Sharp XV-Z10000 DLP Home Theatre Projector RRP$16,995

Decided to finally upgrade to Full HD 1080p images and so my trusty old 720p projector is up for sale. This Sharp XV-Z10000 projector was formerly a top of the line home theatre projector retailing in Australia for a RRP of $16,995 (http://sysdoc.doors.ch/SHARP/Feb03_XVZ10000MediaRelease.pdf) and should still outperform anything else in the price range I am selling it at. This is a FULL 720p projector with a NATIVE resolution of 1280x720 resulting in a TRUE Widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio. Brightness is rated at a switchable 800/600 lumens, the lower being the high contrast mode. In the high contrast mode, the contrast ratio is rated at 2600:1. I have switched to a new bulb this year (have still kept the old bulb but it has done about 1900 hours and lamp change light came one - the winning bidder is welcome to it but be warned that it will have an increase risk of bulb fracture) and have done only 311 hours all on the high contrast/low brightness mode. The bulbs are rated at 2000hrs and so this current bulb should have plenty of life left.

Also included in the sale is a Kordz Evolution-S HDMI-DVI adaptor ($59 usually http://www.clink.com.au/hdmi/adaptors.htm) that allows the use of a HDMI cable to this projector (this is how I have been running it since getting a HDMI enabled preamp).

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As mentioned, this projector was formerly a top end model and should still easily outperform anything at this sale price range as most projectors in this price category are not even native 1280x720 (720p) and are not truly intended for home theatre use. They are mainly just data projectors. This projector is in full working order and in excellent condition with all supplied accessories (Sharpvision CD, Lens Cap, Remote Control, Instruction Manuals) apart from the original box and should be ideal for the discerning home theatre enthusiast who wants a quality 720p image. New bulbs are still readily available for this projector online and on Ebay.  Properly ventilated, this current bulb should be good for another 1600 hours hopefully as I used the last one till about 1900 hours on the low contrast mode.

Read a review here - http://www.isftv.com/Review_XVZ10000.html

and here http://www.ultimateavmag.com/videoprojectors/1003sharp/

Full Specs as per below

	2600:1 High Contrast and Black Reproduction DMD™ is a reflective device which can prevent light from coming through by controlling mirror angles. Making good use of this DMD™ feature plus employing all thoroughly developed optical engines, the XV-Z10000 provides sharper blacks in black parts and a higher contrast ratio of 2600:1. Real blacks and clearly reproduced subtle colours provide impressively beautiful pictures.
	Conventional XV-Z10000
	Natural Colour Reproductivity With the development of an advanced optical engine including Primary Colour Wheels, the XV-Z10000 provides high-grade colour reproduction.
	Conventional XV-Z10000

	Optimization of the Optical Engine From the onset of XV-Z10000 development, all optical parts have been thoroughly analyzed and experimented on in order to search for higher contrast ratio. This brings anti-reflective coating for every optical part, optimization of light insertion into DMD™ pixels, and a shutter in front of the projection lens. As a result, backlight from diffused reflection in the optical engine and light leaking from light reflection from objects other than DMD™ mirrors have been dramatically reduced to achieve higher contrast ratio.
	270W SHP Lamp System The 270W SHP lamp affords rich light quantity and adjusts spectral characteristics, resulting in high luminance and high colour reproduction, especially for reds, which remains a task very difficult for conventional models.
	Three Primary Colour Wheel (CW) Current DLP™ projectors employ a 4-colour (RGB and white) colour wheel in order to increase white luminance and picture brightness. However, this causes a debasement of colour balance by enhancing other colours to reach a bright white level and a deterioration of black level because of white light straying onto DMD™ chips. The XV-Z10000 uses a 3-Colour CW with only red, green and blue primary colours, achieving high reproduction of pure colours and high-contrast pictures. Current XV-Z10000 Colour Wheel Structure RGBW RGB Only Brightness Brighter Normal Colour Reproduction Poor Excellent Black Level Low (obscured) High (real black)
	World's First 6x* Speed Engine Single DLP™ projectors employ a time sequential CW system in which RGB images projected on the screen sequentially are mixed and recognized as one image from the afterimage effects on human eyes. But this causes a phenomenon called "Colour Breaking". And since projection time for each colour is relatively long with the 1x and 2x engine, remaining afterimages appear on the image for some time like a RGB rainbow. For a theatre projector, this is a major weak point because mainly moving images are projected. With the world's first use of a 6x* Speed Colour Wheel in front DLP™ projectors, the XV-Z10000 achieves a projection time 1/6 that of a 1x engine and improves colour breaking up to a degree virtually invisible. *5x speed with NTSC system Conventional Current XV-Z10000 Colour Wheel Structure 3 Segments (1x RGB) 3 Segments (1x RGB) 6 Segments (2x RGB) Rotation 60 r.p.s. (1x) 120 r.p.s. (2x) 180 r.p.s. (3x) System Speed (1x1)=1x (1x2)=2x (2x3)=6x Projection Time per Colour 1/180 sec 1/60 sec 1/360 sec 1/60 sec 1/1080 sec 1/60 sec

