Sony VPL-HW40ES Home Theater Projector – Hardware Tour 3 Posted on July 10, 2014 By Art Feierman 1. Sony VPL-HW40ES Home Theater Projector Review - Sony VPL-HW40ES Highlights2. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Special Features 1 - Dynamic Iris? No - MotionFlow (aka Creative Frame Interpolation) - 1.6:1 Manual Zoom Lens3. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Special Features 2 - 3D - CMS - Color Management System4. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Hardware Tour 1 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Layout - Sony VPL-HW40ES Control Panel - Sony VPL-HW40ES Inputs and Connectors - Some quick thoughts on MHL5. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Hardware Tour 2 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Remote Control - Sony VPL-HW40ES Lens Throw - Lens Shift6. Sony VPL-HW40ES Home Theater Projector – Hardware Tour 3 - Sony HW40ES Menus - Menus - Comments7. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Picture Quality 1 - VPL-HW40ES Projector – Right Out of the Box - Skin Tones8. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Picture Quality 2 - Black Level Performance - Dark Shadow Detail9. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Picture Quality 3 - HDTV and Sports Viewing - VPL-HW40ES Overall Picture Quality10. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Performance 1 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Brightness - Sony VPL-HW40ES Brightness: Calibrated - Sony VPL-HW40ES Brightness: Calibrated, Eco-mode11. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Performance 2 - Sharpness and Image Noise - Audible Noise12. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Calibration and Settings - Sony VPL-HW40ES Pre-calibration - Sony VPL-HW40ES: Calibration - Mike's General Notes - Mike's Grayscale Calibration Notes13. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Advanced Calibration Information - Sony VPL-HW40ES CMS Calibration - Calibration Charts14. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Summary 1 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Summary - Sony VPL-HW40ES Brightness Summary - HW40ES 3D15. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Summary 2 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Picture Quality Summary - Other Features and Benefits - Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector - The Bottom Line16. Sony VPL-HW40ES Review – Specifications SONY VPL-HW40ES PROJECTOR – HARDWARE TOUR PAGE 3: Menus Sony HW40ES MenusRather than long descriptive paragraphs, for our discussion of menus, I have added captions to a number of the menu photos in this player. Many of these menus are self explanatory, and the features on some others are discussed elsewhere. VPL-HW40ES Menus Main Picture Menu Very similar to other Sony's main menus. It's the sub-menus that have less features Color Modes Sony provides a wide range of pre-set picture modes Reality Creation This is Sony's dynamic detail enhancement feature , it's very effective Reality Creation Adjustments From minimum to 100. We found 20 is normally the default and fine for most, but increases image noise. Motion Enhancer Menu This comes up when selecting MotionFlow on main menu, for CFI. Limited Pre-set Color Temps Four fixed settings, plus Custom 5 is far less than the HW55ES. Only "5" can be customized Adjusting Color Temp This menu has the usual grayscale adjustments of Gain and Bias for R, G, and B. RCP houses the CMS From this menu, you can select, then calibrate each primary and secondary color separately CMS Adjustment This sub-menu allows separate fine tuning of settings for R, G, B, C, M, and Y - primary and secondary colors Picture - Expert Settings Noise Reduction, Contrast Enhancement, and most importantly Color Space - BT.709 almost perfect Screen Menu Allows adjustment of Aspect Ratio and also allows engaging Overscan Setup Menu Less features here, for example only two placement locations for menus - Center, lower left Installation Menu Offers Image Flip (for ceiling mounting), and importantly, Panel Alignment Basic Info menu Early production unit - number 12. Info, surprisingly doesn't show firmware version number Color Space Three other options, but BT.709 is virtually dead on, so look no further Menus - CommentsSony has a very good, and intuitive menu system. And it’s very familiar if you’ve previously worked with other Sony projectors. The primary difference between the menus on the HW40ES and its big brother, the HW55ES is not the layout, but rather what’s in the sub-menus. There are many elements – mostly “luxuries” that can be found on the HW55ES but not the 40ES. Typical are differences like these: HW40ES only has two menu positions, less cosmetic adjustments HW40ES has only one Custom gamma instead of many HW40ES – no iris controls, because there’s no iris HW40ES – Fewer Color Temp options 1. Sony VPL-HW40ES Home Theater Projector Review - Sony VPL-HW40ES Highlights2. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Special Features 1 - Dynamic Iris? No - MotionFlow (aka Creative Frame Interpolation) - 1.6:1 Manual Zoom Lens3. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Special Features 2 - 3D - CMS - Color Management System4. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Hardware Tour 1 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Layout - Sony VPL-HW40ES Control Panel - Sony VPL-HW40ES Inputs and Connectors - Some quick thoughts on MHL5. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Hardware Tour 2 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Remote Control - Sony VPL-HW40ES Lens Throw - Lens Shift6. Sony VPL-HW40ES Home Theater Projector – Hardware Tour 3 - Sony HW40ES Menus - Menus - Comments7. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Picture Quality 1 - VPL-HW40ES Projector – Right Out of the Box - Skin Tones8. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Picture Quality 2 - Black Level Performance - Dark Shadow Detail9. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Picture Quality 3 - HDTV and Sports Viewing - VPL-HW40ES Overall Picture Quality10. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Performance 1 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Brightness - Sony VPL-HW40ES Brightness: Calibrated - Sony VPL-HW40ES Brightness: Calibrated, Eco-mode11. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Performance 2 - Sharpness and Image Noise - Audible Noise12. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Calibration and Settings - Sony VPL-HW40ES Pre-calibration - Sony VPL-HW40ES: Calibration - Mike's General Notes - Mike's Grayscale Calibration Notes13. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Advanced Calibration Information - Sony VPL-HW40ES CMS Calibration - Calibration Charts14. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Summary 1 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Summary - Sony VPL-HW40ES Brightness Summary - HW40ES 3D15. Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector Review – Summary 2 - Sony VPL-HW40ES Picture Quality Summary - Other Features and Benefits - Sony VPL-HW40ES Projector - The Bottom Line16. 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