![]() Its low-power mode dropped the illumination to 3,420 lumens and lessened the fan noise considerably. In our lab tests, the PLC-XP56 pumped out 4,340 lumens of brightness-just short of its 5,000-lumen rating, making it one of the brightest machines in its class. The Sanyo PLC-XP56 started quickly in our tests, throwing an image onscreen in 40 seconds however, it took well over a minute to cool down. The onscreen menu offers many customization options but is hard to navigate due in part to difficult-to-decipher icons that are too large for the menus. You can also control all these functions with the large remote, though we're disappointed that a projector of this caliber doesn't offer automatic keystone correction. Twelve prominent buttons, including four directional buttons, sit on top of the monitor and control the onscreen menu and other settings such as focus, keystone, input, and zoom-along with volume for the decent-sounding 2-watt speakers. The best part is that you do all this through a Web browser, so compulsive administrators don't need any special software to scrutinize the projector and, say, remotely turn it off. ![]() In addition, with any networked computer, you can check to see if the PLC-XP56 is in use, how it's connected, how hot it is, and how many hours the lamp has been on. Despite this drawback, the rudimentary LAN access should go a long way toward easing the anxieties of mobile presenters fearful of forgetting the slide show. You'll also need to transform PowerPoint presentations into a series of images without audio or transitions. Once on the network, the PLC-XP56 can lift images-and only images-from an FTP site however, you'll need to preconvert them with the included Sanyo Network Viewer software. It's a little awkward and complicated to set up: you'll need to manually configure the projector's IP address with the remote control, which is frustrating and time-consuming. To make the PLC-XP56 a truly networked projector, you'll have to pay $699 for the Sanyo PJ-Net Organizer Plus POA-PN02 networking module.
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