	The XV-Z10000 is equipped with Sharp's proprietary multi-functional, digital image LSI, which incorporates various image processing algorithms for high-quality display of wide-ranging video sources for use in liquid crystal, DLP™, plasma and other stationary pixel display devices. With intensive development of optimization from Sharp in this unique combined use of IC and DLP™, the XV-Z10000 achieves the high-quality natural and detailed expression of movie film ambience.
	Pattern Matching I/P Conversion Sharp's original High Image Quality System employs motion-adaptive I/P conversion by using motion pixel detection, examining every pixel to ascertain whether a motion pixel or not by comparing four-field information. It then selects intra-field I/P conversion for a pixel detected as a motion pixel, and inter-field I/P conversion for a still pixel. This motion adaptive I/P conversion drastically improves jagged edges and blur level, which have been major problems for conventional I/P conversion. Also, edge detection and motion quantity smoothing contribute to minimize malfunction of motion pixel detection. In addition, Pattern Matching Technology is employed to elevate the level of high-quality I/P Conversion. This function depicts pattern information in a period from visual data, finds the vertically matching patterns (which was until now impossible) and creates a new pattern in the midpoint of these patterns by their mutual relation. Thus it smoothes out jaggies of somewhat slanted, almost horizontal lines and edges, providing higher quality images. Enhanced Up-Scaling Conventional projectors need to convert the resolution values of normal video signals in order to project normal PAL or NTSC video pictures through high resolution panels. This sometimes results in unclear or jagged pictures. The Enhanced Up-Scaling employs a much more advanced smoothing technology, producing a crisp and even picture.
	Superior 16:9 Image Conventional projectors extend a picture evenly from the 4:3 original to fit into a 16:9 screen, resulting in pictures stretched horizontally, i.e., wide and short. With the XV-Z10000, pictures can be projected in a thinner ratio in the middle part and only extended at the sides. This maintains natural and proportional pictures close to the 4:3 original.
	Enhanced Three-Two Pull Down for NTSC and Two-Two Pull Down for PAL Using the Film Mode, the XV-Z10000 can beautifully reproduce movie film recorded in 24Hz progressive format.

	The XV-Z10000 employs a digital control system called DLP™ for the display device. This controls the DMD™ (Digital Micromirror Device) chip, which has many thousands of micromirrors on the silicon chip, reflecting light to display images. Plus the XV-Z10000 employs a DMD™ HD2 chip with a ±12° DMD mirror angle developed from the DMD™ HD1 of ±10°. The Theatre-Oriented Optical System Design provides a high contrast ratio of 2600:1, which achieves deep expressiveness in colour gradations with wide dynamic range.
	16:9 HD DLP High-Definition Picture The XV-Z10000 employs the HD DMD™ Chip with 1280 x 720-pixel high resolution —A world's first in front projectors. A 16:9 image, for example, contains more than 1.56 times the image information capacity than XGA and 2.56 times that of SVGA, providing high-precision picture projection. For 720P HD signals in particular, an original high-resolution picture can be projected without deterioration caused by pixel conversion.

