Sony VPL-VW270ES (VW295ES) 4K Projector Review

We review the Sony VPL-VW270ES native 4K projector which is also marketed as the VPL-VW295ES in the USA.
Features include SXRD panel technology with true 4K (4096x2160) resolution, Reality Creation video processing engine, TRILUMINOS colours, HDR10 & HLG compatibility, and motorised lens zoom and shift.
Upgrades over last year's VPL-VW260ES (or VPL-VW285ES in the States) include two full-bandwidth 18Gbps HDMI 2.0 inputs for 4K/60p support and 4K Motionflow.
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[@TheBlockIndustries]

Great video, keep up the great work. And your English is clear and very understandable👍🏼

[@Dave30867]

MR Vincent good to see you enjoy a little variety in your work Thumbs UP .

[@garryhall8696]

Like your shows really in joy them all. Thank you.

[@justinthomas8160]

Great video as usual Dont be hard on yourself your content is clear extremely useful You have really given facts I hoped for!

[@swclar99]

Excellent review Vincent and your English is spot on!

[@TheGarvito]

Been waiting for this thanks!

[@vlcthefish]

I don't even own a tv. I'm only here for Vincent😍

[@CaveyMoth]

I technically don't even own a TV either, haha. I'm watching on a monitor.

[@ShallowDepression]

@@CaveyMoth Same. Monitor, no TV but getting the Sony A9 in the Spring.

[@maricallo6143]

Vincent is here to make you want to own one.

[@arcticthundergamer113]

man crush

[@prudhvimeka8711]

As always, a fantastic review Vincent! Curious to know what projector screen are you using for your reviews?

[@AaaAaa-ly3on]

-Such a nice review!.. ;))

[@rare6499]

What a beauty. I would do almost anything for one...

[@lordgarth1]

I have the 295es. Amazing projector!

[@lordgarth1]

Whoops sorry 675ES.

[@supernovamoore6175]

Me too !

[@dirk5044]

I've been waiting on this review for a long time. I hope we get a comparison vs. the new JVC NX5 projector.

[@memphisreines4058]

Oh... The travesty.

[@Pgcmoore]

outstanding, now i just need to find the 5k needed to get one ;)

[@rubenjacobsen651]

Great video mister! I've been waiting for this. What settings do you recommend for a dark painted, all light controlled room? 100" screen. I know every room is different, but I would appreciate even a point in the right direction. Also my language is not English, so I do apologize for the potential bad spelling.

[@SuperTA329]

Nice video Vincent

[@evscope]

Love this guy

[@todd8781]

even though your english is the best, your video is better than most others.

[@mixterz1]

That dry bean joke made me giggle.

[@GEOFFYCOLLECTION]

It should be mentioned as well that there was a misrepresentation of the 285es that was released. I believe they released this one to correct the problem with 60p.

[@74Kurukafa]

Hello and thank you for the video. My question is regarding the 270ES paired with the Marantz SR7012 receiver. Have you tested this setup and if so, what are your thoughts?

[@AlleyKatPr0]

I think the games you tested were graded in REC709, not 2020 - this might help solve the problem

[@jedwardoo]

Do you have a link for the replacement bulbs after the projector’s bulb hours would be completely used?

[@tarunprakashsingh]

Will u review 670/696 es as well? Also how can i use your calibration settings? I have 695es coming in few days.

[@Quetzalcoatl0]

Thank you !

[@francescofoti236]

Vinnie, what about the color accuracy of this projector before calibration? Is it acceptable? I’m going to buy it but I won’t be able to calibrate it I bought an LG E8 OLED instead of the B8 just because it is much more accurate out the box Color accuracy out of the box is crucial in my case

[@ShaqShalom]

Very professional. What do you think about the Optoma UHD series... 4k, not true 4k, but much cheaper.

[@czwhat328]

Please do a review on the JVC-NX7!

[@Seconds84]

I got this video notification and thought it was the 75z9f review. Damn. Cannot wait.

[@SuperTA329]

Did you get it calibrated yet? I have the 65 calibrated and I'm also curious to hear his calibration thoughts.

[@FreeD00M]

So the vw360 has a better picture quallity in most modes?

[@bittondb]

Did you receive an answer from Sony about the color settings for Xbox games?

