Replaced my Sony HS20 with this unit. The HS20 in it's time was voted by some pundits as the best unit in it's price bracket. After extensive research, I bought this unit in January and haven't looked back. Like the HS20, this VW60 was highly regarded among the pundits.

I paid slightly under $4000.00 for this unit and spent an additional $100.00 to get the unit professionally calibrated. Getting this unit cal'd is a must, as the colors coming out of the box are less then stellar.

I was able to hang this from the same bracket as my other Sony which was a big plus. Once I got it connected and started a high definition disc, the image thrown on my 106' screen was both immersive and 3D like. The contrast and colors simply blow-away the HS20 in every respect. This PJ is definitely top tier!

The downfall of course is the price. Like other electronic products, there's always something better coming out every year for less money. For this reason, I would suggest spending a bit less and getting another product ie: Panasonic AE2000 or AE3000, but if your gonna hang on to this for several years, ie: 4-5 years, then by all means buy this unit. You won't regret it.

This was quite an upgrade for us. We replaced our Optoma HD70 with this projector. I tried the Optoma HD80 first (please read my review of that waste), but the placement limitations were so bad, I had to return it. We purchased this projector from Tweeter (sorry Amazon) for $3900.00.

After installing it last night, I played around with it a bit and fixed some display settings that were way out of control. For more on this and how to adjust your own, look up this projector on the projectorreviews website. Right out of the box the settings are horribly wrong, but with some slight adjustments, you can have a near perfect picture.

The projector itself has a number of great features including a mechanical lens for zoom, focus and vertical shift. Although I gave this projector 5 stars, there is still one area that needs improvement. Some kind of horizontal keystone would be a good thing, but it is such a small issue that it doesn't impact my evaluation.

There are ample inputs, but maybe 1 more HDMI would be great. It has 2, but this input is the way of the world now, and 3 would be better...but then I'd want 4...you get the idea.

The projector weight is 24.5 pounds. You may read different weights on different websites, but I weighed it myself and it is exactly 24.5 lbs. Just make sure you have a mount that is rated for at least 30 pounds that is installed correctly. This does not need to crash down on anyone's head at this weight.

Back to the performance...The colors are amazing one when calibrated correctly. We watched a New York Rangers game on MSGHD as our first test. The Rangers lost, but the projector scored a hat-trick! Blues were correct, white levels are near perfect, and the contrast ratio, thanks to the dynamic iris is stunning. Afterward, we played around with some Blu-Ray and HD-DVD at 1080p. Spiderman, Pirates 3, and Happy feet looked perfect. I can't stress enough that you need to recalibrate this projector to get a good picture. Sony should do a better job on giving you an accurate picture out of the box, but they just don't.

Lastly, the projector is almost perfectly silent. I could hear the PS3 and DirecTV HR20 fan much louder than the projector. Great job on this Sony!!

In closing, I would recommend this projector to anyone looking for a top-of-the-line-$5000-and-less unit. Shop it around though and get a good deal for yourself. Don't pay $5000 because you just don't have to. Enjoy!