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Leica Cine 1

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While Leica is a household name in the camera world, it’s not a brand we typically associate with AV products. However, in one of those rare, slightly mad but enjoyable moments of industry crossover, Leica has decided the time is right to apply its reputation for highquality lenses and photographic slide projectors to the home entertainment world by delivering its first home cinema projector.

The Cine 1’s ultra short throw (UST) design means that it aims more to be a replacement for a big-screen TV than a home cinema projector. Yet its wallet-challenging price very much targets it at the uncompromising higher end of the home projection market. That £8495 is actually just a starting point; Leica sells two different models, for 100in and 120in screens, with the latter option £8995. The brand also sells its own £2200

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