Sony VPL-XW8100ES Overview
Bring the cinema home with the Sony Bravia Projector 9 VPL-XW8100ES Laser SXRD Projector. Equipped with a long-lasting laser light source capable of delivering up to 3400 lumens, the BRAVIA Projector 9 provides an immersive viewing experience with Pro Cinematic HDR color and true 4K resolution. Sony's premium imaging and processing technologies, including the all-new Native 4K SXRD panel, deliver wide dynamic range, high resolution, and vivid colors, in a compact package made to be the cornerstone of your home theater.
3400-Lumen Laser Light Source
The BRAVIA Projector 9 is engineered with Sony's Native 4K SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) panel and Wide Dynamic Range Optics. Featuring an ultra-pure and reliable laser light source, the Bravia 9 Projector lets you enjoy perfectly clear 4K pictures at optimal brightness for up to 20,000 uninterrupted hours. You'll never have to worry about changing the lamp and virtually no maintenance is required.
Advanced Crisp-Focused (ACF) Lens
Experience exceptional clarity across the entire screen, thanks to Sony's Advanced Crisp-Focused Lens. The 70mm aspherical front lens widens the focus area, ensuring clear images from corner to corner. A floating focus system utilizes two moving lens groups and extra-low dispersion glass for distortion-free images with accurate color reproduction.
Native 4K SXRD Panel
Immerse yourself in an incredibly lifelike picture with native 4K that offers 8.3 million pixels (3840 x 2160). With an all-new 0.61" SXRD panel, you'll enjoy high brightness, inky blacks, vibrant colors, rich tones and textures, plus clear cinematic motion, and image smoothness.
XR Processor for Projector
Sony's XR Processor for projector optimizes their acclaimed BRAVIA TV video processing for projection.
- Cross-Analyzes: Rather than processing various elements such as color, definition, and contrast individually, it analyzes them cross-sectionally to provide more natural-looking images without artificial impressions.
- Depth Mapping: The BRAVIA Projector 9 utilizes Human Cognitive technology to enhance depth and texture for immersive experiences. Foreground depth is enhanced and the background adjusted, so the entire image looks more real and natural.
- Focal Point Recognition: The focal point is where you tend to focus in a picture, where your eyes are naturally drawn to within the scene. It recognizes that focal point and enhances that part of the image.
XR Dynamic Tone Mapping
When watching a movie, peak brightness can change frame by frame. XR Dynamic Tone Mapping analyzes these changes and optimizes brightness frame by frame, ensuring perfect gradation and contrast while keeping the creator’s intent. It also converts SDR to HDR equivalent contrast and colors.
XR Deep Black
XR Deep Black technology enhances dark scenes with deeper blacks and precise color expression by controlling laser dimming in dark scenes and optimizing highlight processing.
XR Clear Image
XR Clear Image analyzes individual objects in every frame, refining detail, while minimizing noise. By cross analyzing frame data, optimal processing is applied to each object in a scene, honing individual details and expressing more lifelike textures. Additionally, noise is minimized through zone division and dynamic frame analysis.
Everything Upscaled to 4K Quality
Whatever the content or source, images are upscaled to near 4K quality. The XR processor accesses a vast database to intelligently recreate lost texture and detail.
XR Triluminos Pro and Live Color Enhancer
Enjoy spectacular brightness and stunning realism, thanks to Wide Dynamic Range Optics that achieve a 95% DCI-P3 wide color gamut. With Sony's Live Color Enhancer, you'll enjoy lifelike skin tones and vivid images for all your entertainment. The Live Color Enhancer selectively expands the color gamut, for vivid HDR images without unnatural oversaturation. Whether you're watching in daylight or a dark room, you can count on vibrant, true-to-life colors.
Input Lag Reduction
Enjoy the latest games on the big screen. Sony's 4K projectors include ALLM (Auto Low-Latency Mode) input lag reduction that enables the player's input to be reflected on screen with minimal delay. The BRAVIA Projector 9 supports 4K120 sources with an input lag under 21 ms, and 2K120 sources under 13 ms.
Picture Position Memory Stores Your Settings
Lens focus, zoom, and shift settings for up to five screen formats can be stored for easy recall. Picture Position Memories remember these settings so you can quickly watch movies in the ideal format. Match aspect ratios, including 16:9 and Cinemascope, and store these settings in the projector.
Anamorphic Lens Compatibility for 4K Signals (V-stretch for 4K)
Wide lens compatibility means you can use your legacy anamorphic lenses with ease, even with 4K content. Watch your content in your favorite formats with a full-size picture, thanks to the V-stretch function.
Additional Features
- Lens shift and corner keystone correction
- Projector body is about 20% smaller in volume and about 30% lighter than the VPL-VW915ES
- 4K Motionflow adds frames to reduce blur while maintaining brightness
- True Theater mode provides 24 fps playback
- IMAX Enhanced content support
- Support for Control4, Creston, and AMX integration and automation systems
- Support for OvrC and Dumotz remote monitoring and diagnostics of network settings, status, and even temperature
- Mercury-free design
- 20% reduced amount of virgin plastic in the main body and 15% reduction in the packaging materials compared to the VPL-VW915ES
