Full HD Widescreen Projector
February 28, 2009 by admin
Filed under Electronics
With a contrast ratio up to 15, 000:1 (with Advanced Iris on), guess where your friends and neighbors are watching the big game this year? Built on Sony’s SXRD technology, the VPL-VW100 1920 x 1080p projector is built from three micro display panels supporting a Full High Definition 1080 line resolution image. This technology ensures support of full HD resolution with a film-like image presented in accurate color rendition and high contrast ratio providing you with that “at home” theater experience you’ve always desired.Providing the illumination is a Sony 400W Pure Xenon Lamp providing equal brightness output for each of the primary colors – red, green and blue, which are used to produce the trillions of colors that you as the viewer enjoy on the screen. The projector’s Advanced Iris technology also helps to improve images by monitoring algorithms and adjusting the iris diameter so images in bright scenes are crisp and clear while black levels in dark scenes are deep and detailed. And forget the annoying loud projector sounds of the past; the VW100 is designed to remain ultra quiet while it removes heat at a noise spec of just 22dB.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars HD Ready and then some
I saw this PJ in action last night. The source was a Sony BluRay DVD player and a BR pressing of Spiderman 2. The picture clarity was amazing. Rock solid image with (not surprisingly) incredible definition. I can’t, however give it 5 stars. Perhaps the colour calibration was not perfect (altough Sony reps were on hand so “their bad” if they set it up poorly) – in particular the reds were far too prominent.
This is a 3 chip, native 1920×1080 unit, so no colour wheel and, hence, no rainbow effects. It also runs super quiet (again, no wheel) and pushes surprisingly little air out of the read-ported vent. The air that was coming out *was* pretty hot, so any room that hosts this bad boy should have good ventilation.
It’s an attractive unit and, stealing from Apple, the “sony” logo is rear-lit when the unit is turned on. The screen was a pretty small Stewart Filmscreens Greyhawk, so contrast ratios were additionally boosted. Due to the small size, the image was exceptionally bright.
At this resolution, it was interesting to note how clearly computer generated the Spiderman scene appeared. On SD units, there’s enough softening of the edges to hide the CG nature of the image and complete the illusion. At HiDef res, however, the blue-screen and CG became quite obvious.
Hollywood Actors/Actresses: beware! Your wrinkles and blemishes will soon be splashing their way across 120″ HiDef screens all over the world! 
At under $9K for a 3-chip DLP, Sony have really thrown down the gauntlet with this one. Expect competitors to follow and hopefully we’ll all be able to afford something of this spec within just a few more years.
