Providing WXGA resolution, a brightness of 4,000 ANSI lumens and a 2,000-hour hybrid filter, Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc., Business Group, will introduce the CP-WX625 LCD projector at InfoComm 08. With networking functionality and Hitachi’s proprietary My Image Campus Notification system, the CP-WX625 projector is ideal for higher education applications.

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Presentation Products Division is bringing higher-grade features to its newest 1080p (1920 x 1080) resolution home theater projector, the HC5500.  This new projector replaces Mitsubishi’s wildly successful HC4900, upgrading features for the same manufacturer’s suggested price of $2495. 

SANYO introduces their latest optical engine, called 4LCD, which adds a Color Control Device to conventional 3LCD (red/green/blue) systems. The first projector to launch this innovative new 4LCD engine is the PLC-XP200L. The additional Color Control Device in the 4LCD optical engine allows the PLC-XP200L to automatically control the amount of yellow light in the image, producing higher luminosity with improved color accuracy and clarity.

NEC Display Solutions of America announced today the NP905 and NP901W installation projectors, two full-featured, network-compatible projectors developed for corporate conference rooms and classrooms.

Sony is expanding its line of video projection systems for commercial applications with two new LCD models for larger-venues. The new VPL-FW300L (7,000 lumens) and the VPL-FH300L (6,000 lumens) projector models are designed to deliver outstanding images while in the same room as the audience. This makes them ideal for smaller auditoriums, large classrooms and meeting rooms, museum exhibits, event centers, ballrooms and movie theaters for displaying pre-show content.