Sony - Home Cinema VPL 1080p HD SXRD Projector - Black

When my VPL HW40ES was hit by lightning, my whole household went into a deep movie depression. We watched at least one movie, sporting event, or tv series every night on that machine. So obviously we where going to replace it with its new predecessor, the sony VPL HW45ES. The fact that it was $500 cheaper msrp was icing on the cake. Probably if I had to say the best improvement made over the 40ES is it's more believable. By that i mean the picture looks more real. The colors look more natural and images look and move more life like. It's as if your where watching a live show or game in person. Anyone who gives this projector less than 5 stars must have no knowledge of how to set up a projector, or they are just bashing sony for some other reason. This projector is defiantly a keeper, just like the 40ES was before it. Don't waste your money on the HDMI wireless adapter option unless you have no other choice. It will definitely degrade the picture quality. Always feed your projector the best possible source there is. BluRay, over the air, directv, cable, streaming in that order for the best results.

I'm so glad I bought this projector the pictures are like being at AMC theater ! My own theater . Color and brightness right out the box are on point with no adjustments.

Wow when you decide to true cinema in your home you can not go wrong with this Sony Projector pictures just pop out at you colors , motion is all captured one of the best features is the whisper quite fan recommend to anyone ready for true cinema at home

The projector looks very good and performs well, so far. The workmanship is good and the technicians cleaned up very well and left the room looking good. We are also happy with their programming for the remote control to access everything. Our only concern is that out current TV could not be connected to the cable. Thus to see cable we have to lower the projector screen. We will get a new TV with the appropriate connection so we may need the Geek Squad to return to connect it.

Loved it, it's great a real keeper. Loved it, it's great a real keeper.

This is the first projector I've ever purchased. All of my research was online so there was no picture evaluation. I based my decision on professional and user reviews. I can tell you the glowing reviews are accurate and I'll add to them. Mine is used in a home theater so almost exclusively used for movies. It's ceiling mounted and throwing a 150" picture onto an acoustically transparent white screen. Projector is about 20' from the screen. We black out the room so not much ambient light. I set the projector to the 'low light' setting and it seems perfect. Standard DVD is fairly sharp but Blu-Rays are stunning. Redbox $2 blu ray rentals are relevant again! 4K content from Netflix is also very good. Some of that may be attributed to the upscaling Onkyo receiver its passing through. That content is not quite blu-ray quality but close. Out of the box, colors are nearly perfect and contrast is excellent. It's also virtually silent. I decked out the theater with tiered seating and an Atmos 7.2.2 Klipsch Reference speaker setup. (By the way if you're building out audio for a theater, do what I did and go BIG on the center channel. Dialog is spectacular and critical for that theater experience! I thought I overbought but its amazing). My family is always excited to watch movies now...the experience is as good as a theater, and this projector is a big reason why! Absolutely no regrets on this projector vs. a 4K. With blu ray quality video I'll never feel like I'm missing out on 4K.

Little worried about going from a 4k tv to a 1080p projector but well worth it.

Have only previewed the device in store so for but really liked the product, its great for a home theatre which is what I'm in the process of making