Reviewers Liked
- 3D-enabled
- Excellent performance
Reviewers Didn't Like
- No automatic focus
Sony VPL-HW55ES
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By TechRadar AU
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If high-quality projection with 3D capabilities are what you're after, you should buy the Sony VPL-HW55ES – a projector so quiet you'll hardly even notice it's running. This device is a one-stop-shop for movie and presentation-viewing...
By What Hi-Fi?
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We're very impressed by this Sony. Its clean, sharp, natural picture is nothing short of stunning.If you're considering a projector anywhere near £3000, you really must have a good look at this...
By Home Cinema Choice
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In a perfect world we'd all be able to set ourselves up with one of Sony's ground-breaking VPL-VW500ES 4K projectors . But most of us don't live in a perfect world, or anything close. Finding the £8,800 necessary for a VPL-VW500ES just isn't an option....
By Trusted Reviews
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If you can't rustle up the £8,800 required for Sony's revolutionary VPL-VW500ES 4K projector, then you can bag yourself an HW55ES safe in the knowledge that it seems to have benefitted greatly from the R&D that's gone into its ‘bigger brother' resulting...
By Home Theater HiFi
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Last year the Sony VPL-HW50ES was my overall favorite projector and the VPL-HW55ES might retain that title. The improvements to lamp life, 3D, and the dynamic iris are impressive. That Sony can also keep it whisper quiet when running in high lamp mode,...
By Projectors at Projector Reviews
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GeneralGreat projector!It's the picture quality overall. I can't think of a projector to roll through here this year, except the far more expensive 4K Sony VW600ES that has as good color right out of the box – if it even did. Of course, anyone...
By Ere Numérique
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Voilà un peu plus d'un an que nous avons testé le dernier modèle de vidéoprojecteur SXRD signé Sony. Avec le VPL-HW55ES la marque japonaise entend bien conserver son leadership en proposant ce qui se fait de mieux pour les amateurs de home-cinéma. Sur le...
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