Sony's VPL-HW10 turns in solid performance on the CNET bench

by Steven Kim posted Nov 26th 2008 at 10:31AM

RPTVs with SXRD panels may have fallen from the Sony roadmap, but the tech still gets some love with the company's front projectors. We got our own hands on the VPL-HW10 model at CEDIA 2008, and it passed the styling test quite well, thanks. The lucky folks at CNET have put the unit to test, where it turned in a solid performance that holds up pretty well given the $3,500 price point. Sure, the unit isn't a retina-searing light canon and the grayscale calibration deviated from ideal in the red and green, but overall picture quality -- you know, what you'll appreciate when not watching test patterns -- stood up quite well. And if you're stickler for black level performance, it's hard to beat SXRD in a beamer.

[Via TVSnob]

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Bozster @ Nov 26th 2008 10:44AM

Yep.. I just got this one from Magnolia. AVS guys were raving about it, combined with high power gain screen material you will compensate for the slightly less lumens then Panasonic AE3000 but the black levels and out of the box calibration without even calibrating were outstanding. The picture is also razor sharp, probably the sharpest of many new projectors.

I have picked up high gain screen 1.8 and this baby, hooked it up to PS3 via HDMI 1.3 and new Denon 2809ci reciever with all the goodies and I'm ready to rock some 4D audio from Hellboy 2 on a 106" screen :)

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