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Bottom line: The Panasonic does a great job when it comes to reproducing skin tones, to
provide natural realistic colors, and shades.
Panasonic PT-AX200U Black Levels and
Shadow Detail
As is typical for LCD home theater projectors, the PT-AX200U cannot match the black level
performance of the better DLP projectors it competes with. The PT-AX200U, however does a
very good job overall, one rivaling the best under $10,000 projectors - DLP or otherwise, of
just, say 3 years ago, when technology improvements such as the DLP Darkchip3, took hold.
This resulted in black level performance that reached acceptable levels, so that it no longer is
the most important performance criteria. I used to write that "black levels are the holy grail"
of projector performance. Today, though, even low cost projectors like the PT-AX200U do a
sufficiently good job at producing "blacker blacks" (blacks that come out very dark gray). As a
result, other aspects of projector performance now equal or exceed the importance of black
levels.
The PT-AX200U does a very respectable job on black levels, but more impressive, is its
handling of shadow details. Now these two are typically closely related. If a projector can't
begin to produce really dark blacks - as was typical of projectors just a few years ago, it can't
reveal the dark details that are supposed to be darker than the blacks it produces. Panasonic,
though, like many other projectors, deals with this electronically. The end result, is that the
Panasonic happens to be excellent at shadow details, rivaling most of the far more expensive
1080p projectors out there.