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Just because a seller claims a Sony 4K projector only has 428 lamp hours, that doesnt necessarily mean the projector only has 428 TOTAL HOURS. It might be on its 12th lamp at 2000 hours EACH, and have 24,000 TOTAL hours, which means its about worn out. Image quality and brightness will BOTH be compromised, and you will be disappointed. i would never buy one of these with 10,000 or more TOTAL HOURS, unless the price was an absolute giveaway. But, there is a way to make every Sony 4K projector show onscreen, the TOTAL projector hours, as well as how many previous lamps and their hours. Message me, and I can send you a pic of the simple 3 step process, that you can have any seller perform, to show you the total hours. VERY IMPORTANT--You should NEVER buy one of these without knowing the TOTAL hours. A car can look almost new with a new paint job, but still have 200,000 miles. PICS TAKEN OF STILL PROJECTOR SCREENSHOTS ARE NEVER AS GOOD AS THE ACTUAL IMAGE QUALITY. THEY ALWAYS TAKE AWAY FROM IT. THE CAMERA ALSO ISNT 4K SO IT CANT CAPTURE ANY 4K IMAGE AS IT ACTUALY APPPEARS. PICS ARE TO SHOW THAT THE IMAGE HAS NO DEFECTS. BUYER CAN AND SHOULD EXPECT THE ACTUAL IMAGE TO BE HIGHER QUALITY THAN ANY OF THE PICS. Sony Projector VPL-VW1000ES. 1,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio. 2000 Lumen. Lens Memory, Auto Iris, Full 3D, 1080P Upscale to 4K. This is a NEW Sony VPL-VW1000ES. If you didnt have a spare $25,000 when these were first introduced, now is your chance to own one of these NEW, for a fraction of the original cost. ONLY 2 total hours as verified onscreen using the service menu. (See pics) No cheating using this menu. Operational timer CANNOT be reset. Note-This projector was owned by a corporation and had set unpacked on a shelf, for a few years, but was never used. It may however have cosmetic defects just from being unboxed and accessible. Please dont expect the exterior case to be in perfect BRAND NEW CONDITION. Image quality however, which matters the most, IS NEW! Previous Corporate Owner removed the serial number from the exterior sticker, due to employees sometimes using corporate asset serial numbers for their own warranty work. The onscreen INFO menu tab, ALWAYS displays the Serial Number. (See pics). This was Sonys Flagship 4K Projector, that still rivals many other models. The ARC-F Lens is only offered on this model, the $80,000 VPL-GTZ380, and the $60,000 VPL-VW5000ES, as well as the $25,000 VPL-VW1025ES. It makes a huge difference in image quality. ALL other models including the XW5000, XW6000, and XW7000, use inferior plastic lenses. The XW5000,6000,7000, use a cheap plastic manual lens that leaves a lot to be desired. Heres what Sony says about the ARC-F Lens:Corner-to-corner sharpness with the ARC-F lensFor pristine image quality across the entire screen, the VPL-VW1100ES features an All-Range Crisp Focus (ARC-F) lens. This large-aperture lens adopts an all-glass design for its 18 elements, including six extra low-dispersion (ELD) elements. This ensures optimal convergence of the red, green and blue primaries even at the extreme edges of the image for a clear and vivid image wherever you look. We saw a noticable difference in image quality with the projectors that had the expensive all glass ARC-F lens, compared to those that didnt. Sony started out with this lens in their flagship model, and then returned to it, for all their Top of the Line Models. If you buy a projector with a manual focus and manual zoom lens, and your projector is ceiling mounted, you will have to get your ladder out any time you want to change or correct any lens setting. Full 3D. The XW5000ES doesnt even offer 3D, and the XW6000 and XW7000, require an additional exterior emitter in order to utilize 3D. The VW1000 has the emitter built in. All you need are 3D glasses. (Not included) We have owned several Sony lamp based as well as Laser projector models, and the VW1000/VW1100 is hands down the WINNER for Lamp based, and even beats out several laser models. Remember, you only get UP TO (no guarantee) 20,000 hours laser, then you throw the projector in the trash. With lamp based, you just purchase a new lamp. 20,000 hours is roughly 2.5 years X 24/7. When we purchased our first lamp based projector, we couldnt believe that we put the first 4000 hours on it so fast! Also, once your Laser projector reaches 8000-9000 hours or more, the resell value drops ridiculously low because no one wants only half the total hours, unless the projector is offered at a giveaway price! The VPL-VW1000 NEW is still priced from $15,000- $25,000. You can go online and see for yourself. ALL the Sony compact lamp based 4K models manufactured after the VW1000, are inferior in brightness and image quality. Comes with Factory Remote with FOCUS, ZOOM, and SHIFT controls, and Power Cord. Owners Manual can be downloaded for free, on the projectorcentral website. There are 2 Tamper Stickers on the bottom of the projector that cannot be seen regardless of a table top or ceiling mount. Tamper stickers CANNOT be tampered with, or removed, for ANY reason, otherwise there is NO RETURN FOR ANY REASON. Once you have owned the projector for 31 days AFTER the delivery date, feel free to remove them, if you choose to do so.
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