Mitsubishi WD380U-EST Ultra Short-Throw WXGA DLP Projector, 2800 ANSI Lumens, 0.65" 1-chip DMD Display, 1280x800 Resolution, 3000:1 Contrast Ratio

The Mitsubishi WD380U-EST Ultra Short-Throw WXGA DLP Projector with 2800 ANSI lumens, a 3000:1 contrast ratio and a 10W speaker it has the audio and video power for a wide variety of venues from a small office to a full auditorium. But fitting a big image into a tight spot is where it excels. The WD380U-EST is what's called an ultra short-throw projector.

The projector's native resolution is WXGA (1280 x 800), but it can accept and scale signals at UXGA, WXGA, SXGA, XGA, SVGA and VGA resolutions. It can also handle PAL, SECAM, NTSC, NTSC4.43, PAL-M and PAL-N signals. Along with its 100 to 240 volt AC 50/60Hz power supply there are few countries on earth where the WD380U-EST can't do the job. It can also display closed captioning from programming sources that provide it, ensuring your whole audience will understand your presentation.

The audio and video features on this projector are top notch. If the 10W speaker isn't powerful enough to fill your viewing room with sound, you can plug in powered speakers (not supplied) and control the volume from the remote control. (That's called variable audio out or VAO.) The picture is formed by a Texas Instruments DLP DMD chip, which you'll find in many brands of projectors because it so well-respected. Most projector imaging systems create images from just the primary colors: red, green and blue. The DLP adds those colors' complements: cyan, magenta and yellow. TI calls the system BrilliantColor and it increases the brightness of the colors by 50 percent over DLP systems that don't have it.