As an entry-level model for Sony Home Projection, the VPL-HW48 is not a 4K but was rated by Projector Central as "the industry's highest level professional home theater projector below $2,000." After a two-week long trial, today we also want to talk about this machine.
Big professional fan
When you unpack the package, you will find that the VPL-HW48 is not too small. Check the data. The size is 407.4 x 179.2 x 463.9 mm and the weight is 9KG. The size of the 4K model VPL-VW268 is this year. 495.6 x 195.3 x 463.6 mm, weight 14KG, only a little bit bigger than the VPL-HW48, but it has to be a lot.
Just in front of the million-level 1080PDLP models in the hands, put together to compare, there is a kind of brother with the younger brother of the sense of sight, VPL-HW48 looks very professional.
Now many users will install the projector in a special audio and video room, but they will also be arranged in the living room. In order to coordinate with the home environment, Sony has also launched the VPL-HW48, which is a good news for living room users. For the newly released 4K model in 2017, there is also a white version. It seems that more and more white Sony home projectors are available.
Configuration, Sony VPL-HW48 has a physical resolution of 1080P (1920x1080), 1800 lumens brightness, this brightness is not high, if you do not pull the curtains, the daytime is easy to affect the picture. Supports 3D features.
Three 0.61 inch SXRD panels are used to support true creative functionality and Motionflow technology. Compared with the monolithic DLP, 3-chip SXRD technology has more advantages in color brightness, and there is no need to worry about the appearance of rainbow lines. For me to be more sensitive to the rainbow pattern, even the 6x speed wheel is still visible and even distressing. Furthermore, monolithic DLPs are prone to eye fatigue, because RGB primary colors are reflected back to the screen in turn, requiring the human eye to actively synthesize colors. This process, although fast, can exacerbate visual fatigue over time. These problems do not naturally exist on SXRD models.
However, the 3-chip SXRD also has drawbacks. Each component image panel must be precisely aligned to ensure accurate overlapping of the three primary colors in each pixel. Therefore, the sharpness and color cast problem of imaging needs attention.
On the lens side, the VPL-HW48's manual zoom lens has a 1.6x zoom ratio, which is 1.2~1.3 times larger than that of ordinary homes, which is conducive to projecting a bigger picture at a closer distance. This is also one of the professional expressions.
Outer ring is focusing ring, inner ring is zoom ring
Supports 40-inch to 300-inch projection sizes. When using a 16:9 screen size, the closest projection distance required to project a 100-inch screen is 3.256 meters (not included).
Buttons and interfaces are concentrated on the right side of the fuselage, including power buttons, menus, navigation keys and other common functions.
Interface, 2 HDMI interfaces, 1 USB interface, 1 VGA-in interface, 1 infrared trigger input.
The air inlet and outlet are located at the front of the fuselage. When installing, there is no need to worry about the air intake/exhaust space on the wall. This will help increase the projection distance and project a larger picture.
The curvature of the tail, how much, how to say, looking sexy in any case.
Multi-key remote control, full-featured, such as brightness, contrast and other adjustments can be a key.
Adjustable teach option rich preset mode is enough
Almost all projector settings options, the first place is "image settings." Like other Sony home theater series models, the VPL-HW48 is rich in picture tuning.
The VPL-HW48 offers eight color presets and one user mode, all of which can be customized to facilitate user debugging to suit their taste. The default is "Movie 1", which is suitable for reproducing highly dynamic and sharp images of typical motion pictures. If you lack the patience for detailed tuning, this model is sufficient for most scenarios.
It is worth mentioning that the VPL-HW48 is further enhanced against ambient light due to its improved optical engine. At this point, the effect is obvious when the "bright movie" or "bright TV" mode is turned on. The brightness of the screen is improved, and there is a better viewing effect in a non-dark room environment. However, the layering of the picture is slightly pale, and the darkness of the black is not as obvious as the movie film mode.
With the Motionflow function, the motion picture can be made smoother. It creates and inserts additional frames between the original frames, first comparing the main visual factors on successive frames, and then calculating the moments of missing motion in the sequence, thereby reducing the blurring. This is also the basic principle of TV and projection for all ** "motion compensation" functions, but the degree of realization is still quite different from one to the other. If you prefer a purely cinematic effect instead of the 120-frame, farewell film movie “Billy Lynn's Midfielder,†you can choose “True Cinema†mode to experience the original per second The feeling of 24 frames of picture.
Color, color, color! Three important things to say
Let's take a look at the performance of 1080P's VPL-HW48 in terms of sharpness. We use the special clips on the Super Hivi Cast Blu-ray test disc to test the dynamic clear lines of the machine's screen.
Clear line test
Local magnification
Although the resolution does not have 4K, the level of detail is fine. The edges of the lines are clearly displayed on the screen. The circular lines are smooth without jaggies, the inner circle has no ghosts, and the diagonal lines are clear. Local magnification can be seen that the four lines within the circle do not overlap and the bars are clear.
Let's take a look at the performance of the VPL-HW48 on still pictures. Sony has always been synonymous with picture quality, whether it is a TV or other display device such as a projector or monitor, and the 3-chip SXRD is a big advantage over other projectors.
