Sony VPL VW 200 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: No one imagined two years ago that the cost of acquiring a high quality 1080p projector would drop to the levels many of them sell for todaylevels, it could be argued, that were driven by Sony's own extremely competitive pricing, especially on the $5K ...

Pros: ? Pristine sharpness and natural detail, ? Color is as accurate as it gets, ? Very good black level and contrast ratio with the manual iris, ? Super quiet

Cons: ? Advanced (auto) Iris produces incredible peak contrast numbers, but with brightness compression and some noticeable pumping, ? Adequately bright, but the maximum light output may not be sufficient for very large screens, ? Expensive in today's ...

Verdict: s The Sony VPL-VW200 is ready to compete. It offers superb performance, together with an exceptional set of features. Some of these are best left off, but others can provide genuine picture improvements

Award: Editor's Choice!

Pros: This projector has exceptional color fidelity. It produces a deep shade of black with excellent shadow detail. It also has a superb feature package, including panel alignment and blacking, and it has solid connectivity

Cons: Expensive ; some loss of resolution because of the scaler ; MotionFlow dejudder processing creates artifacts and makes film look more like video ; no horizontal lens shift

Verdict: Although it certainly costs more than most of the 1080p competition, the SXRD-based Sony VPL-VW200 delivers one of the best pictures of any projector we've tested.

Review summary: 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 ...

Pros: This projector has exceptional color fidelity. It produces a deep shade of black with excellent shadow detail. It also has a superb feature package, including panel alignment and blacking, and it has solid connectivity

Cons: Expensive ; some loss of resolution because of the scaler ; MotionFlow dejudder processing creates artifacts and makes film look more like video ; no horizontal lens shift

Verdict: Although it certainly costs more than most of the 1080p competition, the SXRD-based Sony VPL-VW200 delivers one of the best pictures of any projector we've tested.

Pros: This projector has exceptional color fidelity. It produces a deep shade of black with excellent shadow detail. It also has a superb feature package, including panel alignment and blacking, and it has solid connectivity

Cons: Expensive ; some loss of resolution because of the scaler ; MotionFlow dejudder processing creates artifacts and makes film look more like video ; no horizontal lens shift

Verdict: Although it certainly costs more than most of the 1080p competition, the SXRD-based Sony VPL-VW200 delivers one of the best pictures of any projector we've tested.