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I was in Tokyo over the weekend and made another trip to the Sony Centre in Ginza (the last time I was given a demo of the Qualia CRT TV). This time I got a demo of the new SXRD projector.
The projector was set up in a nice little theatre. The projector is on the ceiling, about three feet above my head when I'm seated, probably about 15 feet from the screen. The screen is 140" diagonal. I didn't get to see if it was gray since the room is quite dark even before the demo commenced. The theatre uses Sony speakers, and the source is a Sony Blu-Ray DVD player showing demo high-def material.
First, the negatives. Black is acceptable but not great. It's still dark gray.
I also noticed some slight blurring during motion.
The good - the projector, which is rated at 2000 lumens, was really bright on the 140" screen.
Colors were fantastic and looked completely natural. According to Sony the fill-rate is 92% versus around 50% for regular LCD projectors. At my seating distance the screen door was non-existant of course. I had to get within 3 or 4 feet (remember, 140" screen) to see it.
The resolution was simply unbelievable - I've never seen any projected image that was so big and sharp (it was running 1920x1080P). The demo was all specially shot (and boring) high-def video, plus a high-def trailer of Bad Boys II. Stunning.
Also, even though the projector was only 3-feet above my head it was very quiet. Once the video started I completely forgot about it.
The Qualia projector (which physically looks amazing as well, although it is almost as large as a small CRT projector) sells for Y$2.4million, or US$20,500. An excellent deal if you ask me. The 140" (fixed) screen is Y$600,000 or around US$5,000.
The projector was set up in a nice little theatre. The projector is on the ceiling, about three feet above my head when I'm seated, probably about 15 feet from the screen. The screen is 140" diagonal. I didn't get to see if it was gray since the room is quite dark even before the demo commenced. The theatre uses Sony speakers, and the source is a Sony Blu-Ray DVD player showing demo high-def material.
First, the negatives. Black is acceptable but not great. It's still dark gray.
I also noticed some slight blurring during motion.
The good - the projector, which is rated at 2000 lumens, was really bright on the 140" screen.
Colors were fantastic and looked completely natural. According to Sony the fill-rate is 92% versus around 50% for regular LCD projectors. At my seating distance the screen door was non-existant of course. I had to get within 3 or 4 feet (remember, 140" screen) to see it.
The resolution was simply unbelievable - I've never seen any projected image that was so big and sharp (it was running 1920x1080P). The demo was all specially shot (and boring) high-def video, plus a high-def trailer of Bad Boys II. Stunning.
Also, even though the projector was only 3-feet above my head it was very quiet. Once the video started I completely forgot about it.
The Qualia projector (which physically looks amazing as well, although it is almost as large as a small CRT projector) sells for Y$2.4million, or US$20,500. An excellent deal if you ask me. The 140" (fixed) screen is Y$600,000 or around US$5,000.