Sony VPL-VHZ65 Laser Projector Review – Hardware Tour 2

Here’s a quick rundown of the buttons on the remote control.  Note that this remote can be hard-wired to the projector, if the projector will be placed beyond the range of the IR sensors and remote.

The top row offers up Power On and Standby (Off).  That’s followed by an source input section.  There are eight buttons, but those labeled E, F, and S Video (the last two) do not work with this projector.  The rest can be configured in the menus, so you can determine which you want to be HDMI, DVI, etc.  Input A is only for computer signals.

The next section is navigation, except for the ECO mode button on the right.  The Menu button is on the left, and the arrow keys form a diamond layout with Enter in the middle of them.  Below left, is the Return button (backs you up a level in the menus), and on the right, the Reset button which can reset the settings of the menu you are in.

Six buttons below that make up the Lens and operations section, with, of course, Focus, Zoom, and Lens Shift, while the row below has Aspect Ratio, Keystone Correction, and Pattern, which toggles through the provided test patterns.

The final section offers buttons forDigital Zoom, screen Blanking, Muting and Volume (controls the volume of the audio out jack).

The last row of those buttons provides APA which is the Auto Pixel Alignment feature, Twin, which is for split screen use – two sources (one – Input A) must be for a computer, and Freeze, which (obviously) holds on to whatever is being projected when you press that button.

Then towards the bottom is a slider with four settings, for ID, this is so one remote can support up to four projectors, and perhaps more importantly, allows four projectors to have unique ID’s so that adjusting one projector doesn’t affect the others, such as when setting up an edge blending array.

Nice remote, although there’s no backlight.  True, 6000 lumen projectors probably don’t need their remotes backlit, but truth is, even projectors this bright are sometimes used in pretty dark areas (usually with some very large screens).