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Sony’s super popular VPL VW285ES projector uses SXRD display technology. SXRD, which stands for silicon x-tal reflective display, is Sony’s take on liquid crystal on silicon display, more commonly known as LCoS.

As a refresher, LCoS, which has been on the market for several years now, is a hybrid of DLP and LCD display technologies. It’s basically constructed of a layer of liquid crystal sitting on top of a reflective surface. The light created by the lamp reflects off this surface, unless the liquid crystal twists to block it.

Since their debut, LCoS projects have been notoriously difficult to manufacture. Sony streamlined the process by producing their SXRD panels in their own dedicated manufacturing facilities.

Sony’s SXRD panels are just as advanced as LCoS, if not more so. The SXRD projectors use a vertically aligned nematic (VAN) liquid crystal that changes state with lightning-fast speed. This enables the microdisplay to run as fast as 200 frames per second, with very little image smear.

Liquid crystal displays - whether in a LCD or LCoS panel - have an inherent minuscule motion blur. To overcome this, Sony’s HW40ES SXRD projector has a high 240HZ refresh rate. Advanced settings like film projection mode and a built-in motion smoother make for ultra smooth movement.

A lineup of two types of liquid crystal devices - the reflective type SXRD™ and the transmissive type BrightEra™. The type can be selected to fit the application.

The SXRD utilizes SSS’s original fine pixel pitch technology, pixel flattening technology and inorganic alignment technology to achieve a compact size, high reflectivity and high contrast ratio performance.

SSS"s unique high image quality signal processing function maximizes the characteristics of SXRD/BrightEra. In addition to the keystone correction that is found on many general projectors, there is also a “geometric correction function” for correction to an undistorted image when the projection screen is curved, and an “edge blending function” to eliminate the feeling of joints when multiple projectors are used to create a single image. These functions make it possible to increase the freedom in the projector installation.

Bring true 4K HDR entertainment into your home with the SONY VPLXW5000ES 4K HDR Laser Home Theater Projector with Native 4K SXRD Panel, a native 4K laser projector with 2,000 lumens of high brightness and a compact, cost-effective design. Sony’s advanced technologies, including the all-new Native 4K SXRD panel, delivers wide dynamic range, high resolution, and vivid color, even in bright viewing spaces.

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 colors, rich tones and textures, plus clear cinematic motion, and image smoothness.

We"ve designed the VPL-XW5000ES to be even smaller and lighter than its predecessors by developing the all-new Native 4K SXRD panel and compact Wide Dynamic Range Optics. This laser projector is about 30% smaller in volume and about 35% lighter than the VPL-VW915ES, delivering the same high brightness.

But not so fast. Sony has just introduced three new native 4K home theater projectors, the lamp-based VPL-VW715ES ($9,999 and the replacement for last year"s VPL-VW695ES, available in black or white), the laser-driven VPL-VW915ES ($19,999, available in black only), and the VPL-GTZ380 (available this winter). The latter"s price is TBD, but at over 100 lbs. with brand new SXRD panels, a new laser light source, and a rated 10,000 lumens of brightness, it"s Sony"s premier home theater projector and will likely command enough to equip six to eight rooms in your manse with their own VPL-VW715ES.

As I write this there"s as yet no announcement yet of a replacement for the VPL-VW295ES—Sony"s entry-level 4K projector— but the VPL-VW715ES, the subject of this review, likely has a few well-healed enthusiasts reaching for their platinum credit cards. Its SXRD panels (SXRD is Sony-speak for LCoS) are the same imagers used in its predecessor VPL-VW695ES. What"s new, however, is that the VW715ES incorporates an X1 main microprocessor, a projector-centric cousin to the powerful X1 processor used in Sony"s premier flat-screen sets. A Dynamic HDR Enhancer feature is said to make use of this increased processing power to analyze sources "scene-by-scene to deliver the best contrast performance when viewing HDR content." The idea of analyzing HDR content on the fly to optimize the tone-mapping is a good idea in principle given the brightness differences among HDR movies that would otherwise send you back to the menus to make adjustments on every title, and one that"s being implemented with varying degree of success by a couple of projector manufacturers to date. Given the penchant of all manufacturers to create unique names to differentiate their features from those of the competition it isn"t clear how Sony"s approach might be similar or different. What is clear is that the Dynamic HDR Enhancer definitely affects the projector"s PQ curve in a positive way (PQ, in general terms, is gamma for HDR). More on this a bit further on.

