In an ideal world, the PD8130 would suffer no rainbowing at all. And its black levels would be unbelievably deep. And its HD images might look so sharp you could cut glass with them while still retaining their cinematic feel. And it would run a bit more quietly.
But then that same ideal world would also include trees that grew chocolate bars, no mortgages, teleportation, 50 weeks of holiday a year and babies that changed their own nappies and slept for 12 hours a night from birth.
In other words, in the context of anything approaching reality, the PD8130 is yet another startlingly good product from Planar - and one that’s got us drooling like a thirsty dog at the prospect of its upcoming ‘Viper’ DLP three-chipper.Read full review
Overall
9/10
By John Archer
Reviewed 30 September 2008
Updated 05 February 2011