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SONY VW10HT Screen Shots

Much has been said, or guessed at, regarding the type of images produced by this new projector. Here are a series of hand held pictures of images produced by the VW10HT on my Stewart StudioTek 130 (1.3 gain) screen. I used a Kodak DC260 digital camera without a flash in my darkened Home Theater. Any jaggies are the product of the camera, not the projector, and do not appear in the actual images. I purposely limited the resolution of these pictures in my camera to a "standard resolution" to reduce loading time for these pages. Megapixel pictures take much too much time to download and this is a good compromise. Each picture can be examined more closely by clicking on the thumbnail to produce a bigger image. No additional processing of any type was done to these images. What you see (within the limitations of the camera and the internet) is what you get. While this is not a substitute for seeing the real thing it should provide you of some idea of the capabilities of a properly adjusted VW10HT.

The source was DVDs played on a Toshiba 5109 Progressive Scan DVD Player, Signal fed into the Component Input of the projector.  (This player has since been retired for newer models with more features.  See current equipment for details.

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IN SUMMARY:

As previously stated, the above images should serve to give you some idea of the capabilities of the SONY VPL-VW10HT. Remember that there are many variables that prevent the viewer of these pages from seeing an exact duplication of the actual pictures. The color reproduction of the camera (which I have found to tend to be a bit on the green side) and the color capabilities and palette of each person's individual computer monitor, as well as other electronic limitations will not produce consistent results across the Internet. But the above is a close approximation of reality.

Is the projector perfect? Of course not. Not many things in this world are. And not all video sources are either, for that matter. However, there is very little, if anything, that takes away from the TOTAL THEATRICAL VIEWING EXPERIENCE that the VW10HT provides. In my opinion the issue of black level has been blown all out of proportion. And white level is rarely mentioned which, to me, is just as important in providing a quality picture. There are very few front projectors at any price that have the capability of providing uniform color from edge to edge of the screen. And the bulb retains its brightness for its full life instead of dimming with time. The list goes on and on. Ease of setup, native 16:9 anamorphic ratio, HDTV readiness, freedom from tedious periodic tweaking, light weight, extremely quiet operation, etc. Most projectors have at least some of these capabilities but very few share them all.

THE BOTTOM LINE regarding this projector? If you feed it a quality signal in an environment (good screen and control of ambient lighting) that allows it to show how good THE BIG PICTURE can be, you will be rewarded in a way that was never possible in this price range until now. The VW10HT provides me with the final piece of the puzzle that has transformed my "CINEMA 2B" into my "CINEMA PARADISO."

Enjoy!

 

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Click on single pictures for a closer look at individual frames or click on the Pictures button at the left to scroll through starting at the first frame