Sony presents two new laser projectors with 4K resolutions and 120 Hz refresh rates

[Redaktion]

Sony has introduced the VPL-XW5000ES and the VPL-XW7000ES, a pair of laser projectors that can output at 4K and 120 Hz. The VPL-XW5000ES and the VPL-XW7000ES also support HDR and high maximum brightness, but neither will come cheap.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-presents-two-new-laser-projectors-with-4K-resolutions-and-120-Hz-refresh-rates.615883.0.html

[nemo]

What happens after those 20.000 hours do you need to get a new one orsomething ? with those prices ...

[S.Yu]

What kind of joke is this? HDMI2.0 in 2022? In this price bracket?? What, beyond a larger screen size, would one possibly hope to gain by buying these crap, instead of TCL's 98X9C Pro? On how many occasions would one need 120"-140" screen size as opposed to 98"? And on how many occasions would one need 10-20x the maximum brightness, even higher contrast(HDR at <200nits, with SXRD's 1% APL contrast, compared to 2304 zone miniLED? Don't make me laugh), daytime viewing, simultaneous 4K and HRR, calibration-free experience(without the monetary and spatial cost of an additional, likely fixed, screen), longer life light source(without worry of a progressively shrinking color gamut unavoidable with SXRD), at a lower price than even the low end projector instead??

*Whathifi claims 308nits at 120", for the 3200lm model, which is ludicrous, high gain screens unavoidably cause vignetting, and possibly spotting, which are absolutely non-issues for a miniLED flat screen, not to mention I haven't even heard of a screen with such high gain. On a 120" screen with 1.0 gain(should be even lower if one aims for boosted contrast), the actual brightness is <185nits, requiring minimal gain of 1.66, I haven't heard of anything beyond 1.5.
And let's not forget color calibration takes a huge chunk out of projection brightness while there's less impact on panel brightness.