The fact that the VPL-VW100 costs $10,000 is perhaps the most unbelievable thing of all. Here is a projector that betters — and not by a little bit — Sony’s own superb $30k Qualia 004 in everything but light output yet costs $20,000 less. More impressive still, it betters my $50,000 CRT projector in every area but absolute blacks and dynamic range. That’s what I’d call the Product of the Year.