[@dreamboxx]

Vincent what tv do you use ?

[@zas786]

Big fan of your videos. Can someone hire you for calibration for a personal project?

[@tezzytech7135]

How far does the project have to be to project a 180” inch image ?

[@871lennon]

Hi Vincent ! Any comments on BenQ HT8050

[@georgepopescu1327]

Only 85% DCI-P3? It could be better for a 5000 euro projector and what about BT 2020?

[@davehHH1]

I'm disappointed Sony ommited the 18gbps ports from my Sony vpl360 model and included them on this model. I guess the only thing I have that this does not is the dynamic iris?

[@TheRafcave]

Getting my Sony 295ES delivered today! 😁👍🏽

[@DevonConnelly]

How do you like your 295es?

[@DJ_T11]

Does this projector have keystone correction ?

[@watching..........6494]

Is a native 4k projector with 1800 lumens brighter than say a older native 1080p projector with 2400 lumens. In light controlled room ?

[@NamesRito]

I am of the thinking as resolutions go up, display sizes should too. Otherwise you get people buying 55 inch 4k TVs sitting 10 feet away and cant tell the difference. I believe projectors are the future and this bad boy will be the first projector I buy. Sitting 11 feet away from the wall I need a 110 inch to get the thx recommendation viewing angle and it passes the 90 inches you need to even see the difference.

[@jdb318]

I’m aware that the Optoma UHD60 is not a “True” 4K projector, but if you’re reviewing projectors I think it deserves a look. Just saying...

[@bufftheowl]

Does it have the same plastic outer lens as my 260? Because I think it was the plastic lens on my model causing a focus issue in one corner. The problem I had was resolved by setting the zoom to full wide, which meant moving the projector.

[@georgepopescu1327]

plastic lens on a 5000 $ projector? :))))

[@geogan2]

I'm beginning to think that posterisation is a feature or limitation of all SXRD projectors from Sony. It happens on my 40ES too and now you confirmed it happens on 270ES and 570ES... maybe the SXRD panels inside are only 8bit or something, and Sony just doesn't want to admit it. To me it looks like colour gradients are like what you see when there is only 6-bit colour ability on panels.

[@randynorris8018]

Hey Vincent great reviews as always - my question is: I have a JVC X790r (4k pixel shifter) with my xbox one x as my 4k blu ray player. The new panasonic 4k blu ray players have the adjustable settings to help with HDR on projectors. I talked to a local retailer who was of the opinion that I should not buy the panasonic because it is much better to allow the projector to do the tone mapping - your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

[@iwanttoliveinthe80s59]

Please, also review the 570es from Sony. And, if possible (i know it is a lot to ask for), compare it with JVC DLA-N7. They both have the same cost. Witch one is better? Thanks! Great review of the 270!

[@vismantasbagdonas4699]

I had for one week jvc N5. and returned , after sony hw45es it was very bad in resolution and color acuracy. i prefer sony. jvc had of course better black, nice colors, but lack of resolution (like washed out picture, maybe internal processing problem) was big no no for me,SDR picture was totaly tragic and "Dry" , for example. water was not wet, and sony have wet water effect !!! also car painting and lackier is visible on sony, and on jvc it was just paint, no lackier. Now im looking to purchase sony 270 or 570 , still deciding.

[@georgepopescu1327]

@@vismantasbagdonas4699 something was wrong there, possible a foulty unit, that N5 is much better than your 45 es in every aspect, especially in resolution and detail

[@vismantasbagdonas4699]

@@georgepopescu1327 i now using jvc N7. with this model is everything perfect specialy after calibration ;) sony now is outsider ;) maybe my N5 was faulty.and for example Jvc with madvr +radeon gpu is superb. for example nvidia colors are washed out... but in forums i found many people have problems with nvidia gpus color quality, also frame rate not hold 23.976.. but radeon does absolutly perfect 23.976 hz and perfect colors.

[@georgepopescu1327]

@@vismantasbagdonas4699 the only difference between N5 and N7 is native contrast, which, on N7 is significantly higher, but you need a dark room to take advantage of that. Again, something was wrong there, either from source or the projector was faulty.

[@SteelerRicky]

me how significant an upgrade this would be from an epson 5030?

