New series of short-throw projectors increases installation flexibility and delivers bright, sharp visuals for corporate and immersive museum environments.
Bracknell, UK. November 2024 – Panasonic Connect Europe has announced the VMZ7ST Series of short-throw LCD projectors, revolutionising sustainable, flexible projection for corporate and immersive museum environments. Based on Panasonic’s VMZ82 Series of compact projectors, the PT-VMZ7ST (7,000lm) and PT-VMZ6ST (6,200lm) are Panasonic’s most powerful fixed, short-throw LCD laser projectors yet.
Short-throw lens offers unrivalled flexibility
Panasonic’s VMZ7ST Series offers increased installation flexibility, especially where space is limited. It features a short-throw lens ratio of just 0.797-1.01:1, and a 1.2x optical zoom and wide-range V/H lens shift, enabling it to project a 100-inch image from approximately 1.72 m (5.6 ft). Within immersive museum experiences, this minimises any visitor shadows – even when viewing close-up. Users in corporate environments can also be confident that any projected presentations are not disrupted.
When installed in high, difficult-to-reach areas, the VMZ7ST Series is easy to set-up, reducing valuable installation time. Panasonic’s Powered Focus allows the focus to be easily readjusted to accommodate various room sizes, which is especially useful in sports simulators, where the focus may need to be frequently adjusted to keep up with player action.
Panasonic’s Angle Monitor function enables the projection tilt angle to be visualised remotely, its geometric correction functions enable the VMZ7ST Series to be positioned anywhere it’s needed, for projecting onto various surface shapes and sizes.
Class-leading projection in bright spaces
The VMZ7ST Series features Daylight View Basic technology and colour management, allowing image quality to be adjusted based on ambient lighting, and vivid colours to be produced through the tweaking of the hue, saturation, and value. This is especially useful in bright, corporate environments.
Environmentally friendly design
Sustainability is at the core of the VMZ7ST Series’ design. It utilises Panasonic’s Auto Power On function, starting projection upon signal detection and minimising continuous projector operation. This increases power efficiency by nearly 53% (lm/W) compared to competitor models, without compromising brightness. The VMZ7ST Series’ delivers 20,000 hours of maintenance-free, continuous projection, significantly reducing costs. To minimise waste, the ECO Filter can be washed and reused twice, whilst 56% of the chassis is made from recycled resins.
“The VMZ7ST Series of projectors offers a cost-effective solution for immersive museum experiences and corporate environments, delivering class-leading brightness and installation flexibility that minimises set-up and maintenance costs where budgets are tight. The VMZ7ST Series takes sustainable projection for short-throw projectors to new levels, whilst delivering bright, sharp visuals that users have come to expect from Panasonic,” comments Hartmut Kulessa, European Marketing Manager at Panasonic Connect Europe.
The VMZ7ST Series will be available from CY2025 Q1.
For more information, please click: https://eu.connect.panasonic.com/gb/en/projectors/pt-vmz7st
