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Sony Adds Projectors at CEDIA Expo 2015

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Sony launches 4 projectors at CEDIA Expo 2015, including the VPL-W5000ES, described as "the ultimate 4K home theatre projector," the 4K-capable VPL-VW665ES and VPL-VW365ES, and the HD resolution VPL-HW65ES.

Sony projectorBombastic descriptions aside, the VPL-W5000ES is the first Sony 4K resolution projector powered by a laser light engine providing 5000 lumens of brightness and up to 20000 hours of virtually maintenance-free operations. Designed for home theatre applications, it is high dynamic range (HDR) compatible, emulates the new ITUR BT.2020 colour gamut and covers full DCI colour space.

Connectivity includes an HDCP 2.2 compatible HDMI input, allowing it to handle 4K 60p signals up to YCbCr 4:4:4 8b-it or YCbCr 4:2:2 12-bit. A liquid cooling system makes for low noise operation, while the standard lens has a zoom ratio from 1.27 to 2.73:1 and lens shift capability of +/- 80% vertical and +/- 31% horizontal.

Sony 4K ProjectorMeanwhile the VPL-VW665ES and VPL-VW365ES are 4K resolution projectors featuring SXRD panels, HDCP 2.2 compatibility, built-in RF 3D transmitter for use with industry-standard 3D glasses and a lamp promising up to 6000 hours of performance. The VPL-VW665ES adds compatibility with HDR content with a 300000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and the two projectors have installer-friendly features such as colour correction tools to adjust the hue, saturation and brightness, as well as colour space for red, green and blue.

The final projector is the VPL-HW65ES, an HD number featuring the interface and processing technology from the aforementioned 4K projectors. Sony claims a lamp life of 6000 hours together with a built-in RF 3D transmitter, USB update function and advanced Reality Creation.

All the above mentioned projectors are compatible with Projector Calibration Pro, a piece of software providing access to all projector features, including colour calibration, via simple PC interface. Installers can save setup configurations to file, making future calibrations quicker and easier, while additional adjustments made for specific customers can be saved to separate files.

The VPL-W5000ES is available from Q2 2016, while the other projectors launch from October 2015.

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Go Sony Announces 4K Home Theater Projectors at CEDIA 2015