

1920 x 1080 - 24.25lb - MPN: VPLVW50 See Product Details
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Description
Transform your home into the ultimate movie theater. Enjoy full high-definition resolution and superior picture quality with the VPL-VW50 video projector.
Quick Glance
Native Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (Widescreen)
Interfaces: HMDI Yes, CompositeVideo Yes, VGA Yes
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Projector Type: LCOS Projector
Brightness: 900 lm
Contrast Ratio: 15000:1
Summary
Product Title: Sony VPL-VW50 Home Cinema Projector
Manufacturer: Sony
Lowest Price: $79.56
Power Score: 4.0 | 6 Reviews
Image Quality
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (Widescreen)
Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Display Type: LCOS Projector
Brightness: 900 lm
Contrast Ratio: 15000:1
Broadcast Format Displayed: 1080i
Broadcast Format Supported: NTSC 3.58, 4.43, PAL M, N, 60, SECAM, DTV 480i, 576i, 720p, 1080i, 480p, 576p
Video Broadcast Standards: NTSC, PAL, SECAM
Lens Features
Min Diagonal Image Size: 40 in
Max Diagonal Image Size: 300"
Min Projection Distance: 12.76"
Max Projection Distance: 117"
Lamp Features
Light Source Type: UHP Lamp
Light Source Power: 200 W
Light Source Life: 3000 Hour
Other Features
Interface Connection: HMDI Yes, CompositeVideo Yes, VGA Yes
Noise Rating: 22 dB
Dimensions
Height: 6.83 in
Width: 15.55 in
Depth: 18.56 in
Dimensions: 6.83" Height x 15.55" Width x 18.56" Depth
Weight: 24.25 lbs
Warranty
Warranty Information: 2 Year Limited
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Additional Specifications
Frequency Band: Advanced Iris 2 ARC-F (All Range Crisp Focus) Lens RCP (Real Color Processing)
Language Support: 15 languages including English, French, Spanish, German and Chinese
Product Series: Home Cinema
Native Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Digital Zoom Factor: 1.8x
Zoom Type: Digital Zoom
Minimum Lens Aperture: F/2.54
Maximum Lens Aperture: F/3.53
Maximum Vertical Sync: 92 Hz
Maximum Horizontal Sync: 72 kHz
Number of HDMI: 2
Input Scan Format: 1080i
Output Scan Format: 720p
THE GOOD: Relatively inexpensive for a 1080p projector; solid color decoding; reasonably bright; resolves every detail of 1080 resolution sources; highly adjustable picture; plenty of connectivity. THE BAD: Less than perfect gamma, poor primary and secondary color accuracy. THE BOTTOM LINE: Although the Sony VPL-VW50s picture quality falls short in a number of areas, its easily one of the best...
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Picture is Good according to 9 Projector experts. -- "Color saturation is outstanding, and color balance is close to ideal"-projectorcentral.com -- "its simply stunning to look at, with its opalescent white top and graphite colored sides."-avrev.com -- "VW50 is capable of delivering a dazzling, high contrast picture with extremely deep black levels."-projectorcentral.com Read more to find expert...
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Testseek.com has collected 21 expert reviews for Sony VPL-VW50 and the average expert rating is 85 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Testseek.com to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
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Sony VPL-VW50 receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS score of 0.64 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #566 computer monitor of all time. The overall rating represents an intelligent balance of features, value as a function of price to features, and a summary of reviews from a variety of sources. The TopTen REVIEWS' formula gives a picture of important consumer features, market value, and a product's...
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The Sony VPL-VW50 is a solid 1080p projector that offers beautiful color saturation, contrast, and black level as its most noteworthy advantages over the competition. However, it basically offers the consumer two trade-off propositions, neither one of which is particularly appealing. The first is that along with the beautiful color saturation and contrast you give up some sharpness and detail...
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Sony VPL-VW50, the "Pearl" projector
Strengths: High Contrast Ratio. Very good shadow details. Film Like, smooth, 3-d look of projected image. Good color right out of the box.
Weakness: Brightness - needs a light contolled room.
I believe this is one of the best projector you can buy under $10K.(and check out the street price of this projector at Price Grabber.com. It's well under half of $10K) High resolution, 1080P(1920x1080) is ready for true HD and latest tech such as Blu-ray & HD-DVD. It accepts 2 HDMI and bunch of other input so it is future proof. However, it is not the brightest projector so in order to get the...
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