Sony has today announced two new native 4K laser home cinema projectors, powered by BRAVIA XR Processor for Projector, which optimises Sony’s cutting-edge BRAVIA TV video processing for projection. The new projectors are the first models that make up part of Sony’s comprehensive BRAVIA home cinema line-up, made available alongside the BRAVIA 9, 8 and 7 series TVs and BRAVIA Theatre home audio products. By unifying home cinema projectors, TVs, soundbars, and other home audio technologies under a single brand, Sony aims for customers to have a one-stop destination to enjoy that ultimate cinematic experience of dazzling picture quality and evocative sound as the filmmaker intended. With the exceptional image clarity, colour, and contrast ushered in by the new BRAVIA projectors, professional-grade visual experiences are coming home to all, whether you are a movie-buff, a sports fanatic, or an avid gamer. ​

Professional-grade cinematic HDR experience
The two new native 4K HDR laser projectors are the first to utilise the XR Processor for Projector in Sony’s home cinema projector line-up, which enables four powerful picture features, XR Dynamic Tone Mapping, XR Deep Black, XR TRILUMINOS PRO and XR Clear Image to deliver a professional-grade cinematic experience. XR Dynamic Tone Mapping analyses peak brightness frame by frame, and delivers optimal tone mapping, showcasing images with rich gradation, high brightness, and brilliant colours. In addition, XR Deep Black controls powerful laser dimming in dark scenes, bringing deeper blacks while maintaining tone and colour expression. Plus, over a billion colours are brought to life by the XR TRILUMINOS PRO feature and refined by XR Clear Image technology, which upscales all imagery to 4K quality by using a vast database to intelligently recreate lost texture and detail, all while minimizing noise.

XR Processor for Projector

Designed to dazzle
These projectors are equipped with Sony’s unique Laser light source, designed to dazzle audiences from the comfort of their own home. They offer enhanced brightness in Sony’s award-winning compact lightweight designs. There are 3,400 lumens from the BRAVIA Projector 9 and 2,700 lumens from the BRAVIA Projector 8. For gamers, the 4K 120fps at a 12ms input lag plus Auto Low Latency Mode via 2x HDMI 2.1 compatible inputs provides the necessary smooth and clear movement for responsive and immersive gameplay. The BRAVIA Projector 9 is also equipped with Live Colour Enhancer to provide more vivid and vibrant images even in brighter environments.

“We are thrilled to bring these two new BRAVIA Projectors to the market, as these new offerings showcase the depth of Sony’s experience of more than 50 years of bringing cinema home to our customers,” said Christopher Mullins, Home Cinema Product Manager for Sony Professional Displays and Solutions. “With the technology of our Sony BRAVIA XR Processor now powering our projectors, these enhanced new products demonstrate our continued mission to ensure customers can enjoy the excitement and immersion of a professional-grade cinematic viewing experience from their very own home.”

4K/120fps

Reduced environmental impact
Sony’s commitment to providing more sustainably operating solutions to the market continues with these new models, as the XR Deep Black optimally controls laser output frame by frame to improve power efficiency, and both models are built with a mercury-free laser light source.

BRAVIA Projectors 9 and 8 Key features
Cutting-edge design and the compact Native 4K Laser home cinema projector for seamless integration into your home.
Brighter lumens (3,400 & 2,700) to show the best picture in ambient lighting in any room.
Powered by XR Processor for Projector to bring professional-grade cinematic, sports, and gaming experiences into the home. ​
4K/120 fps and Auto Low-Latency Mode with HDMI 2.1 improving the performance of the display reaction speed to 12ms in 4K 120fps ensures gamers can enjoy the best possible experience alongside dazzlingly detailed image quality.
Compatible with home automation solutions such as Control4, Crestron, Savant, AMX and remote maintenance services OvrC and Domotz so customers can control multiple devices with one remote controller.
Corner Keystone correction and lens shift functions ensure the projectors can be installed in rooms with difficult conditions such as higher ceilings and limited depth.
Live Colour Enhancer - The BRAVIA Projector 9 is equipped with the newly developed ‘Live Colour Enhancer’ which provides more vivid and vibrant images without compromising on saturation where needed (i.e., skin colour). ​
The BRAVIA Projector 9 replaces Sony’s existing VPL-XW7000ES projector. The two new home cinema projectors are designed to be fitted within home theatre rooms and media rooms.

