Sony Electronics announced the “world’s smallest WUXGA 3LCD laser projectors,” the VPL-PHZ61 and VPL-PHZ51, which are aimed at corporate, education, museum, entertainment and simulation applications.

The VPL-PHZ61 and VPL-PHZ51 are designed to install on ceilings in meeting rooms and classrooms with a +55% vertical shift, the widest in the fixed lens models1. Both models boast high brightness — the VPL-PHZ61 at 6,400 lumens (7,000 lumen center) and the VPL-PHZ51 at 5,300 lumens (5,800 lumen center).

With the incorporation of Sony’s Reality Creation real-time signal processing, mapping and analysis technology, both new models support 4K60P input for compatibility with 4K video sources. This is further amplified by Reality Creation’s ability to enhance the overall sharpness, resolution and quality of the imagery, “regardless of whether it’s pictures, graphs or text.” Additionally, the projectors claim to require no converter when being used with other 4K equipment to simultaneously project 4K content and support the “Deep Color” of HDMI and the HDCP2.3. The projectors’ Reality Text feature “improves text-based presentation materials by providing clearer letters and lines with enhanced legibility.”

Other features include:

• Auto Light Output — By utilizing the ambient light sensor, the brightness of the projector is automatically controlled at night to save power consumption.
• Auto Power On — New Auto Power On feature that turns the projector on when video signal is sensed and Auto Input Select that automatically changes the input when video signal is sensed.
• Data cloning function — allows users to copy any settings on one projector to all subsequent projectors using a USB device.
• Maintenance — Makes it easier for users to remove the filter and to know when the filter needs cleaning with a new sensor.

The VPL-PHZ61 and VPL-PHZ51 are planned to be available later this fall in North America, and all of them are here: https://pro.sony/laserprojectors