Canon Xeed SX 50

The 8.6-pound Canon Realis SX50 ($4999 as of January 11, 2006) is the only projector of the 16 we tested for our April 2006 issue's roundup that uses liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) technology--a hybrid of DLP and LCD systems. As such, the SX50...

Photograph: Rick Rizner, Chris Manners

A big part of what makes the Realis SX50 ($5,000 street) worth noticing is that it's built around LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) technology. If you haven't heard of LCoS, it's because there haven't been many LCoS projectors to hear about. With the...

Superzooms are all the rage at the moment, so when Canon lifted the lid on the world's first 50x optical zoom all-in-one bridge camera, we have to admit

The SX50 HS' 50x zoom lens is a world's first, giving wildlife and sports photographers as well as stalkers with restraining orders a new camera to covet.

The new Canon XEED SX50 is an affordable and portable projector equipped with the latest LCOS projection-panels.

Before I go further, here's a link to a overview of SXGA+ LCD and LCOS projectors, who purchases them, and why, and where that market is going. However, in summary, many laptops today are now higher resolution than XGA (1024x768), and, also, there are...

Canon's Realis SX50 is the least-expensive LCOS front projectoravailable today—it's yours for a measly four grand. LCOS is a greatchoice if you routinely give presentations that include video and text.The Realis uses SXGA+ (1400 x 1050) imaging panels,...

Until now, projectors featuring very high resolution, say in the class of 1400x 1050 or more, have been large, bulky, and expensive. So it is understandable that one of the most anticipated releases of the last few months has been the Canon Realis SX50.

Pour son petit dernier, Canon a opté pour la technologie LCOS. Elle associe très haute définition et luminosité dans un format assez compact. Une optique très particulière complète la liste des innovations de ce vidéoprojecteur.