[@mob7782]

The projector says it’s output is 720p, how can I get it to project in 1080p as described? Thanks!

[@supergrissi]

I really hope it is 2160p, or your money are wasted! One thing is input-resolution, another is output-resolution which always should be fixed at the native resolution of your projector...

[@jackbuser]

Hey Vincent - Did you ever solve the issue of posterization in gaming content? Did Sony ever get back to you about this? I'm hoping this could be solved with a firmware update as that seems to be a pretty serious issue...

[@StephenSouth]

Jack Buser any update on this issue?

[@jackbuser]

No update but this has kept me from buying this projector. Vincent did you ever solve the posterization issue?

[@Vger888]

Hi Vincent, how about reviewing the budget end of the market such as the Viewsonic px727 -4k pixel shifting dlp . High end projection is beyond the reach of most people. Your insight would be much appreciated 🙏

[@make-u-rich879]

There is allready review about that modell like 6+ months ago

[@peterwood2633]

Extra fine beans OMG haha

[@g5realestate280]

Throw distance for 130 inch screen…?

[@BogaHomeTheater]

Vincent, how do the black levels compare to last years model or the jvc's?

[@hdtvtest]

Same as last year. JVC is deeper.

[@jesusmiraflores3473]

@@hdtvtesthi, picture quality vs samsung q70 qled tv? thanks in advance

[@richardsim7]

Isn't it past your bed time, Vincent?

[@Australia852]

Hey Vicent any chance you can speak to sony to release a firmware upgrade to there units to introduce auto tone mapping from the 760es and all the new current Sony Projectors?

[@shaundavidssd]

yes of course. .he has so much power over Sony lmao

[@SuperTA329]

@@shaundavidssd you my friend are a troll

[@Carl-yu6uw]

What causes the motion judder visible as the actors sit down at 3.23? Is that 24p or motion artifacts?

[@hdtvtest]

That's caused by our camera frame rate mismatch with the projector's.

[@maricallo6143]

@@hdtvtest How can there be a mismatch if the film that's projected and the camera run @24 fps (as KZbin stats for nerds shows)? Do you refer to the possible 23.976 vs 24 fps difference?

[@stefanlasser6535]

@@maricallo6143 because if smoothening was turned on it's 96fps vs 24fps ;-)

[@maricallo6143]

@@stefanlasser6535 Vincent dislikes motion smoothing, so it's most likely frame tripling :-)...

[@mobparker]

where is the z9f review?

[@SuperTA329]

Yes, I'm also waiting. I have the tv and got it professionally calibrated but curious to hear his input.

[@ofir5000]

Who's here for the comedy?

[@Infesteringmole]

I was waiting for a good line in the middle or the end and I left disappointed

[@warrenberry9977]

Me

[@jackryder6732]

Nicedude, go to hell

[@ofir5000]

@@jackryder6732 Hell is waiting for you in 4K

[@percybedford6266]

How would you rate the 295ES against the JVC DLA RS1000?

[@georgepopescu1327]

the lack of Iris makes this Sony projector very hard to calibrate corectly

[@percybedford6266]

@@georgepopescu1327 yeah and now Sony has the 325es to replace it.

[@georgepopescu1327]

@@percybedford6266 i don't belive that one has iris either. It is very important couse otherwise you might not be able to calibrate it properly for dark rooms or batcaves.

[@percybedford6266]

@@georgepopescu1327 you are correct, it doesn't have an iris.

[@georgepopescu1327]

@@percybedford6266 i don't know the prices in USA but if they are close, JVC N5/RS1000 is a much better projector alltogether

[@toosweet241]

HOW CAN I FIX THE TRAPEZOID EFFECT ON MY 285 ES, I HAVE CHANGED THE LAMP, AND NOW IT'S WIDER AT THE TOP AND NARROW AT THE BOTTOM, PLEASE HELP ME

[@DarrenBoxhall]

You need to align the projector lense with the wall. Your projector is pointing up slightly

[@toosweet241]

@@DarrenBoxhall THANK YOU SO MUCH DARREN.

[@DarrenBoxhall]

@@toosweet241 no problem. You need to ensure its pointing perfectly square with the wall. Yours will be pointing up, making the screen trapezoidal, and wider at top

[@toosweet241]

@@DarrenBoxhall HOW DID YOU KNOW, EXACTLY, THANK YOU

[@morejelloplease]

i dont get the supermarket reference, someone care to explain?

