Sony's new 2021 VPL-VW1025ES & VPL-VW325ES Projectors

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

The Sony VPL-GTZ380 is Sony’s top of the line projector for $80,000. It has 10,000 lumens 4K light engine, and is a better projector when compared to the $25,000 JVC except for the JVC has better HDR support like the exclusive HDR10+ feature.

The JVC will have better blacks/contrast and better HDR tone mapping which is truly frame-by-frame dynamic. It should have at least 3-4 times as much native contrast before factoring in its laser dimming.

This Sony is really for people who need A LOT of lumens because they have truly gigantic screens and/or have a room with ambient light.

But the JVC will look better in rooms where its lumens are sufficient; primarily relatively smaller screens especially in dark rooms/black pits.

I would prefer the JVC in my room over the Sony as I don't need 10,000 lumens.

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

The JVC will have better blacks/contrast and better HDR tone mapping which is truly frame-by-frame dynamic. It should have at least 3-4 times as much native contrast before factoring in its laser dimming.

This Sony is really for people who need A LOT of lumens because they have truly gigantic screens and/or have a room with ambient light.

But the JVC will look better in rooms where its lumens are sufficient; primarily relatively smaller screens especially in dark rooms/black pits.

I would prefer the JVC in my room over the Sony as I don't need 10,000 lumens.

Any projector under $100,000 looks like a bargain to the average consumer after one looks at the reference Christie Eclipse 25,000 lumens and Barco Thor+ 32,000 lumens with native 4K DLP light engines for around $500,000+ once one purchases the lens. These DLP projectors have absolute black levels and are reference quality to anything else on the market. However, they only do HDR10 and a firmware update would be needed in order to do HDR10+ and Dolby Vision HDR.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1345

The big advantage of the JVC when compared to the Sony, is the exclusive HDR10+ feature on the JVC and the bargain price of only $25,000. Some people are placing projectors in rooms where sunlight is during the day and they need 32,000 lumens, others need 32,000 lumens since their home theater screen is so large.

[HDTV1080P]

JVC and Sony are the leaders in 4K LCOS projectors. The Sony models have just went up in value, since there is a possibility that JVC might not be able to ship the new projectors until sometime in 2022 because of COVID-19 lockdown in their automated factory. If this delay continues to happen it could put a shortage on projectors with Sony needing to fill the demand for the Christmas and holiday season.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=38

[Robert Zohn]

Sony's VPL-VW325ES is now on sale for $4,997. The sale ends 10/31/11.