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The VPL-VW325ES is Sony"s new replacement for the VPL-VW295ES, which in turn replaced the VPL-VW285ES back in October 2018 as the company"s least expensive native 4K SXRD projector. After holding both prior models to $4,999, Sony has raised the price of the VW325ES to $5,499. And thus marks the formal end to Sony"s long-running claim of offering "4K under $5K." I guess nothing is forever.

Also still missing in this upgrade of the VW295ES is any kind of dynamic iris that might help deepen the blacks. That can also be found in—you guessed it—the VW715ES. Still, the VW325ES at least starts with the excellent native black level of Sony"s 0.75-inch LCoS-based SXRD panels. Having a trio of them—one for each primary color—allows the 325ES to fully dodge two troublesome issues common to single-chip DLP projectors: unequal white and color brightness, and rainbow artifacts. Another benefit of LCoS imagers generally is the high "fill factor" that comes from requiring little space between the pixels. With LCoS, all the electrical leads for addressing the pixels are behind the reflective layer at the back of the chip. So the pixels on this projector are vanishingly small and the grid between them virtually undetectable with a 100 inch image, even with your nose at the screen.

With so much directly carried over from the VW295ES—including its most obvious omissions—you might be wondering what you get for your extra $500 when you step up to the VW325ES. The answer starts with inclusion of Sony"s new "X1 for projector" processor family that has resulted in recent updates to nearly every model in Sony"s pre-existing home theater line-up (the exception so far being the former flagship, the 5,000-lumen VPL-VW5000ES). The X1 Ultimate for projector processor is the most powerful and is found currently only on the VPL-GTZ380, while the others have the X1 for projector chip. Both are optimized versions of the X1 processor used in Sony"s best panel TVs. Across all the new models, the extra speed and brain power enable two key new or updated features: Dynamic HDR Enhancer and Super Resolution Reality Creation.

For background, I"ll first repeat what we"ve previously reported in reviews and in this comprehensive article on HDR about the challenges of reproducing HDR on a projector. HDR video, and specifically the HDR10 format we"ve seen employed for most content, was designed with flatpanels in mind that are capable of peak highlights that hit close to 1,000 nits or more. By contrast, home theater projectors typically top out around 150 nits, sometimes closer to 100 nits depending on the lumen specification.

With some HDR content being mastered today with peaks of 4,000 nits or greater (and with a theoretical maximum of 10,000 nits for HDR10), today"s consumer panel TVs and projectors must all perform "tone-mapping" to adapt the brightest highlights and deepest blacks to the capabilities of the display. The best TVs have self-emissive pixels (as with OLEDs) or multizone local-dimming backlights (as with LED-driven LCD sets) to allow the TV to simultaneously darken specific pixels or zones while pumping up the brightness on others. This makes them well-suited to HDR.

Moving on to other features: the side connection panel on the VW325ES mimics that of the VW295ES it replaces; it is modest but sufficient for most applications. The pair of HDMI ports are version 2.0b, not the latest HDMI 2.1 ports that could potentially support 4K gaming at 120 Hz from the newest game consoles. It"s another disappointment to see a new generation of projectors from Sony that doesn"t have HDMI 2.1. But this model does carry over from the VW295ES the Input Lag Reduction switch in the menu that cuts input lag from a rated 80 ms to approximately 27 ms with 4K 60Hz signals. That"s not exactly gaming projector territory but is far better than most projectors. Unfortunately, I couldn"t fully verify this spec because our Bodnar 4K lag meter wouldn"t sync with the projector when putting out 4K/60 signals (I had the same problem with the VW295ES). But we got 36.2 ms with 1080p/60. The Input Lag Reduction function is available for any preset picture mode and has essentially the same effect, though it is only on by default in the Game mode.

Contrast and the overall dimensionality of the image were also really outstanding thanks to the deep native black of the SXRD imagers. A big part of the allure of this projector is that things pop so well off the black floor, even if the letterbox bars don"t exactly disappear into the velvet frame on my screen. In particular, typical mixed scenes with both dark and bright elements really had an amazing sense of depth and dimensionality.

Jeff, I was very impressed with the contrast and black levels on this projector despite lack of an iris. I do believe that Sony"s latest SXRD chips are very likely far superior in this regard to what"s in your HW15.

Matt, two things to put in perspective here. One is that Tom is a bit more stringent than I am in wanting things to measure right and there was no way to get the 715 to look the way he wanted on the HDR EOTF curve in Calman. I initially agreed with him when I began watching HDR on the 325 that Sony"s HDR tends to look dark and bury the shadows, but I was perfectly happy to move to one of the slightly less color accurate brighter modes and adjust by eye to get a result I liked. HDR is one of those things with projectors that just doesn"t calibrate easily, especially with Calman software designed for flatpanels,and I have almost given up on using it for HDR beyond a bit of tuning to get RGB in balance on the grayscale and reasonably close to whatever color temperature you"re targeting. At this point, I believe my HDR assessment of a projector should be based on whatever image the manufacturer provides out of the box and whatever else I can do (mostly by eye) to make it look satisfying to me.

