A claimed maximum screen size of 200 inches diagonal seems optimistic, but during a demo at their booth, it sure did look bright. It also looked extremely detailed, even though the screen was enormous. Granted, it was running a 4K native source (a trailer for The Amazing Spider Man) so we'll have to wait and see how useful the extra resolution is when upconverting 1080p and on more normal sized screens.
Look for the VPL-VW1000ES in January for around $25,000; Details at sony.com.
In the meantime check out our other coverage of this new Sony here.
"On most screens, even big ones, it’s doubtful you’d be able to see the advantage of 4K" Psh... the last time I went to go see a digital IMAX presentation, I could see the pixel structure--4K would have definitely been a noticeable improvement there. Sure, people may not be getting IMAX sized screens in their houses, but in terms of equally that perceived size they certainly could. All you have to do is get close enough. Besides, even if you can't actually perceive the difference in pixel size, I find it hard to believe that anyone at CEDIA didn't think 4K DIDN'T look better than 2K.
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"On most screens, even big ones, it’s doubtful you’d be able to see the advantage of 4K" Psh... the last time I went to go see a digital IMAX presentation, I could see the pixel structure--4K would have definitely been a noticeable improvement there. Sure, people may not be getting IMAX sized screens in their houses, but in terms of equally that perceived size they certainly could. All you have to do is get close enough. Besides, even if you can't actually perceive the difference in pixel size, I find it hard to believe that anyone at CEDIA didn't think 4K DIDN'T look better than 2K.