Sony’s New Home Theater Projector Does 4K, Won’t Open The Pod Bay Doors

By Andrew Liszewski

To enjoy a digitally projected movie at 4K resolutions you have to visit your local cinem’o’plex and deal with hoodrats, sticky floors and annoying commercials before the feature. That is until Sony unleashes their new VPL-VW1000ES 4K digital projector which is specifically designed for home theater use. That’s right, 4K at home, perfect for all of that 4K content none of us have. So the VPL-VW1000ES of course does its own internal upressing of your SD and HD video so it looks slightly fuzzy but overly sharpened.

While the $3,699.99 price tag is a bit high for your average not best home theater projector, it’s not unreasonable if you consider yourself a true aficionado. Or, if you’re completely obsessed with 2001: A Space Odyssey and have always wanted an unblinking HAL-like electronic eye watching your every move.

*Update: The $3,699.99 price tag is actually for Sony’s VPL-HW30AES 3D projector introduced earlier this Summer. The price tag for the 4K VPL-VW1000ES has yet to be officially announced.

[ PR – Sony Raises The Bar At CEDIA 2011 With New Home Theater Innovations For High-End Enthusiasts ] VIA [ SlashGear ]