![]() If you do want to adjust the Dynamic HDR Enhancer setting, you can quickly switch between levels with the press of a button on the remote control.Įven though the XW7000ES is utilizing frame-by-frame tone mapping, sometimes brighter highlights are occasionally clipped. ![]() However, with nearly 50% more brightness available than the VW915ES, cranking up this setting is really unnecessary unless your screen is gigantic. I left the Dynamic HDR Enhancer set to LOW most of the time but switching the settings to HIGH does increase onscreen brightness at the expense of clipping more bright highlights. The XW7000ES rated brightness of 3,200 lumens combined with great black levels results in excellent contrast that made images pop, especially in a dark room. Not only were the blacks nice and deep, but subtle details in the shadows were also clearly visible. I did most of my viewing with the DYNAMIC CONTROL set to Limited, which engages laser dimming. The XW7000ES delivered great blacks level and excellent shadow detail in my viewing room. This is really beneficial when watching movies in a darkened theater or in a room with lots of light control.Ĭombining the high native contrast of the SXRD panels with the precisely modulated laser light output resulted in outstanding black levels. One of the main reasons to buy a higher-end home theater projector, like the XW7000ES, is much better black levels, resulting in higher contrast. ![]() If you compare two projectors with identical brightness, the one that can produce deeper blacks will deliver a higher perceived contrast. While brightness is important, deep, accurate black levels separate a good home theater from a great one. The native contrast and black levels of the new 0.61” SXRD panels used in XW7000ES appear to be similar to the 0.74” units used in the older Sony 4K SXRD projector like the VW915ES. When viewing HDR on a projector, I personally prefer the look of extra brightness over a slightly wider color gamut. Colors look more saturated when they are brighter. While a cinema filter would increase the XW7000ES’s color gamut coverage, it would also reduce the projector’s brightness. This is fine with me because I have never been a fan of using cinema filters when viewing HDR content. Sony home theater projectors, like the XW7000ES, do not use a color filter to extend their color gamut. The XW7000ES can reproduce about 95% of DCI-P3 color space, enough to ensure HDR colors appear rich and vibrant. Once the projector is calibrated, the unit’s Auto Calibrate feature combined with its Z-Phosphor light source ensures that the XW7000ES will deliver “calibrated” color accuracy for several years. Would I still pay to have the XW7000ES professionally calibrated? Yes, if you have already spent $26K on a projector of this caliber, it would be silly not to optimize the unit’s image for your room.
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