Thanks for that thought, Sean. I admit my 92 is a bit small by most standards. I expect to upgrade to a 100 inch soon in a similar 1.3 matte white gain, but I do feel that this is a very common screen size and the starting point for most folks in making a decision to go with a projector vs. a big panel display. We have a 110 inch in our studio, which is a little bigger and right in that 100-120inch range I think a majority of users probably fall into. It"s also a reasonable size for typical 4K home theater projectors today to be able to drive to decent brightness for HDR and perhaps moderate ambient-light viewing of sports or news. But I"m glad you"ve gotten satisfying performance from your 45ES, which is a great 1080p projector.

Thanks Rob, you helped make the decision to go with the WV325 when I was at the store to see the 5050 (which also impressed). This article was posted while I was there. As we sit 8 feet or less from a 130" screen, I worried about seeing the pixels with LCD. This thing is incredible with none and the picture just pops. I saved and waited years to replace an old Panasonic PT-M1083 CRT (no pixels and 1080) that had great blacks. This is lots brighter than that, even in low lamp mode. I wouldn"t fear the brightness if using in a totally dark room.

Hi Rob, Great review. I am definitely considering replacing my Epson 6040 with the VW325ES. This will be my first Sony projector and I have read in various forums that there is an issue with all Sony projectors having degradation problems with their SXRD panels. Have you heard of this and/or should it be of material concern? Thanks!

Years ago Sony"s early SXRD rear projection models (and pesumably their earlier SXRD projectors) had some issues with this, but I don"t know about the current generation models that mostly use the same late-gen SXRD chips. I think information found on the forums can usually be deemed accurate but not necessarily as widespread as it might seem to be based on a few periodic posts as opposed to a legion of people complaining about any given problem

I"m trying to decide whether to plunge into a new projector like this one, or suck it up and grab a similarly priced 77" OLED Bravia. Based on what I"ve read, the OLED panels can produce a "better" image, but (in my opinion) they kinda lack the whole "theater" experience you get with a projector.

Is there even such a thing as an OLED projector? You"d think if they can make a native 4K OLED cell phone, they could pack panels into a projector... but what do I know.

I"d recommend this excellent projector to replace your old projector over an OLED panel. Size matters, as does the unfatiguing quality of a projected image.

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Sony New Blue SXRD 211 replacement LCD chip panel. Repair your green SXRD. I will Add photo later. These are new panels that have been installed into new but never sold TVs. The most they have on them is less than 2 hours use because some were used in testing lamps. You will receive a Blue SXRD and not a refurb one from green or red. They work as any color but these were tested and performed best as blue and thats why they are labeled that way. I do also have green and red designations and other SXRD XBR and WEGA parts. Contact me if your unsure if this part will work in your TV. Will not work in SXRD KDS-xxA3000 models. That requires an SXRD 221 chip. I ship with a small flat rate box from the post office because of the strength of the box and insurance offered with it. Thanks for looking. This chip works with these model TVs and most SXRD projectors. KDS-50A2000 KDS-55A2000 KDS-60A2000 KDS-50A2020 KDS-55A2020 KDS-60A2020 KDS-R50XBR-1 KDS-R60XBR-1 KDS-R60XBR-2 KDS-R70XBR-2

There is an old saying from the world of two-channel audiophilia: If you want to remain happy with your CD-based digital stereo system, never again listen to an LP-based analog one. I used to feel exactly this way about new-fangled DLP, LCD, and LCoS digital projectors versus old-fashioned CRT analog numbers. I don’t anymore.

Though it pains me to say this, my $50,000, custom-made, 8-inch CRT projector has finally met its match in Sony’s new VPL-VW100—a threepanel, SXRD-based, 1080p, digital front projector, which, believe it or not, retails for $10,000. Folks, there are still top-of-the-line single-chip 720p projectors out there that cost ten grand and more (though not for long, I’ll bet). And the finest currently available 1080p projectors—like Sony’s own Qualia 004 and Faroudja’s DILA1080pHD—cost three or four times that much.

