In the past few months, I reviewed some very good lifestyle projectors and was impressed with their black-level, color reproduction and HDR picture quality. However, when I switched back to the Sony, I realized that I was grading on a curve because the Sony's picture quality was so much better. Three-chip LCOS-based home theater projectors like the BRAVIA Projector 9 are in a class by themselves, and they really need to be seen to be appreciated.

The Sony Bravia Projector 9 is an impressive device, and it's easy to see why so many users love their Sony projectors. This new model represents a nice evolution from the VPL-XW7000ES, and truly feels like what the XW7000 should have been. The Bravia Projector 9 enhances the strengths of its predecessor while introducing new features that many users have been eagerly awaiting, along with some features that they might not have realized they wanted.

Sony proves projectors really can look awesome with high dynamic range after all – provided your pockets are deep enough