Sony VPL-HW15 Home Cinema Full HD Projector

VPL-HW15
BRAVIA 1080p Full HD SXRD Home Cinema projector.

Big Screen, Cinematic Features
The BRAVIA VPL-HW15 projector delivers the excitement and immediacy of HD to a new audience. It brings technologies capable of convincingly reproducing the cinematic experience within the reach of first time buyers of home cinema solutions.
Featuring a stylish design, triple-panel SXRD and 8-stage image processing by BRAVIA ENGINE 2™, the VPL-HW15 is fully loaded with the features you need to introduce a true HD cinematic viewing experience into your living room.
The VPL-HW15 is supplied with a Prime Support pack which offers unique extra services and benefits

Features :

High Contrast Ratio – 60,000: 1 with Advanced Iris 3 technology
The Advanced Iris 3 contrast enhancement works like the human eye, responding dynamically to the level of light in each scene, always selecting the optimum contrast. With a high range of 60,000:1, Advanced Iris 3 can bring out the detail in darker sequences and prevent bright scenes from looking washed out.

1080p Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080
Three panels -red, green and blue, ensuring optimum colour reproduction and resulting in over 6.2 million pixels, more then double the pixel count of 720p projectors. All in a panel size of 0.61-inch thanks to its super-fine panel micro-architecture with a pixel size of 7Um.

Digital Picture Processing - BRAVIA ENGINE 2
The unique BRAVIA ENGINE 2 delivers vibrant colours and exceptional image quality. It consists of eight separate stages of image enhancement - carried out in real time - each has a specialised function. Together they generate a picture that is optimised in every way, from the accuracy of the contrast to the precision of the colour reproduction.

High Resolution All Range Crisp Focus (ARC-F) Lens
The VPL-HW15 is equipped with the All Range Crisp Focus (ARC-F) lens which has the necessary superior resolution and focus characteristics. The lens offers a 1.6x motorised zoom and both vertical (65%) and horizontal (25%) Lens Shift adjustment, making it easy to set the projector up and achieve a good picture in a variety of environments.

Advanced Colour Enhancement Features
Bringing the VPL-HW15 even closer to the capabilities of the human eye is its support for x.v.Colour. x.v.Colour is based on xvYCC, a new international standard for video that defines a colour space nearly two times wider than the existing sRGB standard, making x.v.Colour literally more lifelike. Deep Colour™ boosts the number of colours available within the xvYCC colour space from millions to billions, further future-proofing the projector against developments in colour handling technology.<br><br> In the event that you do need to adjust screen colours, the perfect tool for the job is provided by Real Colour Processing. This allows you to adjust the hue of a specific colour without changing the whole image. So if something like skin tone needs tweaking, you can do it without altering the colour of the sky or the background of the scene.

Great Connectivity - 24p True Cinema
The inclusion of twin connectors with HDMI™ technology opens up another dimension for the VPL-HW15. It makes it possible to connect to video sources like Blu-ray Disc™ players which offer exact, 24 frame-per-second replication of the cinematic original. As the projector has the '24p True Cinema' function, it can display films exactly as they were first recorded.

Low Fan Noise “22dB”
With whisper-quiet fan noise, users can concentrate on a movie or game in a quiet environment without distraction.

BRAVIA Sync
BRAVIA Sync simplifies and enhances the home theatre experience. Through the control capabilities of HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface), the devices sync with one another for intuitive operations such as One Touch Play and System Stand-by

Benefits :

Designed with fast-action movies/games in mind
A 2.5ms response time contributes to the overall impression of fluid, natural movement essential for a convincing recreation of the cinematic experience.

Film-like reproduction of 35mm film
SXRD provides film-quality smoothness by minimising the space between pixels (0.35um) for smooth and dot-less pictures.

Easy to use & future-proof
The VPL-HW15’s manual lens shift helps ensure a quick and flexible set-up procedure, while all features offer a range of user-settings that are easily controlled with the supplied illuminated remote control and on-screen menus.

Specifications :

Optical :
Panel Resolution 1080p Full HD, 1920 x 1080
Panel Technology / Panel Size / Nr of Pixels SXRD™/ 0.61 inch / 6,220,800 (3x 2,073,600)
Lens Type ARC-F (All Range Crisp Focus)
Lens Zoom Ratio 1.6x
Lens F/f 2.50 – 3.40 / 18.5 – 29.6mm
Zoom &amp; Focus Manual
Lens Shift Vertical 65%, Horizontal 25%
Contrast Ratio 60,000:1
Brightness 1000 ANSI Lumen
Lamp LMP-H201 200W UHP
Screen Size (16:9 diagonal) 40” - 300” / 1m-7.6m
Throwing Distance 1.2m -14.1m
Throw Ratio (16:9 diagonal) 1.47 - 2.18

Inputs :
HDMI (19-pin connector) 2
Component Video (3x RCA connectors) 1
S-Video (Mini DIN 4-pin) 1
Composite Video (RCA connector) 1
Input A (HD D-sub 15-pin) 1 (Analogue RGB, Component)

Outputs :
Control RS-232C (D-sub 9-pin) 1 (AMX Protocol Supported)

General :
Fan Noise 22dB
Lamp Life 3,000 Hours(Replacement time)
Filter Cleaning Time Every 1,500 Hours
Power Consumption: Max / Standby / Low 300W / 8W / 0.5W
Dimensions (W x H x D) 407.4x179.2x463.9mm
Weight 10kg
Body Colour Cosmic Black

Throwing Distance, 16:9 Screen, Ceiling Mount :
Min - Max Screen Size (diagonally) 40 - 300-inch / 1 - 7.6m
40-inch / 1m screen 1.4 - 2.0m
80-inch / 2m screen 2.6 - 3.9m
100-inch / 2.5m screen 3.3 - 4.8m
120-inch / 3.0m screen 3.9 - 5.8m
200-inch / 5.1m screen 6.4 - 9.5m
300-inch / 7.6m screen 9.5 - 14.3m

Video Signals :
720/60p, 720/50p
1080/60i, 1080/50i
1080/60p, 1080/50p, 1080/24p via HDMI