Sony VPL-VW1000ES

The Sony VPL-VW1000ES projector brings 4K to the home for the first time

Sony launches a native 4K projector but is the market ready?

This groundbreaking 4k projector sets a new standard for home cinema performance... Those seeking the visual equivalent of fine-dining are traditionally best served at a 4K digital cinema. An eight-million pixel image, spread large and bristling with detail, is a feast for the eyes befitting the planet’s premiere cinemas. But now cineasts have another choice – they can invest in the first consumer 4K projector and have a Quad HD cinema all their own.

Wired.co.uk reviews the Sony VPL-VW1000ES 4K projector -- if you have a spare £16,790, you can have at home what Sony puts in digital theatres

Ladies and gentlemen, the 4k AV era has arrived. Kind of.

Terrific with the very limited 4K2K material available, but expensive as a conventional projector

It’s ludicrously expensive, but a clear sign of things to come – all we need now is some 4K content

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WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Sony VPL-VW1000ES “Projector Reviews TV” Video Summary Let’s just start this review off with some big statements:   This is the first true 4K projector I’ve reviewed, and it’s “only” $24,999!  I have reviewed a few $20K+ projectors, and so far, this is simply the best picture I’ve seen/reviewed.  It is 4K, which is technically four times the resolution of 1080p, as it has twice as many pixels across, and twice as many top to bottom.  The VPL-VW1000ESt is also 3D capable (and comes with 3D glasses- ready to go). I’m just dazzled by this projector.  I thought it [...]Read More...

Sony's new VPL-VW1000ES 4K home theater projector doesn't look like an air handler. No, it's elegant, as you'd expect for a $25,000 product with 4K upscaling for 2D and 3D & gazillion:1 contrast ratio

Doing its part to bring cutting-edge theatrical digital projection technology to a price point that's still hazy but should at least be less thanstratospheric, Sony announced the VPL-VW1000ES projector - the first of its 4K capable SXRD units to be aimed at the home market.

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Given there's a lack of 4K content, does Sony's VPL-VW1000ES 4K projector upscale 1080p material well? Find out in our expert review.

It might be the price of a VW Polo, but the VPL-VW1000ES allows you to have bragging rights to one of the first 4K home theatre projectors.