Sony @ CEDIA - 1080p SXRD Pearl officially priced

by Matt Burns posted Sep 13th 2006 at 8:27PM

Sony has gone and done it again by announcing a rock-bottom low price on the long awaited Sony SXRD Pearl 1080p front projector. A few years ago they released the Qualia 004 for an astounding, but not unheard of, $25,000. Then the Ruby came along for $10k that offered a very similar viewing experience but penetrated into newer markets thanks to the price cut and now the Pearl is going dig Sony even deeper into high-def starved homes at an amazing $4,999 price. We already know that the unit sports a very impressive array of specs including 15,000:1 contrast ratio, 1080p, 200W bulb, and two HDMI ports, along with the standard assortment of legacy connectors, but we didn't think this Sony projector would be this low of a price. Plus, they are stating that the are shipping the VPL-VW50 this month. Lets hope the unit preforms as good as it looks 'cause right now, this is a pearl in our eye. A $4,999 pearl that is.

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Jon @ Sep 13th 2006 8:34PM

WHOA !!! i was All set to Pre-Order the Sony KDS-R60XBR2 60" SXRD set (Release date betweenn Oct 12th and 27th)But now i have to really think about this ..

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WASD John @ Sep 13th 2006 9:59PM

Dam, and I was thinking that I was going to have to wait a few years to get a 1080p front projector at 5 grand. Looks like I'll be build a theater room sooner than I thought!

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Andrew @ Sep 13th 2006 10:08PM

If you get special clearence to go to the Sony showroom in Tokyo they will show you about 10 minutes of Starwars episode 3 and three clips from Imax movies. When i watched them i was amazed. I also got to see the PS3 but they took my camera and even my phone (man there smart). Im not sure what the price was to go to the sony showroom because I went to Tokyo through the Boy Scouts of America

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EatingPie @ Sep 14th 2006 12:06AM

Cool info there Andrew!

Okay, now here's the big question: Does the bulb still cost $3,000? :)

Two generations down from the Qualia 004, and the whole projector costs just a bit more than one bulb on the original. Astounding indeed!

-Pie

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Overseer @ Sep 14th 2006 6:33AM

Yeah, EatingPie, I was wondering the same thing. What's the bulb price for one these projectors?

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Keith @ Sep 14th 2006 7:51PM

This projector is using a 200 watt UHP lamp/bulb, rather than a xenon lamp like the qualia and ruby. The cost should be around $300-$400 like most other projectors.

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Bill @ Sep 14th 2006 12:24PM

Thanks for the info, Keith. Definitely a lot better than the $1000 I had dancing around in my head. :-)

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toddk @ Sep 14th 2006 1:41PM

I was just thinking about the 60-70" JVC sets, and then this comes along. For the same price as the JVC I can get a 90" DaLite screen and this projector.

With the bulb at only $300 and the daylight viewing so impressive, I'm leaning towards the projector.

TK

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