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Sony Projector systems for Business and Home Theater Use: The
Sony VPL-PX11 LCD Video
Projector, and the VPL-CS6 Projector.
Sony are
among the world leaders - setting new standards in the imaging
technology.
The selected top-selling Sony video projector systems for our Home theater
projector reviews are no exception to the Sony
quality - superb brightness, crisp picture quality and fashionable
design make these Sony projector systems the choice of many business
professionals and home theater enthusiasts alike.
The Sony projection units in question are the
Sony VPL-PX11 LCD Video Projector
- an XGA 2000 ANSI lumens projector, and the VPL-CS6 Projector
- an SVGA projector of almost an equivalent level of brightness as the PX11.
The Sony Video Projectors
presented here were reviewed by Practical Home Theater Guide in early 2004.
These video projectors are no longer available and have been replaced by new
products in the Sony lineup of business and home theater projectors.
To access the full range of Sony video projectors presently available
online, please check out the following link:
Sony Video Projectors
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Sony VPL-PX11 LCD Video
Projector
An extremely capable XGA Home theater
projector
from Sony.
The VPL-PX11 Sony projector weighs just 11.3 pounds, outputs 2,000
ANSI lumens, and projects images as large as 300 inches.
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An optional lens adaptors allow
the throw distance of the projector to be changed to accommodate situations
where shorter or longer throw distances are required than that supported
via the supplied standard lens.
In addition, for the output brightness
level provided by this unit, this Sony projector is extremely quiet, outputting just 34dB, ensuring that
it wouldn't be of any distraction during those quite instances
of your movie show or business presentation.
Features:
- 1,024 x 768 XGA native resolution
- 2,000 ANSI lumens brightness
- Digital keystone correction, digital image zoom
- Auto pixel alignment; stereo speakers
- Supports optional FASTFIX lens attachments
Additional Technical data:
- Lamp: 200 Watt UHP
- Brightness: 2000
ANSI lumens
- Resolution: 1024 x
768
- Input signals:
Composite video, S-video, RGB, computer signals up to SXGA
- Connectivity: USB
- Remote control:
Yes
- Digital keystone
correction: Yes, up to 115-degrees
- Digital zoom: Yes
- Freeze: Yes
- Auto pixel alignment:
Yes
- On-screen display:
Yes - including multi-language support.
- Speakers:
Two - stereo
- Image driving system: LCD light engine
using true XGA
(1024 x 768) resolution utilizing three 0.9-inch LCD panels.
- Installation:
Floor or ceiling; new converter lens enables the throw distance to be
adjusted accordingly.
- Inputs:
The VPL-PX11 accepts a wide variety of input signals, including composite
video, S video and RGB, as well as computer signals up to SXGA.
- Useful Remote Control
Unit: The VPL-PX11 is equipped with the RM-PJM11 remote control. Items
such as mouse function, digital zoom function and freeze function can be
operated from these wireless control units.
- Digital Keystone
Adjustment: Keystone distortion of up to 115 degrees can be digitally
corrected from the On-Screen Display or the supplied remote control unit.
Images can be projected with the correct geometry even where installation
space is limited.
- Digital Zoom: Any
part of the projected image can be zoomed in.
- FreezE: The Freeze
function displays a freeze-frame while preparing or switching to the next
image. This can be controlled via the supplied remote control unit.
- APA (Auto Pixel
Alignment): With APA, single-button "press and play" operation correctly
size and adjusts the display for optimum picture performance.
- Item weight:
11 pounds / shipping weight 19 pounds
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Warranty: 2 year parts and labor; 90 days
on lamp.
The
VPL-PX11 LCD Sony Projector
is a brilliant flexible video projector suitable for both business
presentations as well as for home theater use. Maybe a bit too powerful for
the average-sized home theater, yet if you are after an XGA projector,
this Sony projector is surely an excellent buy.
Click on the
following link for a
Sony replacement Lamp.
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Sony VPL-CS6 Projector
A true SVGA (800 x 600) LCD Sony projector of exception quality, designed to deliver brighter, sharper, and
more eye-pleasing images.
The VPL-CS6
is one of the the latest additions to a Sony family of high-quality portable projectors
- compact, lightweight, yet capable of delivering 1800 ANSI lumens of image
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This Sony projector uses Sony's original
Virtual Light system with an all-new super high aperture liquid crystal
panel and a newly developed ultra-bright lamp, to achieve a superb level of
brightness in such a compact and lightweight (6 pounds) design.
The VPL-CS6 has a built-in scan converter, so it can accept
composite-video, component-video, or RGB video input signals. It also
accepts PC signals up to XGA resolution.
Other features include an onscreen display
in thirteen languages, the ability to alter screen position and screen color
to suit your preference, 4x digital zoom, freeze, picture muting, and
intelligent auto setup. Included as standard is
a short throw lens to enable full size projections over a shorter projector
to screen distance set-up.
Features:
- 1,800 ANSI lumens of brightness
- True 800 x 600 SVGA resolution with auto-pixel alignment
- Auto input search and instant image projection
- 4x digital zoom, freeze function, keystone correction
- 13-language menu operation
Additional Technical data:
- Projection system:
3 LCD panels, 1 lens projection system
- Panel: Super high
aperture 0.7-inch TFT LCD 1,440,000 pixels (480,000 pixels x 3)
- Lens: ZOOM 4 X
Times; F 1.8 to 2.15; F f28.2 to 33.8mm
- Throw distance:
40-inch 1.5 to 1.9 m (4.9 to 6.2 feet) up to 150-inch 5.9 to 7.2 m (19.4 to
23.6 feet)
- Brightness: 1800
ANSI lumens (lamp mode high)
- Contrast: 400:1
- Resolution: Video
600TV lines; RGB 800 x 600
- Input signals: RGB/Component,
S-Video, Composite Video, Audio (Mono), USB (Wireless Mouse)
- Horizontal frequency:
15 - 70 kHz
- Vertical frequency:
48 - 85 Hz
- Color system:
NTSC3.58, PAL, SECAM, NTSC4.43, PAL-M/N
- Speaker: Mono
1W(max.) × 1
- Power requirements:
AC 100 to 240V, 50/60Hz
- Power consumption:
240W (Max), 5W (Standby)
- Operating environment:
Temperature: 0 to 35 degrees Celsius (32 to 95 F), Humidity: 35% to 85%
(no condensation)
- Heat dissipation:
819 BTU
- Fan noise: 38dB
(lamp mode low) (Approx. 43dB when the lamp mode is high.)
- Powered tilt adjuster
angle: Approx. 10-degree
- Video keystone
correction: 15-degree
- Image flip:
Off/H/V/HV
- Remote control:
RM-PJM12
- Digital zoom: 4 x
- Additional features:
Picture freeze, picture muting
- Dimensions: 9.0"
(D) x 2.6" (H) x 6" (H)
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Warranty: 2 year parts and labor; 90 days
on lamp.
The
Sony VPL-CS6 Projector
represents an affordable choice without sacrificing
features and the expected Sony quality. In
particular, the low lamp setting on the CS6 Sony projector provides improved contrast, extended lamp
life, and extremely quite operation - making this setting more suitable for
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26th December 2005
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