Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Performance – 1

Effect of Iris settings on lumen output (Dynamic mode):

Our “quick-calibration” of Dynamic mode (which is designed to improve color as much as possible without sacrificing a lot of lumens), yielded 751 lumens, just a handful less than the not as good looking “out of the box” mode.

“Best mode” calibration of the VW90ES yielded a better than average, healthy 588 lumens.

Here’s how the final color temp looked:

Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration):

Mike’s NOTES:  Results were almost identical to the VW85.  The grayscale was further off than the VW85 with default settings, but the VW90 has a lot of hours on it.

Unlike most projectors that come in, new, this Sony had over 220 hours when it arrived. This is important to note, that just figuring normal lamp characteristics, this projector’s probably already lost something between five and ten percent of brightness.

The Calibration page provides the settings we used. That includes basic settings as well as gain and offset.

Sony VPL-VW90ES Sharpness

For your consideration, our usual close up images:

Top left: VPL-VW90ES, Top Left Center, Runco LS-10d, Top Right Center – JVC RS25, Top right – Mitsubishi HC7000

2nd row left: Panasonic PT-AE4000, left center: Epson Home Cinema 8700UB, right center: older Sony HW15, right: Sony Pro1.

Please note, we have switched to using the Playstation PS3 start screen for a sharpness test.