Sony's 1080p VPL-HW10 projector gets unboxed and reviewed
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jon @ Dec 29th 2008 11:49AM
Me want ! .. To bad my Condo design will make that a little hard .. as if the 60" SXRD sitting in my living room wasnt already stealing the spotlight
Cant wait to build a house
WebDev511 @ Dec 29th 2008 12:17PM
I can't say I share the reviewer's opinion on white wall vs. proper projection screen, but it's nice to see that there's a 1080p projector that will actually work in smaller rooms. Hopefully we'll see more stuff like this at CES.
michael smith @ Dec 29th 2008 1:41PM
I knew that some people wouldn't agree with this, but it comes from 4 years as a projector owner - using it in multiple environments. In the early days my original 720P projector I would move between two houses, one with a proper screen and the other with just a wall. The advantages of the wall is a) when you use the right paint it actually is bright enough, b) walls are larger than screens - to get a screen the size of my wall would mean having a totally custom screen made ($$$), c) walls don't have aspect ratio limitations. In my house I did have a custom screen made. It was a cinematic 2.35:1 and was 11 feet wide. But then when I watched something 16:9 or 4:3 I had to adjust the zoom and the image was smaller.
My friends who have projectors with screens come over and are bummed that their picture is so small compared to mine.
Slimnod @ Dec 30th 2008 2:54AM
I agree, no screen, right paint, works great,less hassle less money.
Michael Smith @ Jan 5th 2009 2:18AM
I've now posted an article covering screens and why you might or might not need them, along with some good (cheaper) alternatives...
http://www.michaelsmith.tv/2008/12/30/home-theater-projector-screens/
lakersin2025 @ Dec 29th 2008 9:11PM
Nice. I want one of theses!
Bozster @ Dec 30th 2008 7:00AM
I just setup my new home theater with this projector.. Truly stunning.. it's slightly less bright compared to Panasonic AE3000 but has much better overall picture and blacks. It's extremely sharp and as I'm still waiting for the 106" higher gain screen material, I'm also using this projector on plain wall temporarily. I was really surprised how good picture looked like even without screen.
Installation and setting up was a snap. I ceiling mounted it. It's very user friendly projector and adjustments are more then enough for an average person to get the picture to look great.
My only issue with it is that it takes it a while to warm up, but other then that, superb projector.
I'm not a huge Sony fan overall, but this projector is really good buy.