Sanyo Video Projector Warranty in regards to dead  Pixels Versus Studio Experience Projectors ( Boxlight) warranty in regards to dead pixel policy.

Sanyo builds the PLVZ-1 and PLVZ-2  and PLVZ-70 which are rebadged by Studio Experience.  A Sanyo dealer will tell you its the same unit, why buy a Studio Experience. Originally The Studio Experience video projectors came with a 3 year warranty and Sanyo only one year warranty and the Studio Experience units were cheaper. 

Times have changed and now Sanyo has increased the warranty period to match Studio Experience and in some cases the Sanyo units may even be a few dollars cheaper.

Don't be fooled by the fact that they have the same warranty length. Where the big difference is is in the DEAD PIXEL POLICY.

On a wide xga projector there are  2,764,800 pixels  (921, 600 each color).

Studio Experience has a pixel policy that only allows  ZERO Red, ZERO Green and 3  blue pixels to be faulty.   So a worse case scenario leaves  3 dead pixels on your screen. Although you may notice them if you get up close to the screen , in normal use you will not notice them. This would be no different then a small dust spec on the lens. This warranty is for 3 years

Sanyo video projectors  have a substantially broader policy

"Sanyo's  warranty a 99.99 % of dead-pixel free panels., however, on a regular panel, there are 921,600 pixels, if the dead pixels do not exceed the 0.01% (or 92 pixels) , it is considered within spec. "

That policy works out to 276 total dead pixels before Sanyo will warranty the unit !!!

Please note: That is the official Sanyo policy however, Sanyo is a very reputable company and we do not believe they would actually enforce such a extremely high count before providing service.