Sony VPL-HS51

alaTest has collected and analyzed 23 user reviews of Sony VPL-HS51 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviews about the reliability and noise are overall positive. The image quality and price also get good feedback, but many are critical about the usability.

Sony made a splash with its VPL-HS51 Cineza LCD projector at last year's CEDIA. It had a 6000:1 contrast ratio that, for possibly the first time, rivaled DLP, thanks in no small part to a dynamic

Price: $2,999 Highlights: 1280x720 three-chip LCD, dynamic iris for increased black level performance, one HDMI input, motorized zoom and focus and vertical and horizontal lens shift. The VPL-HS51A seems on paper to be virtually identical to its...

Highlights: 1280x720 three-chip LCD, dynamic iris for increased black level performance, one HDMI input, motorized zoom and focus and vertical and horizontal lens shift.

Take a minute to look at the measurement box. Keep in mind that this is an LCD-based product. At 0.003 foot-lamberts, the VPL-HS51 is only 0.001 ft-L higher than the Yamaha DLP projector that's also in this issue. Not bad for a projector that's less...

Now that's a black level. Take a minute to look at the measurement box. Keep in mind that this is an LCD-based product. At 0.003 foot-lamberts, the VPL-HS51 is only 0.001 ft-L higher than the Yamaha DLP projector that's also in this issue. Not bad for...

Take a minute to look at the measurement box. Keep in mind that this is an LCD-based product. At 0.003 foot-lamberts, the VPL-HS51 is only 0.001 ft-L higher than the Yamaha DLP projector that's also in this issue. Not bad for a projector that's less...

The VPL-HS51 sets a new standard for black-level and contrast performance in an LCD projector, and once an ISF calibration is performed the VPLHS51 redefines the performance potential of what is essentially budget priced HD front projection at $3499.

Once upon a time, it was widely accepted that LCD projectors had two major weaknesses.

Second, like all digital display devices that use a projection lamp, LCDs could not close down to a level needed for fully satisfying performance in darker scenes. In other words, their peak contrast, absolute black level, and shadow detail was...