At its heart lies Sony VPL-VW80 SXRD™ (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) panel technology that delivers exquisitely fine-grained 1080p Full HD for a truly cinematic experience. The special High Frame Rate SXRD panels and exclusive Motionflow Dark Frame Insertion system double the frame rate to 100Hz for fluid, natural movement no matter how fast the action gets. Eight-stage real-time signal processing by Sony’s BRAVIA ENGINE 2 ensures outstanding colour and visibly superior overall image quality.
Sony Original High Frame Rate SXRD Panels
The core of the Sony VPL-VW80 is its High Frame Rate triple SXRD™ panel array which can operate at 100 fps – double the norm - for exceptionally smooth on-screen action. SXRD delivers the full 1080p resolution demanded by Full HD with cinematic clarity and precision thanks to its super-fine panel micro-architecture. 7µm pixels spaced just 0.25µm apart produce an image completely free from the ‘screen door’ pixel grid effect that can undermine other projection systems. The 2.5ms response time makes a further contribution to the overall impression of fluid, natural movement essential for a convincing recreation of the cinematic experience.
Crisp, Smooth Action with Motionflow Dark Frame Insertion
The projector uses Motionflow Dark Frame Insertion to deliver on the potential offered by the High Frame rate SXRD panels. Motionflow itself works by creating intermediate frames from the original video source and inserting them to double the number of images displayed every second. The unprecedented level of accuracy with which this is done ensures that what you see on the screen is a seamless, perfectly crisp and smoothly moving image.
Dark Frame Insertion enhances the effect of Motionflow. The optional insertion of darkened frames heightens the contrast and eliminates any judder – the jerky picture that can occur when the camera pans – by allowing the eye ‘space’ to blend one frame into the next. This action mimics that of actual movie projection and functions best in the darkened environment of a Home Cinema.
Superb Contrast Ratio with Advanced Iris 2
Contrast is central to superior picture quality, so the innate high contrast of SXRD is leveraged by Sony’s Advanced Iris 2 system to produce a super-high contrast ratio of up to 60,000:1. Advanced Iris 2 works in real time to analyse each scene and adjust the aperture dynamically to achieve the best possible picture. It prevents detail being lost to the shadows in dark scenes, while brightly lit sequences are prevented from washing out.
High Resolution All Range Crisp Focus (ARC-F) Lens
The VPL-VW80 is equipped with the All Range Crisp Fo- cus (ARC-F) lens which has the necessary superior resol- ution and focus characteristics. The lens offers a 1.6x mo- torised 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 en- vironments. To keep the lens in perfect condition it has a motorised cover which automatically opens when the power is turned on, and closes again at power-down