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Sony VPL-VW995ES LCOS Projector Review
Kris Deering  |  Feb 20, 2019

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $35,000

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Breathtaking image quality
Reference-level optics
Laser light source
Minus
Low light output for price point
Lacks dedicated picture mode for HDR

THE VERDICT
The Sony VPL-VW995ES delivers reference-level images with all video formats and benefits from a high-end lens that's optimized for 4K playback.

In 2018, I reviewed Sony's VPL-VW885ES 4K laser projector, a $25,000 model that I hoped would be the successor to previous Sound & Vision Top Pick winners from Sony, the VPL-VW1000 and VPL-VW1100ES, but it fell slightly short of expectations. At CEDIA 2018, Sony unveiled its VPL-VW995ES, a next-gen step-up model in the ES projector line that sported the high-end optics missing from the VW885ES plus a few new tricks. The VPL-VW995ES appears to be a true successor to the earlier designs, but at a steep $35,000, does it have the chops to command such a lofty price? Let's find out.

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Audio Video News
SVS Announces White Finish Option for Prime Wireless
SV Staff  |  Feb 20, 2019
SVS today announced that the Top Pick-designated Prime Wireless speaker system introduced last fall is now available in a gloss white finish.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Seymour-Screen Excellence Unveils ‘Budget’ Projection-Screen Masking System
SV Staff  |  Feb 20, 2019
Seymour-Screen Excellence aims to bring Hollywood-style screening room capabilities to a broader audience with a new, lower-priced motorized projection-screen masking system.
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Audio Video News
Apple Readies Streaming Video Service for Launch
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2019
Apple is reportedly putting the finishing touches on a streaming video service it is planning to launch as early as this spring.
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Signals
How Google's Live Transcribe Will Aid the Deaf
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 19, 2019
I am an audio guy. All my life, I have been fascinated by the physics, physiology, and technology of audio. You might be surprised to know this, but my hearing is more important to me than my eyesight. But hearing is a privilege that not everyone shares.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
HiFiMan Unveils Hi-Res-Capable Bluetooth Speaker
SV Staff  |  Feb 19, 2019
HiFiMan has announced a wireless version of its popular Ananda planar-magnetic headphones and unveiled its first wireless speaker — a portable model that supports high-resolution streaming.
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Audio Video News
Samsung to Showcase 8K TVs at Experience Stores
SV Staff  |  Feb 18, 2019
Samsung has announced the launch of three Samsung Experience stores in the U.S.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
New Elite Screen Combines Best of Two Worlds
SV Staff  |  Feb 18, 2019
Elite Screens has developed a fixed-frame projection screen for standard-throw projectors that brings the best of two worlds together in one screen: ambient/ceiling light rejection and acoustic transparency.
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Audio Video News
Move Over IMAX: Sony Readies Launch of Large-Format Movie Theater
SV Staff  |  Feb 18, 2019
Sony has announced that plans to launch an “experiential” large format movie theater system in Las Vegas to effectively compete with IMAX and Dolby Vision theaters.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Sawdust and Tinsel
Josef Krebs  |  Feb 15, 2019
Picture
Sound
Extras
Albert (Åke Grönberg), the aging owner and ringmaster of an impoverished travelling circus, takes the troupe to his home town in order to visit his estranged wife and sons with the hope of returning to the safe, bourgeois family nest. In reaction, his jealous young lover (the gorgeous Harriet Andersson), a horseback rider, allows a charismatic actor to seduce her.
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