There are 10 available Gamma Correction settings for SDR (standard dynamic range) content. Sony"s Panel Alignment feature is also included, offering full convergence of the dedicated red, green, and blue imagers across the entire screen. I didn"t feel the need to use it with my sample, but it"s there for those who do.

The VW715 isn"t a terribly bright projector and is really intended for dark room viewing. Although you can get a decent image in moderate ambient light, it"s great strength -- the excellent black levels and contrast delivered by its LCoS-based SXRD imagers -- is largely lost once you have ambient light washing on the screen. It doesn"t make sense to pay this much for a projector and not get the key benefit you"re paying for (along with superb color accuracy and detail...which you CAN find in other projectors.

Latest SXRD panels deliver even better contrast, as well as native 4K resolution. With SXRD projection, you"ll see rich, inky blacks, clear cinematic motion and smooth images. Improvements to the reflective silicon layer now mean even better light control, for precisely delivered shadows and blacks.

The advanced Silicon X-tal Reflective Display (SXRD) panel technology featured in our digital theater projectors delivers native 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution images, with more than four times the detail of Full HD. Fine details are wonderfully clear and natural, without jagged edges or visible pixels.

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 colors, rich tones and textures, plus clear cinematic motion, and image smoothness.

Tokyo, Japan-Sony Corporation today announced the upcoming release of the SXRD™ (Silicon X-Tal (crystal) Reflective Display) SXRD241A, the world"s smallest*1 reflective display device in full HD resolution designed for portable projectors, and the CXD3554GG, a dedicated drive LSI equipped with a high-definition signal processing function.

The SXRD241A utilizes Sony"s original fine pixel pitch technology to reduce the pixel pitch, resulting in full HD resolution on a 0.37-type chip. Generally, when narrowing the pixel pitch, image quality deteriorates due to light leakage into the semiconductor element under the pixel electrode, but Sony added light shielding layers and optimized the pixel structure to achieve significantly improved light shielding function. Sony also employed a new Field-sequential color technique that sequentially switches the RGB light sources at high speed and drives SXRD241A at the appropriate time to deliver full color display on a single panel. Moreover, original SXRD technologies developed for 4K high-end home projectors were adapted to achieve high resolution, high contrast, and high brightness.

The CXD3554GG uses an original high-definition signal processing function to maximize the properties of the SXRD display device. It is equipped with a new geometric compensation function which ensures distortion free images even on curved surfaces, as well as an edge blending function which does away with image seams when multiple projectors are combined together, creating a single seamless image. All of these functions based on the LSI that will make portable projectors even more usable. By adapting SXRD241A together with CXD3554GG, it is possible to realize high-definition portable projectors even with compact sizes.

Sony original fine pixel pitch technology results in full HD resolution on a 0.37-type chip. The pixel pitch is shrunk from the 6 μm of a conventional product*2 to 4.25 μm on the new product, a nearly 30% reduction in size. Generally, the narrower the pixel pitch on a display device for projectors, the easier it is for light to leak into the pixel semiconductor element, resulting in increased light leak current and deteriorating image quality. The new product, however, features an added light shielding layers and optimized pixel structure to achieve significantly improved light shielding function, while still achieving a single pixel surface area that is nearly half of that of the previous product*2. The product also employs the Field-sequential color technique that sequentially switches the RGB light sources at high speed and drives SXRD241A at the appropriate time, enabling full color display on a single panel. In addition, various original SXRD technologies developed for 4K high-end home projectors were incorporated into this product, including a fine pixel gap structure that results in high reflectance, pixel flattening technology for reducing diffused light reflection in the Liquid Crystal layer, and normally black mode that uses inorganic alignment technology, all resulting in high resolution, high contrast, and high brightness.

An original Sony high-definition signal processing function is used to maximize the properties of the SXRD. In addition to the trapezoidal compensation function in general projectors required to throw an image onto a fixed screen, this product is also equipped with new geometric compensation and edge blending functions. The geometric compensation function corrects images so they are distortion free even when projected onto a curved surface. The edge blending function does away with image seams when multiple projectors are combined together to create a single seamless image. These features provide greater freedom in where the portable projector can be placed.