Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Warranty & Summary – 1 Posted on October 21, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Review - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Highlights2. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Overview - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Overview - Sony VPL-VW90ES Special Features - 2D to Simulated 3D on the VPL-VW90ES3. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Overview – 1 - Sony VPL-90ES Gamma Modes - Sony SXRD panels - (LCoS) - Individual SXRD panel adjustment - Let's talk 3D active glasses:4. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Physical Tour - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector - Appearance - Sony VPL-VW90ES Control Panel - Input/Output - Sony VPL-VW90ES Menus5. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Physical Tour – 1 - Sony VPL-VW90ES Remote Control - Sony VPL-VW90ES Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality - VPL-VW90ES "Out of the Box" Picture Quality - VPL-VW90ES Projector - Flesh Tones7. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality – 1 - VPL-VW90ES Black Levels & Shadow Detail8. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality – 2 - Shadow Detail Performance9. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality – 310. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality – 4 - Sony VPL-VW90ES - Overall Color & Picture Quality - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Bottom line for HDTV on the Sony VPL-VW90ES Home Cinema Projector11. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Performance - Sony VPL-VW90ES Brightness - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE (mid zoom): - Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode): - Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode, Pre calibration):12. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Performance – 1 - Effect of Iris settings on lumen output (Dynamic mode): - Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration): - Sony VPL-VW90ES Sharpness13. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Performance – 2 - Sony VPL-VW90ES: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - VPL-VW90ES Image Noise - Sony VPL-VW90ES Audible Noise14. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Calibration and Settings - Sony VPL-VW90ES Color Temperature - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE (mid zoom): - Sony VPL-VW90ES Basic Settings - Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode, Pre calibration): - Sony VPL-VW90ES Basic Settings15. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Calibration and Settings – 1 - Sony VPL-VW90ES Post Calibration Grayscale: User 3 (based on Cinema) - Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration): - RGB Settings16. Sony VPL-VW90ES – Projector Screens - VW90ES Projector Screen Recommendations17. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Competitors - VPL-VW90ES vs. Sony VPL-VWPro1 - Sony VPL-VW90ES vs. Sharp XV-Z17000 - Sony VPL-VW90ES vs. JVC DLA-RS60 and DLA-RS50 - Sony VPL-VW90ES vs. Runco LS-10d and LS-10i18. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Warranty & Summary - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Warranty - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector - The Bottom Line - Sony VPL-VW90ES for 3D19. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Warranty & Summary – 1 - The Very Bottom Line on the VPL-VW90ES projector: - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Pros - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Cons - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Typical Capabilities20. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector SpecificationsThe Very Bottom Line on the VPL-VW90ES projector:Sony continues to improve it’s home theatre projectors, and the VW90ES is a better replacement than the older VW85. What’s unusual, though is a price increase from one generation to the other. In this case, you get one, but, it would seem that’s the price for 3D. I suspect that, otherwise, the projector would have the same price as last year, be a little brighter and better, and that would be that – typical.Best I can tell, so far, if you want a projector to do both 2D and 3D, for some serious home theatre, then so far, I’d have to narrow the choices to the lower cost Sharp, or the better image of this Sony. I’ll pass on those JVC’s as 3D projectors, unless they do prove to be significantly brighter than the one JVC shipped me.When it comes to choosing the VPL-VW90ES strictly for 2D, then there’s more competition in the quality class. The JVC’s, for example, will still have slightly better blacks (and no dynamic iris), but this year, it would seem that Sony is brighter than JVC. That’s a complete reversal from a couple of years ago, when I ranked JVC’s hands down my favorites, for the combination of being brighter than those old Sonys, plus the black advantages (Sony always wins for most controls, for tweaking!)This time around, as I’ve been saying all along, the Sony VPL-VW90’s blacks are good enough that I start refocusing my attentions on to other aspects of the projector, such as brightness, or 3D, or creative frame interpolation. So, any way I slice it, the VPL-V90ES is a top contender up there around $10,000. In Sony’s perrenial battles with it’s competition in these price ranges, I think this Sony is going to capture more souls (and sales) relative to the competition, than the VPL-VW90ES predecessors have. has in the past.The Sony is not without flaws. It has exhibited a minor problem with panning at a certain speed, it definitely could be brighter in brightest mode and, even brighter still for 3D.This Sony VPL-VW90ES is just a classy projector. Excellent picture with great but not the best blacks, better than average brightness for movie watching, power everything, a good feature set including creative frame interpolation, and 3D.If you are really stretching your budget to the bursting point, to make this Sony your next projector, you may have a tough time selling yourself. On the other hand…If the VPL-VW90ES is comfortably in your budget, you are almost certainly giving it serious thought, then it seems to me to be a very reasonable value, compared to the competition. I suspect plenty of you shopping in this range will select the VW90ES, for those reasons above. That’s why there’s a Hot Product Award now attached to the Sony VPL-VW90ES projector.Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical CapabilitiesSony VPL-VW90ES Projector: ProsExcellent color, and overall picture quality, post calibrationReally good black levels, but not the bestAbove average brightness in “best” movie modeVery good dark shadow detail2D to 3D conversion – interesting3D can be played as 2DDynamic iris action is smooth generally invisible- a real plusZoom, Focus, Lens shift, are all motorizedWide variety of gamma and color presetsVery nice menu layoutVery good documentation (a rarity)Excellent remote control, well laid outVery good placement flexibilityDoes a very good job on 3D, within the limits of overall brightnessFairly quiet projectorVery good value proposition Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: ConsA more noticable than most amount of stuttering on slow pans of a scene at apparently a certain speed or speed (24 fps content) (only seen on two different scenes so far)Remote control’s range is good, but could be a bit furtherBlack levels not up to the very best in the price rangeNot priced for the masses (well they do offer the VWPro1)Will look dim on typical 90 inch and larger screens in 3D (you really can compensate with a high power screen)Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Typical CapabilitiesLamp life (our guess, since they don’t publish lamp life)Medium large projectorVertical and horizontal lens shift (now pretty much standard at this price point)Dynamic irisSmooth motion (creative frame interpolation)Selection of inputsI could live with one of these. When not watching 2D, I’d watch tons of 3D content, but I’d still wish for a usable 2000 lumens for 3D. 1. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Review - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Highlights2. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Overview - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Overview - Sony VPL-VW90ES Special Features - 2D to Simulated 3D on the VPL-VW90ES3. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Overview – 1 - Sony VPL-90ES Gamma Modes - Sony SXRD panels - (LCoS) - Individual SXRD panel adjustment - Let's talk 3D active glasses:4. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Physical Tour - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector - Appearance - Sony VPL-VW90ES Control Panel - Input/Output - Sony VPL-VW90ES Menus5. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Physical Tour – 1 - Sony VPL-VW90ES Remote Control - Sony VPL-VW90ES Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality - VPL-VW90ES "Out of the Box" Picture Quality - VPL-VW90ES Projector - Flesh Tones7. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality – 1 - VPL-VW90ES Black Levels & Shadow Detail8. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality – 2 - Shadow Detail Performance9. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality – 310. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Image Quality – 4 - Sony VPL-VW90ES - Overall Color & Picture Quality - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Bottom line for HDTV on the Sony VPL-VW90ES Home Cinema Projector11. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Performance - Sony VPL-VW90ES Brightness - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE (mid zoom): - Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode): - Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode, Pre calibration):12. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Performance – 1 - Effect of Iris settings on lumen output (Dynamic mode): - Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration): - Sony VPL-VW90ES Sharpness13. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Performance – 2 - Sony VPL-VW90ES: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - VPL-VW90ES Image Noise - Sony VPL-VW90ES Audible Noise14. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Calibration and Settings - Sony VPL-VW90ES Color Temperature - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE (mid zoom): - Sony VPL-VW90ES Basic Settings - Color Temp over IRE Range (Best Mode, Pre calibration): - Sony VPL-VW90ES Basic Settings15. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Calibration and Settings – 1 - Sony VPL-VW90ES Post Calibration Grayscale: User 3 (based on Cinema) - Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration): - RGB Settings16. Sony VPL-VW90ES – Projector Screens - VW90ES Projector Screen Recommendations17. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector – Competitors - VPL-VW90ES vs. Sony VPL-VWPro1 - Sony VPL-VW90ES vs. Sharp XV-Z17000 - Sony VPL-VW90ES vs. JVC DLA-RS60 and DLA-RS50 - Sony VPL-VW90ES vs. Runco LS-10d and LS-10i18. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Warranty & Summary - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Warranty - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector - The Bottom Line - Sony VPL-VW90ES for 3D19. Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector Warranty & Summary – 1 - The Very Bottom Line on the VPL-VW90ES projector: - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Pros - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Cons - Sony VPL-VW90ES Projector: Typical Capabilities20. 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