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I can't say there was ever a moment in the few hours of viewing that I ever felt the picture wasn't stellar, or that I couldn't live happily with it long term, relying either on its superb out-of-box tuning or after taking advantage of its many available image.
-Customer Review From Sony.com

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Variation Reviewed: Sony VPL-XW5000ES/W 4K UHD Laser Home Theater Projector with Native 4K SXRD Panel | 2000 Lumens - White

This was a move up from an Epson 5030ub, so bulb based 1080p to native 4K laser is quite the jump. I’m projecting on a 135” budget 1.0 gain grey screen and the colors, contrast and brightness are spectacular. I sit about 14’ away and the detail and sharpness of the image is so much better than what I was used to. I love that Epson for what it is but this is in a different league. Having only had the projector for a couple of weeks, I’m still playing with different settings and testing various 4K media with my Oppo so still have to spend more time with this to really get to know it. The only con I’ve noticed so far is it can crush some black detail in difficult scenes but I may be able to tease out some image with some adjustment tweaks, not a deal breaker for me but worth mentioning. Also, my old projector was supposed to have a similar lumen rating and had about 900hr on the bulb but this is significantly brighter. Haven’t put the laser past 60 (50 is default) and won’t need to unless I am keeping some lights on in the room. Last thing is it is much quieter than the old Epson and is mounted right above my head so that is also a big plus, hope it stays this quiet.

-Customer Review From Sony.com

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We traded up from an old Epson and this is a night a day difference. The picture is so bright and crisp. Never realized how bad the old projector was until I got this!

-Customer Review From Sony.com