January 30, 2008

Sony Launches Bravia VPL-VW40 Home Theater Projector In Europe

Sony launched the BRAVIA Full HD VPL-VW40 Home Theatre Projector yesterday in Europe, bringing professional picture quality to a wider audience by appealing to the price-conscious home theater enthusiast.

The VPL-VW40 delivers full HD 1080p picture quality utilizing Sony SXRD™ technology bringing the cinema experience into your living room. Powered by a Bravia engine, which digitally enhances each frame in real time and reduces noise considerably, the VPL-VW40 features a super fast 2.5ms response time and a contrast ratio of up to 15000:1. Such a high ratio is made possible by Sony Advanced Iris 2, that responds automatically to the level of lighting in each scene and adjusting the projector's aperture to achieve the best contrast possible at any given moment. The VPL-VW40 is compatible with most other home theater components as it has 24p True Cinema allowing it to handle a 1080/24p input. With two HDMI connectors, you can even hook up your Blu-ray player or Playstation 3 to the projector and project the resulting images on screen sizes up to 300 inches.

Ease-of-setup, a quiet fan, and a contemporary design round out the features of the Bravia VPL-VW40 home theater projector. The price for this high-end projector is expected to be relatively low-end, tagged at somewhere just south of $3000.

Via press release