Canon LV-8310 Projector – Review Summary

Overall, the LV-8310 is neither a stellar or poor performer in its class.  It does a lot of things (good color, brightness and portability) well and nothing poorly.  If this were a year ago, it would be among the better performers in its class.  However, over the past year, other manufacturers have upped the ante in the multimedia projector class.  Today’s sub-$1000 projectors regularly display good color, higher contrast ratios, increased brightness, longer lamp life and longer warranties.  As a result, the LV-8310 tends to fall in the middle of a very crowded field.  Even its implementation of a digital input uses DVI, which has generally been replaced in the market with HDMI.  It’s a solid performer, but doesn’t stand out in today’s market.  There is certainly nothing about the LV-8310 that will disappoint the Canon faithful, but it may be hard-pressed to bring in new customers who are unaware of Canon’s reputation for accurate color reproduction.