Value-oriented Viewsonic projectors get BrilliantColor treatment

Philip Wong | Feb 14, 2008

While getting a free meal is harder than striking lottery in the city state of Singapore (read: Forget Western-style welfare), it's always comforting to know there are affordable yet capable products out there that stretch the dollars. ViewSonic's latest multimedia projector trio is just one of the fine examples. At as low as S$1,299 (US$955.15), you will get a Texas Instrument BrilliantColor-enhanced PJ513D coupled with a respectable 2,200 ANSI lumens brightness. The former was developed to work around a traditional projector bottleneck for delivering richer hues without compromising light output.

To further minimize cost of ownership, its higher-end S$1,699 (US$1,249.26) PJ551D and PJ560D also offer 15 percent improved lamp efficiency which extends bulb life to 3,500 hours. Lastly, the PJ560 has added picture modes ranging from black to white, to green backgrounds, tailored for each specific surface to facilitate presentation without a dedicated projection screen. With the exception of the PJ560D, the remaining two models are now on sale in Singapore. Launch details for the rest of Asia were not available at press time.

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