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36 reviews
Jul, 2025
alaTest has collected and analyzed 36 reviews of Sony VPL-VW100. The average rating for this product is 4.3/5, compared to an average rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the noise and design. The image quality and price also get good feedback, but comments are divided on the reliability. Some have doubts about the size and usability.
price, image quality, design, noise
usability, size
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Sony VPL-VW100 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 87/100 = Very good quality.
Consumer review (amazon.com)
alaTest has collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of Sony VPL-VW100 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.
100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
Expert review by : John Archer (trustedreviews.com)
Sony takes on JVC with its version of the Liquid Crystal on Silicon technique.
The VW100's connections are pretty admirable for the most part, too. DVI and HDMI sockets provide you with digital HD pictures, while you also get the de rigueur component video inputs, a PC port, a 12V trigger output you could use to drive an attached...
Expert review by : tech.co.uk staff (techradar.com)
Yet another new projection technology has arrived
Design ; picture quality ; connectivity ; feature count ; 1080p compatible
Black levels jump occasionally ; replacement lamps are expensive
There's a new kid on the projection block and he's going to be popular!
Expert review by : Esat Dedezade (stuff.tv)
If even 50inch TVs are too dinky for you, try a projector. Maybe Sony's top-end offering could tempt you.
Expert review by : Gary Merson (cnet.com)
Sony VPL-VW100
Lowest priced 1080p front projector; solid video processing with 2:3 pull-down and proper de-interlacing of 1080i; resolves every detail of 1080i and 1080p sources; can reproduce deep black levels; accepts native 1080p signals; comprehensive features...
Expensive; quoted brightness limits screens to around 100 inches (diagonal); high-priced replacement lamp; high power consumption at 610 watts; imperfect uniformity in white fields; can't switch aspect ratios with HD sources.
The Sony VPL-VW100 produces big, beautiful 1080p images at a price-to-performance ratio that no current projector can match.
Expert review by : Randolph Ramsay (cnet.com.au)
On paper, Sony's VPL-VW100 is one of the most impressive home theatre projectors out there at the moment, boasting specs equal to some of the more expensive high-end models.
Impressive picture quality with deep blacks and vibrant colours. Practically future-proof, thanks to inclusion of a HDMI connector and ability to output at 1080p. Sleek design. Whisper-quiet operation.
Large and bulky. Limited lens shift options. Replacement lamps are expensive.
If you’re a home theatre enthusiast looking for a cream of the crop projector, then the Sony VPL-VW100 is hard to pass.
Expert review by : Geoffrey Morrison (hometheater.com)
I've been saying it since the first 1080p displays hit the market: There's no need for 1080p on a screen smaller than 65 inches. Your eye just can't resolve that kind of detail at the distance just about everyone sits from their TV. Resoundingly, no...
Expert review by : Geoffrey Morrison (soundandvision.com)
Forget these teeny-tiny 1080p TVs. It's time for high rez on a big screen. I've been saying it since the first 1080p displays hit the market: There's no need for 1080p on a screen smaller than 65 inches. Your eye just can't resolve that kind of detail...
Expert review by : Geoffrey Morrison (hometheatermag.com)
I've been saying it since the first 1080p displays hit the market: There's no need for 1080p on a screen smaller than 65 inches. Your eye just can't resolve that kind of detail at the distance just about everyone sits from their TV. Resoundingly, no...
Deinterlacing was fairly average. The 3:2 pickup wasn't very fast, and video processing showed some jagged edges with the waving-flag scene on Silicon Optix's HQV Benchmark DVD. Turn off the Digital Reality Creation (DRC). It adds more jaggies.
Expert review by : Max Christoffersen (audioenz.co.nz)
If you were hanging around many home theatre forums in January there were only two words on everyone's lips: "Sony Ruby". Sony had just released their new SXRD machine projector the VPL-VW100, known as the "Ruby", and the excitement it generated was...
Here was Sony's new SXRD based projector offering a full 1080p (1920x1080) resolution at around $25,000 below their flagship Qualia projector that ushered in the new SXRD technology to much acclaim. It offers the potential of being an overdue marriage...
Expert review by : Thomas J. Norton (hometheater.com)
The delay also gave me more time with the projector. Further viewing certainly did not change my opinion of this superb product. But it did surface an additional problem with this (admittedly pre-production) sample, allow me to check out the projector...
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