VPL-HW48 screen shot
Original image
From the perspective of the screen shot and the original picture, the restoration is very real. When the camera is recording, the picture is slightly deviated, and the actual perception is very close.
In the video demonstration section, we use the Panasonic DMP-UB400 4K UHD Ultra High Definition Blu-ray Disc and support HDR.
In order to compare colors, we have used another DLP model with a price below RMB 10,000. Of course, different price machines do not have a comparative value. Here, we only make color reference.
Sony VPL-HW48
A few million yuan below the DLP model
This is the beginning of the "Smurf 2." It is more appropriate to test the blue performance of the projector. The above group of photos can be seen very clearly. The blue color displayed by the Sony VPL-HW48 is more intense, and the layering is better. This shows that the Smurf's face is more three-dimensional. In another DLP model, the color is too light and the perception is much worse.
It is worth mentioning that the ANSI brightness of this DLP model is actually a lot higher than that of the VPL-HW48, and the brightness of the white font can also be felt. However, the single-chip DLP imaging principle determines that the color brightness is not the same level as the 3-chip SXRD model, generally only 1/2 or even less, so this is why the Sony VPL-HW48 will perform even more Rich.
In addition, the sharpness, the use of 3-chip LCD panel models have been worried about the convergence caused by confusion and color cast, but from the VPL-HW48 font performance can be seen, even better than the other, after amplification Clear.
The test piece used was Billy Lynn's Midfielder. This film was often used to test the effects of HDR. Although VPL-HW48 does not support HDR, we wanted to see its brightness and contrast. Performance.
"Billy Lynn's Midfield Warfare" talks about the return of American soldier Billy Lynn and his comrades in the Iraq war and was hailed as an American hero during the midfield performance of the Rugby Open. Expose the story of the true experience of this group of soldiers on the battlefield.
The above scene is a scene of patrolling the US military stationed in Iraq with numerous characters and complex pictures. The first impression is that the sense of hierarchy of the picture and the three-dimensional character are very strong, and the near-middle perspectives are scattered. The foreground figures are clear, including the number on the soldier's left arm and the badge on the right arm are also clear and sharp enough. Looking at the light again, there is no shelter at the far end, so it is progressively enhanced from near to far, and the light intensity changes clearly.
In terms of brightness, the above picture is very representative. In the midday camp (how do I judge it to be noon? Because the reflection of the character is vertical), the summer sun shines on the ground, and the whitish color formed by the ground reflection is very close to the actual feeling, and the brightness is very high. high. Very good results have been achieved without setting the brightness of the VPL-HW48 to a maximum.
In the cool shades, the character's skin color does not run away, the details of the face and hair are very clear, and the graininess is not noticeable at 1080P resolution, which is better than many 1080P models.
Front and back scenes are very rich in color, pay attention to Billy Lynn's facial color transition, skin tone reduction is extremely true, this point to take advantage of DLP models.
The above group of fireworks scenes, the bright part of the brightness is very high, there is a kind of dazzling feeling, but the dark night sky is still very deep, can go black, no signs of graying transition, the contrast performance is indeed good.
Low game delay
The VPL-HW48 is known as a good video game projector with its extremely low input delay. We also conducted the game experience using Sony's own PS4 Pro. The test game is "Live Football 2018."
The cover of the game, the color of the red and blue striped Barcelona jersey is accurate and vivid.
The color of the grassland has a profound transition, not a whole piece of green, and there are levels in the distance.
The game latency of the VPL-HW48 is really low, and the response from the handle end to the screen is fast. More importantly, the smoothness of the picture is very high, which is just too important for football games. The players are fluent and clear in their movements, but high-speed soccer is still a bit of a tail. This is more difficult to avoid. We have found similar situations on 3,400,000 machines, but it is a matter of severity. Although there are interpolation algorithms, nothing can be done.
Heat and noise
In terms of temperature, we continued to play a 1080P video for one and a half hours. The temperature at the air outlet was 34.2°C. Although it was in the winter, this performance was a very good standard among all the machines.
What surprised me more was the noise performance. The official website described it as "a whisper-like fan noise," and at first I wasn't happy, but after two weeks of use, this description was just right. The noise is really very light and you have to try hard to hear it at a distance of half a meter. It seems that the large size also has a big advantage, whether it is heat or noise performance, are quite satisfactory.
Write last
Sony's products have traditionally not pursued cost-effectiveness. When the prices of 4K projections in the DLP camp have fallen below 10,000 yuan, the 1080P VPL-HW48 is still at a high of more than 10,000 yuan. However, the three-chip SXRD panel takes full advantage of its structural advantages, bringing bright and vivid color performance, clear and sharp details, and the best contrast of this brightness level. These factors are superimposed, making the VPL-HW48 a Million-level full HD picture quality. However, the brightness of 1800 lumens is still a little stretched in the presence of ambient light. If you are accustomed to watching curtains and watching movies, the performance of VPL-HW48 will definitely not disappoint you.
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