That said, with the user controls properly set, I could make out shades of red that would previously have been closer to uniformity. For example, in the first round of the National League playoff games, I had no trouble telling the brick red of the Astros’ jerseys from the brighter red (with fine gold piping) of the numerals on the grey jerseys of the Braves’ uniforms. I could even see the way the flat-panel monitor in the announcer’s booth was miscalibrated, reproducing the Astros brick jerseys as carmine red! In addition, the slight rosiness of skin tones was greatly reduced to the point where it was rarely distracting. In addition to adjusting CONTRAST, COLOR, and HUE, you can, and should, tweak BRIGHTNESS with the PLUGE patterns on AVIA or DVE, and lower SHARPNESS to 20 or less. (This set does not need added sharpness, believe me.) Although these adjustments are necessary— and easy to effect—perhaps the best thing you can do for the VPLVW100 is to source it via HDMI or DVI at 1080i. Frankly, I wouldn’t have believed the differences that these digital inputs make if I hadn’t seen them for myself. To give you one example, the combination of the VPL-VW100 and an HDMI DVD player upscaling to 1080i turned the DVD of The Last Samurai from a very good transfer into a great one. (It did nothing for the quality of the film, however.) The improvements in …..sharpness, color purity, shadow detail, and, above all else, the reduction of artifacts was downright amazing—and alarming. For years now, I’ve been critical in TPV’s “Short Takes” of DVDs that seem to introduce “haloes” (faint whitish outlines) around faces and objects; I thought these artifacts were the products of excess edgeenhancement in the telecine process. I see now that that they were often artifacts added by the D-to-A conversions and SHARPNESS circuitry of my Faroudja-powered DVD player. Mea culpa.

The last--and most impressive--were the OLED samples on display. Small organic light-emitting diodes are already in use in some phones and music players, but manufacturers are constantly working to enlarge them in the hopes that they"ll eventually be a viable alternative to LCD and plasma TVs. Sony"s showing a decently sized 27-incher with a thickness measured not in inches but in millimeters. It may not yet be ready for prime time, but it"s certainly a tantalizing view of what the flat-panel future may hold.

Up to 3,200 lumens of dazzling brightness Immerse yourself in the action with brighter, bolder entertainment. The VPL-XW7000ES is 60% brighter than the VPL-VW915ES, engineered with our newly developed Native 4K SXRD™ (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) panel and Wide Dynamic Range Optics. It delivers 200 nits 1 on a 150-inch screen-bringing you a truly immersive experience.

All-new Native 4K SXRD panel Immerse yourself in an incredibly lifelike picture with native 4K that offers 8.3 million pixels (3,840 x 2,160). With an all-new 0.61-inch SXRD panel, you"ll enjoy high brightness, inky blacks, vibrant colours, rich tones and textures, plus clear cinematic motion and image smoothness.

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With the growing popularity of flat panel TVs, rear projection sets aren"t getting as much attention as they did even as recently as a year ago. They aren"t sexy. You can"t hang them on the wall. If you buy one, your friends, the Joneses, won"t have to worry about you keeping up with them and their 103" plasma.

But the little secret of the display business is that you can get impressive performance in a rear projection set—performance that can come close to or even match, size-for-size, most flat panels on the market. And for a lot less money.

Sony"s new BRAVIA KDS-50A3000 is a prime example. At $1,799, it"s easier on your wallet than most 50" LCD or plasma sets. It"s also less expensive than Sony"s own, higher-end XBR rear projection sets, which employ the same SXRD technology.

SXRD, an acronym for Silicon X-tal Reflective Display, is Sony"s version of LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) technology. Both are variations on LCD. Conventional LCDs are referred to as transmissive. The light source originates behind the LCD panel, passes through it where the light is modified to reproduce the image on the source, and continues on to the projection lens and screen. SXRD (and LCoS), on the other hand, is reflective. The light still passes through and is modified by the current image on the panel. But instead of passing directly on to the rest of the optical path, the light then bounces off a reflective surface behind the panel and passes back through it before proceeding on to the lens.

SXRD and LCoS designs offer a number of advantages over plain LCD. Their panels are much thinner and thus less prone to generating motion lag, even though the light passes through the panel twice. And in LCoS and SXRD all the electronic circuits are located behind the reflective surface, where they don"t interfere with the layout of the pixels. In LCD panels the control wires must pass through the spaces between the pixels, which makes for wider gaps and a more obvious screen door effect in the image.

If SXRD and LCoS are superior realizations of LCD technology, why has LCD become dominant? Two reasons. First, reflective technologies like LCoS and SXRD can"t be used in flat panel designs. Second, LCoS and SXRD panels are far more complex than basic LCDs. It took years before manufacturers learned to produce them economically, reliably, and in quantity.

As with all SXRD displays, the KDS-50A3000 uses three separate SXRD panels, one each for red, green, and blue. So unlike single-chip DLP designs there is no rotating color wheel to generate rainbow artifacts.

All of the inputs are easily accessible on an angled side panel. There are three composite video inputs, each with L/R audio, a single S-Video jack that"s shared with one of the composite jacks (you can use one or the other, but not both), two component inputs with L/R audio, a 15-pin D-sub analog RGB computer jack with audio on a stereo mini-jack, and three HDMI A/V connections. One of the HDMI jacks has L/R audio inputs for use with an HDMI plug that is not carrying audio (most likely from a DVI source connected to the set with a DVI-to-HDMI adapter cable).