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Sony VPL-VW50

Sony shook up the high-end front projection market last September when it introduced the VPL-VW50 SXRD front projector at a list price of $5,000. The unit, dubbed the "Pearl," is still among the least expensive 1080p front projectors available. It does some things really well, although it falls short in...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, projector, VPL-VW50 SXRD, Advanced Iris, 1080p, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2007-02-26

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Sony VPL-HW10

Sony may have canned its line of SXRD-based rear-projection HDTVs in favor of flat-panel LCDs, but the technology is going strong among front projectors. The VPL-HW10 is the company's lowest-priced SXRD projector yet. It starts the updated three-model SXRD line just below the VPL-VW70, which will replace last year's "Pearl"...

Tags: Projectors, projector, SXRD, Sony VPL-HW10, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2008-11-20

Samsung SP-A800B

Samsung's flagship one-chip DLP-based home theater projector, the SP-A800B, takes accuracy of signal reproduction to a new level. My previous reference projector, the Samsung SP-H710AE, was designed by Joe Kane, and that well-known video guru and author of Digital Video Essentials also designed the SP-A800B. While the 710E is spectacularly...

Tags: Projectors, Home entertainment, TV & Home Theater, picture menu, Movie mode, Samsung SP-A800B, projector, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-06-10

JVC DLA HD100 - D-ILA projector

JVC's DLA-HD100 1080p resolution front projector is the company's new flagship model, while the DLA-HD1 from last year remains in the line at a lower price point. The HD100 adds some improvements that are certainly desirable--including improved black level performance and contrast ratio--but oddly the color accuracy and light output...

Tags: DLA HD100, DLA-HD100, JVC, menu system, projector

Product reviews 2008-03-11

Panasonic PT-AE2000U

Panasonic has been in the front-projection business for a long time, and has been aggressively pricing its home-theater projectors for just as long, which has effectively driven prices down in the category as a whole. As a result it's now more affordable than ever to get a really big screen...

Tags: grayscale, HDMI, menu system, Panasonic, Panasonic PT-AE2000U, projector

Product reviews 2007-12-19

Sony VPL VW200

Sony's 2007 flagship front projector, the VPL-VW200, uses the company's variant of LCoS, called SXRD, and like most high-end projectors, it features a native resolution of 1080p. Those specs and jargon may well impress your buddies, but the real story is in the picture. The VPL-VW200 is the most color-accurate...

Tags: menu system, projector, Sony Corp., VPL-VW200

Product reviews 2007-12-12

Sony VPL-VW100

Projectors can produce comparatively enormous pictures, so a high native resolution is even more important in a projector than in a standard HDTV. After all, if the picture measures 100 inches diagonally as opposed to 50 or 42, you'll have a lot more opportunity to discern individual pixels and notice...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, projector, Sony VPL-VW100, Sony Corp., 1080p

Product reviews 2006-05-18