[@xkitejunkie]

@Parental Guardian I actually think it's the term "extra" that would denote extra or more beans ;-)

[@peterwood2633]

He thought he was getting extra beans. FML did anyone go to school here

[@DasSigma660]

Ive had this unit for a while now. I love is so far. although movies look fine, to me this is a projector for gamers. reality creation brings out detail and the input lag very respectable. my biggest problem with this projector is it may not be bright enough for a screen beyond 100" or an ALR screen. If you do zero gaming, and on a budget, you might be better off with a last gen jvc. It will be brighter, cheaper, and better contrast. Also you cant tell the difference between eshift and 4k during movies.

[@maricallo6143]

"Fast moving sports" while there is cricket shown on screen. How typical :-)

[@in4chandru]

Does this support tree dee?

[@hdtvtest]

Yes, we covered 3D support at 09:20.

[@derekclark7545]

Lets move on to the JVC DLA-N5 AND 7 thank you, as much as i like Sony stuff, JVC is where it's at.

[@AaaAaa-ly3on]

-But seriously - only one real fault in this review: that great Sony is HD 3D Ready (RF tech glasses - sold separately)... and you didn't even mention it! -Let alone test it's 3D picture... :((

[@wh1ppet1982]

3d?

[@hdtvtest]

Yes, we covered 3D support at 09:20.

[@VOLT14]

Bro, can you explain to me why UHD Blu Ray movies look so dark?? I just bought this Big Lebowski 4kBR, and regular blu ray looks fine - colors being bright and so on. But 4kUHD blu ray is so dark, its like tvs backlight been turned down ( even tho it wasn't)/ Like am looking in a dark cave. I get that HDR is not about making everything brighter + all this talk about deeper blacks, but maaan, wtf? i feel my eye sight being diminished watching this picture. Is it just me or what? I have a number of films on both 4kUHD and regular BluRay format, and in all cases regular blu ray is brighter/

[@MyReviews_karkan]

VOLT14 that all depends on how many nits the movie was mastered to and the peak brightness of your tv. If you have a movie that was mastered to, let’s say, 4 thousand nits and your tv is one of those cheaper 4K “HDR” TVs with a peak brightness of 400 nits, then your movie would look very dark because it can’t reach a good level of the brightness the movie was mastered to. Try a Samsung Q9 or a Sony Z9 or an OLED (Oled can handle bright mastered movies even with its lower brightness because of the individual pixels being able to turn on and off individually, the issue is on dim lcd led TVs) and you’ll see how the details show no problem. Even though the oled would still look darker, but it would still give very good details. Hope that explains it.

[@VOLT14]

@@MyReviews_karkan i have samsung nu8000. So, ok, TV cant pull off some peak brightness level. But how come regular blu ray is brighter?? why 4k cant be as bright as regular blu ray?

[@hdtvtest]

Here's a potential reason... HDR is meant to be watched in a very dark room: www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/4k-vs-201604104279.htm

[@MyReviews_karkan]

@@VOLT14 I have the same TV and it is only dark on HDR and I'm fine with it because I know my TV isnt able to pull that high brightness. And regular blurays and regular 4ks aren't mastered in high numbers of nits and dont require a lot of brightness so the TV does well on them. Its only dark on HDR.

[@MyReviews_karkan]

@@VOLT14 read the article Vincent put the link for. increased luminance range is a major thing. Led TVs try so hard to dim the dark areas of the HDR movie and brighten up the bright areas without blowing out the details (but have not enough brightness to do so) which results in a dim movie. I guarantee you that if you watch an hdr movie on a samaung Q9 or a Z9D Sony you won't experience that dimness. I've seen it with my own eyes.

[@abefroman7393]

5000 pounds...that's heavy!

[@SerxelJaff]

Even in their jokes, Asians sound serious. Hahahaha

[@nickmk11]

As far as I know, this projector has no keystone correction. This makes it relatively useless for any home theater that mounts the projector on the ceiling.

[@TheHifiguru]

Mount the projector properly and this is not an issue

[@TheRafcave]

No Issues with my ceiling mount.