	Newly Designed Back-lit Remote Control and Pull-Down GUI (Graphical User Interface) Menu Icon-based design on both the back-lit remote and GUI menu allows even first-time Sharp projector users simple intuitive operation.
	Colour Temperature Adjustment Colour Temperature Adjustment, with 61 position settings, reproduces the subtle tones especially needed to display intermediate hue variations and is adjustable with a wide range of tones in 100K increments from 5,500K to 11,500K.
	High Colour Temperature (bluish tone)   Low Colour Temperature (reddish tone)
	Colour Management System The Colour Management System enables adjustment of only a specified colour by just pointing out the colour or the object on the screen without influencing other colours on the same screen. With convenient one-colour adjustment there's no need for troublesome whole-screen control. Gamma Correction Gamma Correction, with 6 position settings, provides the ideal picture reproduction for any picture source from videos to sports programmes. Reducing resolution loss, this function allows dark, low-iridescent scenes to be reproduced with clarity. Plus, the XV-Z10000 uses simple remote control-operated functions for adjusting gamma, gain and offset of each RGB, enabling higher quality, smooth and detailed picture reproduction.
	Without Gamma Correction   With Gamma Correction
	SHARPVISION Manager Version 2.0 By using the supplied Gamma Control Software, SharpVision Manager, gamma curves, which were until now set automatically and out of user control, can be precisely adjusted from users' PCs.

	Whisper Quiet Operation —Low Fan Noise: 32 dB The XV-Z10000 employs a Sirocco Fan with less air disturbance for noise reduction while enhancing cooling. The projector also uses a Dome Duct with a long air duct system and expanded silencer, dramatically reducing fan noise for movie viewing. This leads to a super quiet 32dB operation during Normal Theatre Mode projection.
	1:1.35 Zoom Lens & Lens Shift Function from Unique Optics Technology With a 1.35x zoom lens, the XV-Z10000 delivers clear pictures from a variety of heights and angles. In addition, with unique optics technology the projector not only makes possible natural angle projection, a weak point for current single-chip DLP projection, but also employs a lens shift function. This provides adjustable projection heights up and down for one screen from the same projection distance. Projection adjustments of even greater precision become possible.
	Throw Ratio:1.8-2.2:1 Screen Size (16:9) Projection Distance (L) Diagonal Maximum Minimum 300" 54'1" (16.5m) 39'11" (12.2m) 250" 45'1" (13.7m) 33'3" (10.1m) 200" 36' (11.0m) 26'7"(8.1m) 150" 26'12" (8.2m) 19'11" (6.1m) 133" 23'11" (7.3m) 17'7" (5.4m) 106" 18'11" (5.8m) 13"11" (4.3m) 100" 17'11" (5.5m) 13'2" (4.0m) 92" 16'5" (5.0m) 12'1" (3.7m) 84" 15' (4.6m) 11'1" (3.4m) 72" 12'10" (3.9m) 9'6" (2.9m) 60" 10'8" (3.3m) 7'10" (2.4m) 40" 7'1" (2.2m) 5'2" (1.6m)
	Multiple Input Terminals 2 Component Inputs, S-video, Composite and DVI-I/HDCP Input Use of the DVI terminal delivers all-digital projection from input straight through to the projected pictures without any picture loss usually occurring from A/D and D/A conversion.
	Convenient Features Switchable Screen with 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios GUI (Graphical User Interface) High-Quality Video Circuits (3D Digital Noise Reduction, 3D Y/C Separation, 3-Line Digital Comb Filter) Multi-System Video Compatibility (NTSC/NTSC4.43/PAL/PAL-60Hz./PAL-M/ PAL-N/SECAM) 11-Language On-Screen Display (English, German, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Swedish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese) Active Digital Keystone Correction