Sony VPL-VW5000ES User Manual
VPL-VW5000ES
4K SXRD Home Cinema Projector with laser light source and 5000 lumen brightness
Overview
The world's most advanced Home Cinema Projector: spectacular brightness and native 4K clarityThe world's most advanced Home Cinema Projector: spectacular brightness and native 4K clarity
It's an unforgettable experience, whatever you're watching. An ideal match for the largest and most lavishly
equipped home cinema rooms, the VPL-VW5000ES brings movies to life with extraordinary cinematic detail, colour
and contrast.
The world's most advanced home cinema projector combines an advanced laser light source with the same Sony
4K SXRD panel technology that's found in our professional cinema projectors. Crisply detailed native 4K images
(4096 x 2160) offer four times the resolution of Full HD, pulling you right into the heart of the action with
unprecedented clarity. You'll experience fabulously rich cinematic colours, smooth motion and spectacular
contrast. Extremely powerful 5000 lumen brightness ensures wonderfully clear and sharp big-screen pictures, even in
well-lit rooms.
The ultra-pure, highly efficient laser light source provides virtually maintenance free operation with no lamp swaps.
As well as spectacular picture quality and reliability, you'll enjoy reduced operating costs compared with
conventional projection systems, plus less worry of lamp failure half way through the show.
You're future-proofed with compatibility for the latest 4K standards, including High Frame Rates and HDR (High
Dynamic Range) - so you'll get the very best out of today's content, and tomorrow's. With flexible installation, simple
setup, fuss-free auto calibration and low-noise operation, the VPL-VW5000ES 4K Home Cinema Projector puts you in
control of the ultimate entertainment experience.
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Features
Cinematic 4K clarity with four times the detail of Full HD
SXRD panel technology featured in our professional cinema projectors delivers native 4K (4096 x 2160)
resolution images, with no artificial pixel enhancement. Every detail is wonderfully clear and natural, without
jagged edges or visible pixels.
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Very high brightness and contrast
With an impressive 5,000 lumen brightness and a spectacularly high contrast range, 4K images are clear and
bright with sparkling highlights and rich, deep blacks – even in well-lit rooms.
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Long-lasting laser light source
Inside the VPL-VW5000ES is an ultra-pure, reliable laser light source with Z-Phosphor technology.
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TRILUMINOS™ Display with even wider, cinema-like colour gamut
You will enjoy an extended range of spectacular colours, far wider than a standard projection system. The
VPL-VW5000ES supports the same DCI-P3 colour space as professional cinema projectors, as well as the new
BT.2020 colour space (emulated) that accurately captures an even wider range of true-to-life tones.
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Smooth, fluid on-screen action
Coupled with the panel's super-fast response rate, Motionflow technology means you’ll see every detail with
minimal blur - no matter how fast the action.
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HDR compatible
Take full advantage of High Dynamic Range (HDR) for stunning contrast and an impressive range of
brightness levels, from searing highlights to richly detailed dark scenes.
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Future-proofed support for the latest HDMI standards
The VPL-VW5000ES can project Ultra HD content at up to 60 frames per second (4K 60p YCbCr 4:4:4 8 bit/
YCbCr 4:2:2 12 bit) for even smoother images with superior colour and realism. Support for HDCP 2.2 lets you
enjoy the latest 4K content services.
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Reality Creation upscales movies to 4K
As well as projecting native 4K content, the VPL-VW5000ES upscales your Full HD Blu-ray™ or DVD movie
collection to 4K with Reality Creation - Sony's Super Resolution processing technology that enhances lowerresolution content, and even upscales 3D movies to 4K resolution.
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Compatible with ‘Mastered in 4K’ Blu-ray™ Discs
Enjoy a near-native 4K experience with discs ‘Mastered in 4K’. It’s as close as you can get to the 4K-pixel
resolution and expanded colour range of the original.
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Picture position memories
Memorises up to five zoom lens positions for future viewing. Stored settings can be matched to a movie’s
aspect ratio, including 16:9 and Cinemascope.
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Flexible home installation
±30° tilt capability allows flexible installation in a wide range of home cinema environments such as rear
projection.
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Auto calibration
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