[@nickmk11]

I would love to understand how this works. The projector is not on the horizontal centerline so there must be distortion. How do you adjust for that?

[@TheHifiguru]

@@nickmk11 Calculate the amount of vertical or horizontal offset to use the lens shift capabilities of the projector. Use the right mount to drop the projector as needed and shoot square and level to the screen. Keystone correction destroys picture quality and cuts brightness so it should never be used

[@DarrenBoxhall]

It's not hard. Lense shift and a mount that can be adjusted down as well. You never use Keystone, if you do, you don't care about image quality

[@craigreustle2192]

5000 pounds is really heavy.

[@unknownuser0006]

Native 4k alone won't make this projector a good value. HDR performance is disappointing, potential banding is unacceptable for the price, contrast performance etc are should be better for 5000.... Epson TW9400 (hopefully you will review this one too) is almost half of this price and almost can match this picture quality. Not to mention what JVC can offer now with the X7900 with the reduced price. Picture quality is more important than the resolution alone, this Sony would be a much better deal for 3500-4000 euros

[@hdtvtest]

Besides native 4K resolution, the Sony VW270 also offers excellent picture quality attributes of deep blacks (second only to the JVCs), highly accurate colours after calibration, superb motion handling and low input lag. "Disappointing" HDR performance: If you judge it by TV standards, even the £35,000 JVC Z1 delivers "disappointing" HDR. 4K HDR game banding: yes, we will feed this back to Sony, and hope it's just something wrong with our setup. Re Epson TW9400: we can't speculate on a projector without having tested it ourselves. Re JVC X7900: That's a one-year-old model that's not true 4K, with a retail price above £6000 at launch. Just like TVs, there is no perfect projector... every one has its own pros and cons. It's always easy to take pot shots at our reviews if you have not seen the projector(s) yourselves, especially if you're just going by what other people say. We always try to be fair and honest in our reviews, but thanks for your feedback.

[@unknownuser0006]

@@hdtvtest It was not against your review or the projector, of course it's a good projector but this is now the 5th (?) gen 4k Sony projector, first was like 5 years ago and you would expect such a projector under 4000 by now, 5000 is a little bit steep for what it can offer, the 4K "tax" is too much, if someone can have 5000 then can have 6000 for projector too and the JVC N5 has more to offer than this Sony. I meant the HDR performance against others, Sony at this point should have similar Tone Mapping option like the JVC N series. And to quote you: " I would always choose contrast, colors over purely resolution", also you always choose by the current price, so the reduced price matters for the X7900 (although many stores still have the old price). So the e-shift models with better HDR performance and contrast for a cheaper price are better value. Sorry if my original post seemed like an attack, it wasn't, I'm one of the earliest subscriber here and fan of the website since 2007, I wasn't attacking you :)

[@Fluterra]

What are you talking about? You clearly don’t have a clue... no one is taking about banding... do you just hear what you want to hear? Stop projecting your biased opinions and trying to distort the truth...

[@pablovi77]

Fluterra what? Did you watched the video? There’s banding in 4K HDR games. In both Xbox One X and PS4 Pro.

[@Slasher_Films_Fanatic]

@@hdtvtest Hey Vincent, what's the shortest distance recommended for projecting this model onto a 100" screen with a 2.35:1 cinema scope ? I'm wondering if 9 feet would be okay without a messy picture, thanks in advance👍

[@billpeirce7127]

There is definitely cheaper 4k projectors. Benq, viewsonic, and one other. 🙂❤🙏

[@georgepopescu1327]

he was talking about native 4k projectors, those DLP cheap projectors use pixel shift, they don't have native 4k chip inside

[@Datenschutz_Datenschutz]

Panel Drift 👎🏻

[@SuperTA329]

Rumor going around KZbin that your not telling the complete truth about the Samsung Q series tvs. Better look around because your getting trashed.

[@shaundavidssd]

who cares ? shit stirring muppet

[@SuperTA329]

@@shaundavidssdDoing him a favor because this guy is getting off talking shit. By the way, GFYS

[@ChrisDaytrader]

Vincent's Q series reviews were spot on to me.

[@frankfarago2825]

In a word: $$$$$$$$ €€€€€€€€ GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP