Sony’s SXRD technology is making it’s way to more affordable products, if you consider $13,000 affordable. Well, it’s affordable when you compare it to the already-available Qualia 004 front projector, which costs more than twice as much. SXRD is Sony’s version of LCOS (Liquid Crystal On Silicon). Other manufacturers have done work with LCOS too, but many find the technology too hard to work with. Intel announced LCOS chips but later decided not to go that way. Toshiba sold some LCOS sets, but is now moving into DLP instead. But Sony seems to be making a real go of it.

The Qualia 006 is one of the few HDTVs with a resolution of 1920 x 1080. That, combined with a great fill rate when compared to DLP or especially LCD, gives SXRD images a very smooth quality. But is that quality worth the price? And how are the black levels? “Yes” and “good but not CRT” seem to be the answers, according to Sound & Vision magazine.

Link: Sound & Vision - Object of Desire