Sony VPL-VW60

image quality, price, usability, noise, design

reliability

80% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Rich contrast., Easy, versatile installation.

Poor interlaced-PAL processing., Occasional lack of finest details., Some blur during fast motion.

Sony’s ‘black pearl’ impresses with enormous contrast and a fascinating, cinematic picture. It’s therefore easy to forgive small weaknesses in PAL de-interlacing and the slight trailing effect. The score nevertheless has to reflect the device’s...

The VW60 maintains Sony's strong aesthetic design, making for a sleek-looking statement in your living room or home theater ; The image quality is punchier and more detailed this time around andlight output is better, but only just. Still, the...

The new black color, while menacing, isn't as room-friendly if you're going for a ceiling-mounted stealth look ; The projector, while quiet, is far from silent ; The VW60 still can only be enjoyed to its fullest in a completelydarkened room, for the...

With a price tag of $5,000, the SonyVW60 is a solid performer and a great projector, but it's not thebreakout runaway success the Pearl was a few years ago. You see, sincethe advent of the Pearl, every manufacturer has released their "answer"and some,...

Excellent image with good color, detail, and superb black levels, First-rate video processing, Fan noise is nearly inaudible

Color space could be more accurate, Some rare artifacts in the auto-iris modes

With its current lineup of projectors, Sony is clearly in this game to win. And while the competition has become tighter since Sony introduced the original Pearl, the introduction of the Black Pearl keeps them squarely in the running. There are lots of...

VERY film-like ; Great color - dynamic and accurate - after proper grayscale calibration ; One of the best at shadow details ; Really excellent black level performance ; Very good remote control ; 1.8:1 zoom lens for very good placement flexibility ;...

Weak out of the box performance, requiring a good grayscale calibration, as the default for Cinema, is way too cool (blue) ; Very limited brightness (one of the least bright) in its brighter modes (Standard and Dynamic) ; Image appears softer - less...

If I had a smaller screen, say 100" diagonal, I could be most happy with this Sony

The scaling seems improved as well. The professor scene in chapter 2 of The Fifth Element DVD shows a lot of detail. Noise has also been improved. Not that there was too much of it before, but there seems to be less now.