The VW80 is an excellent projector in itself, introducing Sony’s fascinating MotionFlow system to a lower price point, delivering SXRD’s best black levels yet, and reaffirming SXRD’s prowess in the sharpness and lack of video noise departments.
Whether it truly justifies its £5k price tag, though, is another matter. It largely depends on just how much store you put in its MotionFlow system, to which end I strongly recommend that you try one before you buy one. For me personally, while MotionFlow has certainly grown on me since I first saw it, it doesn’t quite do enough – especially with the flawed Motion Compensation element - to persuade me that the VW80 is genuinely £2,000 better than, say, the JVC HD1.Read full review
Overall
8/10
By John Archer
Reviewed 01 October 2008
Updated 05 February 2011