The ERP of the BRAVIA Projector 8 (VPL-XW6100ES) is €15,999, and the BRAVIA Projector 9 (VPL-XW8100ES) is €25,999

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Sony today announced the MDR-M1 Reference Closed Monitor Headphones, designed for music creators and sound engineers to produce music in any environment, heard as they intended. The headphones host a closed acoustic structure with high sound isolation, exclusively developed driver, and a lightweight and comfortable design that allow users to create in their own environments, as if they were in the studio. The MDR-M1 headphones combine studio sound quality with extreme comfort and reliability, suitable for a wide range of music production and high-resolution audio applications. ​

Sound Characteristics

The MDR-M1 offers studio sound quality with a carefully tuned acoustic structure to support a wide range of music production, all while offering high resolution audio. At the core of the sound quality is ​ ​ a uniquely developed driver unit that achieves ultra-wideband playback (5Hz – 80kHz), featuring a combination of a soft edge shape to reproduce low frequencies with sufficient volume and low distortion, and a hard dome shape to accurately reproduce ultra-high frequencies. ​ ​

The closed acoustic structure helps eliminate ambient noise and sound leakage from the headphones, making them suitable for use in a variety of production processes, so that each note can be carefully tuned and monitored to support accuracy and authenticity of the creator. A tuned port (Beat Response Control) acts as a ventilation hole to control low frequencies. By optimizing the operation of the diaphragm, there are improved low-frequency transient characteristics, making it possible to accurately reproduce sound with a very tight bass response.

Sony aims to create products that enhance both content creation and listening experiences for professionals and consumers. The MDR-M1 headphones were created in collaboration with some of the top sound engineers in the industry, including Mastering Engineer of Battery Studios, Mike Piacentini, and Recording and Mixing Engineer of Power Station at Berklee NYC, Akihiro Nishimura, to ensure an authentic and enriching music experience. ​

Mike Piacentini (Mastering Engineer of Battery Studios)

“As engineers, we are often tasked to work in a variety of formats, which are all produced in different environments, on ever-changing speaker systems. Throughout the record production process, I believe it is important to have headphones that provide an accurate reference point, whether you are working on near-field monitors, mastering speakers, or an immersive speaker setup. ​ I've worked alongside the incredible Sony’s Tokyo headphone design team, to help create a pair of headphones that are accurate across the frequency spectrum in a variety of use cases. MDR-M1 are a great entry point for any creator who wants to be sure that the sound they are hearing in the studio translates to the end user in the best way possible.”

Akihiro Nishimura (Recording and Mixing Engineer of Power Station at Berklee NYC)

"The tonal balance of the MDR-M1 feels very close to the impression of Power Station's Studio A control room. In recording sessions, it is important to care what musicians or singers are listening to when they play or sing. MDR-M1 gives you the same impression of listening in a control room headphone, which makes it easier to create music by listening to each other. The comfort design also makes us focus on music in long sessions. I hope MDR-M1 will become the standard monitoring system for any recording sessions.

Comfort and Design
Engineered with comfort in mind, the MDR-M1 ear pads were carefully designed to achieve both fit and long wearing comfort. Thick, low resilience padding is used to ensure airtight listening, and a new lighter design makes for a precise fit and excellent comfort for long mixing and mastering sessions. ​ The MDR-M1 includes two cables, one is a high quality replaceable, detachable cable with a stereo mini-plug and plug adapter (stereo mini-plug to stereo standard plug) and the second shorter cable is also included and can be used depending on the connected equipment and usage environment for ease of use in a professional setting. ​

Pricing and availability
The MDR-M1 headphones are available for €249 / £209 and available from September 2024.