Sony VPL-VW600ES Pro Reviews

With its compelling reproduction of smooth detail, fine color, and impressive brightness with 2D content, the VPL-VW600ES offers a tantalizing taste of 4K. In case you haven’t noticed—or have just returned from an extended spring break in Antarctica—the newest thing in home video is Ultra HD, or 4K. 3D is so 2010. 4K is now. But 4K home projectors are still a rarity, and so far, there haven’t been any true 4K consumer projectors even remotely approaching the price of a good 1080p model. Until now, that is. Sony’s new VPL-VW600ES comes in at an MSRP of $15,000, or just over half the price of the company’s VPL-VW1100ES, a recent update of the VPL-VW1000ES (Sony’s first consumer 4K model). That’s not exactly chicken feed, but it’s a move in the right direction.

Combining a native 4K light engine with all of the features and functions that have made Sony home theater projectors popular in the past, the Sony VW600ES is a total package. It contains every major advancement in home theater projector technology made since the advent of high definition, and most of these systems are executed quite well. The choice to focus on up-conversion of non-native content was the right one, and as a result the VW600ES is a worthwhile projector even for those who never intend to watch a single 4K movie. Every piece of content sent through the VW600ES is improved. Quite often, early examples of any new technology are more tech demos than a finished product. The Sony VPL-VS600ES breaks that mold. Not only is the VW600ES a fully featured 4K home theater projector, it is also worth every penny of its asking price, even with 4K content being as scarce as it currently is. If you have $15,000 to spend on a projector, the Sony VPL-VW600ES is the projector to buy.