Reviewers Liked
- Great brightness for the price, Dynamic iris control enhances contrast, Very good 3D performance
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Low Lamp Control setting greatly diminishes brightness, Manual focus, zoom, and lens shift controls
Sony VPL-HW65ES
87
7.4
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By What Hi-Fi?
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We could watch movies on the Sony VPL-HW65ES all day long. If you're in the market for a great sub-£3000 projector for your home, it's definitely worth considering.In fact, this projector is now the same price as one of our 2015 Award-winners – the...
By avforums.com
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Full HD is not dead yet and while TVs may be fighting over 4K HDR and wider colour gamuts it is going to take some time before the projector market under £5,000 catches up and can provide that technology. In the meantime we have the likes of the Sony...
By soundandvision.com
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Thanks to its dynamic iris, Sony's 1080p projector beams bright images with great contrast and delivers performance so good that you may not care it's not...
By Trusted Reviews
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Sony VPL-HW65ES – 3D Picture Quality 3D images generally look strong. The HW65ES's brightness helps to combat the dimming effect of the active shutter 3D glasses, while the rich colours, strong contrast and extreme sharpness help it to delineate 3D...
By ProjectorCentral
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The Sony VPL-HW65ES is an elegant home theater projector that succeeds by combining an array of effective processing features and attributes including the updated Reality Creation 2, Contrast Enhancer, Motionflow, very low digital noise, and the solid...
By Projectors at Projector Reviews
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The “ Evolution is Upon Us .” Sony's VPL-HW65ES offers a number of improvements over the HW55ES – its rather excellent predecessor – which was a Best In Class award winner in last year's Best Home Theater Projectors report. This projector is an...
By Hifitest.de
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Der Sony hat zwar ein vielversprechendes Facelift erfahren, Softwareseitig sollte da allerdings noch etwas Feinschliff betrieben werden. Perfekt kalibriert ist der VPL-HW65 ein echter Knaller – eine Diva...
By AudioVision
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Sony hat dem VPL-HW 65 ES diverse Verbesserungen spendiert. Neben der helleren und länger haltbaren Lampe überzeugt auch die optimierte „Reality Creation“-Bildverarbeitung. So ist der neue SXRD-Projektor ein echtes Highlight am...
By allesbeste.de
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Mit dem VPL-HW45ES hat Sony einem bereits hervorragenden Beamer ein Facelift unterzogen. Der HW45ES ist heller und die Lampe hat eine längere Lebensdauer. Nur die Voreinstellungen erreichen nicht ganz die Performance des Vorgängers.Damit eignet sich der...
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