( 5 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 6 2009
This projector truely is astounding. The image quality is fantastic! I attatched my VW60 to my Sony Vaio via an HDMI cable. I watch BluRay movies in full HD with absolutely no problems at all. When I surf the net, I'm looking at Amazon.com on my 118" desktop! All of this from the factory settings on the PJ! I look forward to seeing what a proffesional calibration would do for this sweet machine. Any improvement in the color or clarity of this already stunning picture is just bonus gravy. Another thing I was very impressed with is how quiet the cooling fan is. The PJ sits about 5ft directly over my head and even when the audio from my surround sound is muted, I have to struggle to hear the fan. I definately got what I paid for!
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Posted: Oct 20 2008
Replaced my Sony HS20 with this unit. The HS20 in it's time was voted by some pundits as the best unit in it's price bracket. After extensive research, I bought this unit in January and haven't looked back. Like the HS20, this VW60 was highly regarded among the pundits. I paid slightly under $4000.00 for this unit and spent an additional $100.00 to get the unit professionally calibrated. Getting this unit cal'd is a must, as the colors coming out of the box are less then stellar. I was able to hang this from the same bracket as my other Sony which was a big plus. Once I got it connected and started a high definition disc, the image thrown on my 106' screen was both immersive and 3D like. The contrast and colors simply blow-away the HS20 in every respect. This PJ is definitely top tier! The downfall of course is the price. Like other electronic products, there's always something better coming out every year for less money. For this reason, I would suggest spending a bit less and getting another product ie: Panasonic AE2000 or AE3000, but if your gonna hang on to this for several years, ie: 4-5 years, then by all means buy this unit. You won't regret it.
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( 2 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 18 2008
As a new owner of a Black Pearl I would like to share my own impressions of the Black Pearl. We previously owned a VPL-VW50 Pearl. Sadly we had a lot of problems, it was a 4 1/2 month nightmare but SONY FINALLY offered to replace it with a VPL-VW60 Black Pearl. We received our new SONY Black Pearl on Feb 12, 2008 and we have had a wonderful time setting it up and watching HD TV and 1080p upconverted movies via our OPPO 981-hd. I watched The Rocketeer and recordings of the new episodes of LOST in HD and they were spectacular. We have already put over 30 hours on the projector! Before our VPL-VW50 went belly up we enjoyed viewing it on our 100 inch STEWART SST electriscreen. The Black Pearl is definitely MUCH MUCH sharper than the Pearl ever was. I was ecstatic when I saw how sharp it is compaired to the Pearl. As for convergence, I checked the convergence using the new "Panel Alignment" feature (Kudos' to SONY for including this) and our PJ was perfect right out of the box; boy was that a nice surprise and relief especially after all of the convergence problems we had with our previous Pearl. The colors when tweaked are much more accurate on the Black Pearl and the overall picture seems brighter and better. The blacks are much deeper and the contrast is outstanding. As for the color of the new Black Pearl itself... the Black Pearl is, like it's name; beautiful and INTIMIDATING; Darth Vader's helmet comes to mind and the new pj remote is also excellent. Nice design, clean, stylish, EASY to use and the pj's newly added enhanced menu features are right at our fingertips. The ongoing problems we experienced with the Pearl for 4 and a half months was a real headache... groan. But as soon as we turned on the replacement projector and compared it's picture to that of our previous SONY Pearl (VPL-VW50) I knew it was worth all of the trouble we had to go through in order to upgrade to the VPL-VW60. This projector is everything we have been looking for in a projector and much, much more! I do not see us needing to "upgrade" for a VERY long time because there is absolutely no reason or need to... what's the point? One more important point; the Black Pearl is whisper quiet on regular low fan mode, you barely know it is on. As much as we enjoyed the Pearl, and it was a wonderful projector before it went belly up, I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to replace our defective projector with the VPl-VW60 Black Pearl. It blows it's predecessor away on so many levels, it is worth every penny and it is a keeper. Anyone looking for a superb high def 1080p projector should put the Black Pearl(VPL-VW60) at the top of their list and... yes it IS worth swapping your VPL-VW50 for.
