Sony's 18,000 lumen SXRD 4K prototype projector

So you've got a fancy home theatre system do ya? Oh, and you like to boast a bit about the 3000 lumens your 1080p DLP kicks? Well check that ego son, 'cause Sony just unveiled their newest SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) 4K projection technology which slams your home kit with a blinding 18,000 lumens (nearly twice the brightness of their top-o-the-line SRC-R110, pictured to right) and a 4096 x 2160 resolution. As you may have guessed, these are designed and priced for commercial movie theatres. Still, if you've got a couple hundie grand to drop, we're sure Sony might grant an exception to you and your fifty-foot screen.

[king-DOM @ Jun 15th 2006 8:21AM]

I have seen DLP in action but sony's rebranded version of LCoS technology, how does it compare?

[9158 @ Jun 15th 2006 8:51AM]

Are there any commercial theaters that operate 4k projectors yet?
I was thinking, maybe the future is a unified 2k/1080p resolution for both theaters and home displays.

[K @ Jun 15th 2006 9:26AM]

Bah. At first I thought "4K" meant $4,000... An 18,000 lumen projector for $4,000 would have rocked.

[Hamson @ Jun 15th 2006 10:03AM]

That's exactly what my first thought was too K.

[Gary J. Rhine @ Jun 15th 2006 10:27AM]

I think I'll double stack a couple.

[CapWKidd @ Jun 15th 2006 10:36AM]

A picture of this new projector would be nice, what's with the 2 broken links to the left of the older projector's image?

[Boo_radley @ Jun 15th 2006 11:01AM]

That picture is the projector, and this is painfully old news. Sony has been demoing this thing at show west for the past three years. I don't know how many commercial installs there are at this exact moment, but I do know there will be one at the Regal Meadows 12 in Littleton, CO before the end of next week.

[PEZ @ Jun 15th 2006 12:54PM]

Cool, but not as cool as this:

http://www.godmode.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6739

[Sean @ Jun 15th 2006 1:43PM]

I shudder to think about what the price for replacement bulbs must me.

[Brian James @ Jun 15th 2006 3:36PM]

Holy smokes! That is one heck of a projector!

I'm going to have to sell my (and my parents) home from one of those!