PTD5100EL - - - PTD5700E - - - PTD5700EL - - -
NEW NEW NEW SINGLE CHIP 3D LIGHT ENGINE PTD6000 - - - PTD6300 - - - PTD6700 - - - PTD6710 - - -
THREE CHIP DLP PTD7700E - - - PTD7000E - - -
EXTREME VENUE AND HD DLP PTD10000E - - - PTDW10000E - - - PT12000k - - - PTZ12000E - - -

Panasonic lens calculator (for larger projectors)