Hands On the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080: How Much 1080p-ness Can you Get for $3K?

chatter to viewWhen we first receive an Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 projector earlier this workweek , we were eager to take it into our trial run theatre of operations for a look - see , wondering just how much projector you could get for your $ 3000 these day . sure enough there must be a gimmick to a 1080p projector that be so relatively little . It did n’t look like it was missing anything when we bet at the spec list : pack with three liquid crystal display , this puppy has the late HDMI 1.3 input in the back , a quoted 12,000:1 contrast ratio , that Blu - ray and HD DVD - friendly resolution of 1080p , and it does n’t expect half bad , either .

The first affair we want to try was an HD DVD using its HDMI 1.3 port . Loading our newly acquire HQV bench mark test HD videodisk disc , it was hard to find anything untimely with the picture we were looking at . The blacks were some of the inglorious we ’ve seen with an LCD projector at any price , and black are a weakness of LCDs . There were scarcely any visible jaggies in the diagonal lines test , and that “ screen door effect ” of seeable gridwork that plagues LCD projectors was nowhere to be found here , unless you stuck your nozzle powerful up next to the screen .

But how does its projected image feel when it ’s blown up to projectus giganticus size of it ?

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Moving the projector way back into the cheap seats at the Midwest Test Facility dramatics , we were almost capable to get the picture up to its largest quoted 120 - column inch sloped sizing , which was just downright tremendous . Even then , the HD DVDs that we see , a total of five of them , all looked pristine in all of their 1080p glory , and still , there was no silver screen doorway force . Hey , we could get used to this . The sharpness was enormous , the colors were vivid as we ’ve ever seen with any projector , and heck , the affair did n’t even make a whole lot of noise on its highest brightness setting . bring down the projector to its low luminousness place setting geld the fan racket in half , and it was barely even audible as it seat on its test judiciary in the back of the room .

Next it was time to test how evenly light up its projected range is , so we moved the projector nearer to the screen door , to our accustomed 84 - inch aslope exam sizing at which we test brightness for all of our projectors here . Measuring on a nine - mode grid with our precision light metering equipment , we find impressive uniformness of the light , with the hottest topographic point of 588 lumen dead nub on the screen , and the low-down , 468 lumen on the low remaining part of the screen . These are some good number compare with most projector we ’ve seen , and result in a screen that come along evenly illuminate catch normal program material .

Next we plugged in our Xbox 360 , and prove out some proficient previous 720p Gears of War fragging . The three LCDs kept up with our quickest movements with nary a meanwhile , and with the 5.1 environment sound blasting out , Phoenix , Cole and friends never had such a striking time select down the Locust . The spooky dark places looked dark enough to be dimmer than dark grayness , and the colors were even more vivid than on our take - litSamsung HL - S5679W 1080p back end - concealment projector , the former color champ .

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How ’s a computing gadget look on this projector ? We plugged in a laptop with a graphics card that ’s subject of outputting a 1920×1080 image , and this was also a startlingly penetrating and clear . We closely watch our DisplayMate typeset of benchmarks , and this projector run through that video obstacle course without even breathing intemperately . We were also impressed with the playback of images from a TiVo Series3 in 720p , again conveniently beat our 1080p rear - screen projector as well as a 720p LCD we had lying around , too .

The bottom line ? If you ’re look for a 1080p projector , $ 3000 is a pittance to spend for such fantastic lineament . We ’re hoping to screen another 1080p projector soon , namely theidentically price PT - AE1000Uif Panasonic is up to the challenge , but for now , this is the upright gigantic screen picture we ’ve ever get wind . It ’s downright splendid , and worth every cent of its $ 3000 price . Thumbs up , all the agency . So how much 1080p - ness can you get for $ 3000 ? About 120 inches .

Lesdilley