New 2012 Sony Projectors - mid-June?

Both the 95ES and 1000ES are listed under Sony Professional web site.

http://www.sonybiz.ca/solutions/Cate...egoryId=100659

there hasn't been any rumors yet about the HW30 replacement. With Sony's changes coming up June 1, i'm curious to see how their next gen projectors will be priced.

of all the projectors I've tested the year, the HW30 is still one of my favorites that I use every day.

Melvin is a nice guy. I spoke to him 2 years ago when I purchased my Z12. At that time there was a price error and made us got a very good deal then.

You can get PJ through the Sony dealers. I owned a 95ES since last Nov when it first came out. Very happy with it. Bought from a dealer in Richmond Hill.

Mid-June?! OMG, I'm waiting for this.
I will get my dedicated HT finish in the mid of July, I'd like to see the spec of new SONY PJ to decided if I'm gonna wait for the new model or bargain good price for HW30.

I think the chance that the replacement of HW30 will get lens memory is tiny, because I think that's one of the thing how SONY differentiate HW with VW. But I think in the replacement, most likely we can get buildin 3D transmitter with new 3D glasses. Maybe some improvement on the lumen, especially in 3D mode.

I'm just about to start on my basement and was looking to get the HW30. But if new models come out that the VW95ES has a price drop, I'll be very tempted to grab that.

I received my HW30 on August, 9th 2011 and had one of the first HW30's available.

the only concern is that the deals won't likely be as good as they are now. Sony is changing their pricing structure with how dealers are selling their products, so an HW30 today isn't going to be the same price as it is after June 1st.

Ah, that stinks. I'm just not ready to buy yet, unfortunately.

Regency Audio @ Woodbine & HW 7 has 95ES for demo. It is beside the Tiger Direct Store. Tel: 905 305 9888.

HDTV Electronics @ HW7 & Leslie has HW30 for demo. Tel: 905 881 0266.

I have seen this with Epson and Benq as well. When the new projector models came out the older models actually shot up in price. I was going to buy a W6000 but the price shot up $600 which I found insane.

+1 That is why I purchased my HW30AES yesterday.

This is killing me. Abt is having their Memorial day sale this weekend, too. I live near there and have an Abt credit card, so no financing for 2 years. I am so tempted to just buy it and return it, unopened, in 30 days if something goes wrong.

Now I have to decide between the two models. This stinks.

Sony does June for many items, NOT typically projectors. Those are usually Cedia/September timeframe. Not saying it couldn't happen, but I would not hold your breath.

I'm pretty sure that I saw the HW30 in early August in BB Magnolia last year. Personally, the lower end Sony's need to compete with the competition and it's hard seeing the price go up on the HW30s considering it wasn't ever really listed as the best in either 2D or 3D but was great for the best of both worlds. Unless you had to have a projector now I would say it's worth the wait especially if 3D is of interest to you as this is one area many are hoping for improvements in for the vast majority of the projectors out today.

I really can't see anything earth shattering in coming in a new projector from Sony. Now that all their SXRD models carry 3D the only real possible move would be having a 3D in their budget LCD line if they still have one. Sony is going out of their way to keep the ES units exclusive to high end dealers with little price adjustment.

4k for under $15k might be possible but again with no native content why would anyone want to pay that much beyond a few high end customers.

What? what's the Sony SURE pricing policy?
I searched it on the internet, the result shows this policy started in June 1st 2008. Is there any update on this this year?
Don't tell me the price of HW30 will back to full MSRP after on the market about a year. I will definitely buy some other PJ no matter how big the fan I'm of SONY product, because on full MSRP HW30 lose all the advantage when we compare it with other product at the same price.

I've been told about this SURE BS for years and always get ES projectors for well below MSRP. Some dealers use it as an excuse to charge more but rarely have I found dealers enforcing it.

UNLESS things have changed this year (HOPE NOT) we should still get deals on Sony projectors. If they do start enforcing it, then I won't be buying any Sony projectors again.

No it has already been done and been enforced in the past. Some dealers skirted it, but many were dropped. Sony enforces it, though admittedly there are a crap load of dealers and only so many "police". But one does have to be careful (consumer) because if you still see stuff advertised, it could very well not be legit.

Do we know if this pricing scheme applies to next year's models, maybe they are doing it for MFR production reasons so they get economies of scale with new releases, sounds like they might be doing it to just reduce demand on the older models so they do not have to MFR older ones once they have new ones come out?

Their sales will drop to near nothing if they try to sell next year's equivalent Sony hw30 model at this price, as other PJ's prices are continuing to fall.

Someone at Sony has to know the HW30 is currently street priced at the higher end of the range compared to the W7000, 5010 and the RS45. The included glasses (not the most comfortable) and extra year warranty was still a hard sell compared to the others which were less expensive by a fair amount. The saving grace was the quality FI and the excellent prices on replacement lamps.

If Sony enforces the current MSRP, I don't know how they'd sell another HW30 or VW95 after 6/1. The next HW30 is going to have to street (or MSRP) at 2.5-3k (at the max) and have some great new features to compete.

This reminds me of trying to buy a Pioneer Elite AVR. There's a ton of grey market Elites out there at a steep discount compared to the MSRP. Most authorized Pioneer dealers will not (can not?) budge on the MSRP. It seems like they would sell more if they just let the belt loose a bit and let more authorized dealers sell at a discount.

Will there even be a 2012 Sony thread if no one buys one... lol.
I like the VPL-VW95, but even at the current street I feel it’s not worth the extra money. Let alone a couple thousand more.

GOOD LUCK SONY!!!


Sony.... "That’s weird, we only sold 3 projectors in all of 2012 after June 1st?" "I wonder what happened..." DUHHHHH...

Back to the drawing board...

They should sell to a dealer at a fixed dealer cost and then let the dealer decide what price they want to sell at.