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Portable Projectors Under $1,000
	Dell www.dell.com	Epson www.epson.com	Hitachi www.hitachi.us/digitalmedia			Lenovo Group www.lenovo.com	Mitsubishi www.mitsubishi.com	Optoma www.optomausa.com		Visioneer/ Xerox www.xeroxprojectors. com
Model	1100MP	PowerLite S3	CP-RX60	ED-X3400	PJ-LC7	ThinkVision E500	SD110U	EP738	EP738	DP 820
Price	$799	$899	$999	$999	$749	$999	$995	$899	$799	$999
Display	DLP	3LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	DLP	DLP	DLP	DLP	DLP
Brightness	1400	1600	1500	1500	1500	1600	1600	1800	1500	1600
Resolution	800 x 600	800 x 600	1024 x 768	1024 x 768	800 x 600	800 x 600	800 x 600	800 x 600	800 x 600	800 x 600
Contrast Ratio	2100:01:00	500:01:00	300:01:00	400:01:00	300:01:00	2000:01:00	2000:01:00	2000:01:00	2000:01:00	2000:01:00
Lamp Life Eco Mode/Standard Hours	2000 / 2500	2000 / 3000	2000 / 3000	2000 / 3000	2000 / 3000	2000 / 3000	2000 / 3000	2000 / 3000	3000 / 5000	2000 / N/A
Lamp Replacement Cost	$299	$199	$199	$395	$199	$299	N/A	$399	$399	$399
Noise (dB)	34	36	38	32	38	34	32	32	35	34
Size (inches)	9.9 x 8.4 x 4.0	12.9 x 9.7 x 3.9	11.3 x 7.9 x 2.9	11.7 x 9.2 x 2.5	11.3 x 7.9 x 2.9	11 x 8.1 x 3.8	10.3 x 8.6 x 3.4	10.4 x 9.3 x 4.1	10.7 x 8.3 x 3.4	9.9 x 7.9 x 3.8
Weight (pounds)	4.9	5.6	4.8	5.5	4.8	5.4	5.5	5.3	4.6	4.5
Warranty	One year	Two years	Two years	Two years	Two years	Three years	Three years	Two years	Two years	Two years

Portable Projectors Under $1,500
	Acer www.us.acer.com	Dell www.dell.com	Hitachi www.hitachi.us/digitalmedia		Mitsubishi www.mitsubishi.com	Optoma www.optomausa.com
Model	PD525	2300MP	ED-X3450	ED-S3350	XD110U	EP739
Price	$1,249	$1,399	$1,499	$1,195	$1,395	$1,499
Display	DLP	DLP	LCD	LCD	DLP	DLP
Brightness	2600	2300	2000	2000	1600	2300
Resolution	1280 x 1024	1024 x 768	1024 x 768	800 x 600	1024 x 768	1024 x 768
Contrast Ratio	2000:01:00	2100:01:00	400:01:00	400:01:00	2000:01:00	2000:01:00
Lamp Life Eco Mode/Standard Hours	2000 / 3000	2000 / 2500	2000 / 3000	2000 / 3000	2000 / 3000	3000 / 5000
Lamp Replacement Cost	$299	$349	$395	$395	N/A	$399
Noise (dB)	30	38	32	32	32	32
Size (inches)	11.0 x 9.3 x 4.2	9.8 x 8.0 x 3.1	11.7 x 9.2 x 2.5	11.7 x 9.2 x 2.5	10.3 x 8.6 x 3.4	10.4 x 9.3 x 4.1
Weight (pounds)	5.3	4.7	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.3
Warranty	One year	One year	Two years	Two years	Three years	Two years

Portable Projectors Over $1,500
	Casio www.casio.com		Panasonic www.panasonic.com	Sony www.sonystyle.com		Plus Vision www.plus-america.com
Model	XJ-560	XJ-360	PT-LBNTU	VPL-CX20A	VPL-CS20A	U5-732
Price	$2,899	$1,899	$4,299	$2,399	$1,999	$1,995
Display	DLP	DLP	LCD	3LCD	3LCD	DLP
Brightness	3000	2200	3000	2000	2000	2300
Resolution	1024 x 768	1024 x 768	1024 x 768	1024 x 768	800 x 600	1024 x 768
Contrast Ratio	2000:01:00	2000:01:00	400:01:00	N/A	N/A	2000:01:00
Lamp Life Eco Mode/Standard Hours	2000 / 2000	2000 / 2000	2000 / 3000	N/A	N/A	2000 / 2000
Lamp Replacement Cost	$499	$399	$575	N/A	N/A	$349
Noise (dB)	39	38	N/A	41	41	35
Size (inches)	10.9 x 8.4 x 2.5	9.1 x 6.7 x 2.2	12.8 x 9.0 x 3.0	10.8 x 8.3 x 2.1	10.8 x 8.3 x 2.1	12.59 x 10.1 x 3.26
Weight (pounds)	6	4	5.7	4.2	4.2	4.6
Warranty	Three years	Three years	Three years	Three years	Three years	Three years

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