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Epson EB-S72 LCD Projector
Epson
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13 New and Used from: £ 241.99
List Price: £349.99
Our Price: £249.20
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| Product Details |
ISBN/ASIN: B002WHC6KG
Release Date: 2009-11-17
Sales Rank: 808
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Media: Electronics
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Product Group: Personal Computer
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| Product Description |
| Epson EB-S72 3LCD Projector 2000:1 2100 ANSI Lumens 800 x 600 (SVGA) 2.3kg |
| Customer Reviews: Average Rating: 3.5/5 | | Great!!: Rating: 5/5 |
| This is a great model for the price. It is really easy to use, just plug in and go. The picture quality is great. | | Beware mac owners: Rating: 2/5 |
I purchased this item as it was Epson and USB compatible. I've always liked Epson products and as I already had a long USB lead which would be ideal for what I needed.
Sadly this item is not compatible with mac USB. Epson customer support was painful and it took them ages to admit that the advertisment is wrong and that the unit is not suitable to use on mac's via usb.
This meant I had to go out and spend £25 on an extra long vga lead.
The projector is great and is worthy of 4+ stars but is marked down because of the poor customer service and the incorrect technical information. | | Very good performance: Rating: 4/5 |
I was torn between a basic DLP or LCD projector, but settled on this LCD model because of the competitive price and its robustness to being tilted upwards by up to 30 degrees (important for the use I have in mind). Similar DLP projectors I looked at said they would be damaged if tilted by more than 10 degrees.
I have put it side-by-side with a six-year-old DLP projector which cost five times as much when new, and this Epson is every bit as good. Colours are slightly richer (a result of the LCD technology) and it is just as bright. The pixels are slightly more defined on the LCD than the DLP, but this isn't very noticeable.
The Espon has a fairly wide angle of throw, which I find good. Lacking a zoom lens, you may have to take care how to position it for best results (it does have a digital zoom, but this works by compressing the image onto fewer pixels, resulting in a reduction in quality). The projector takes quite a few second to power on to full brightness, but shuts down almost instantaneously. The menu functions and user manual are fairly intuitive. I haven't tried the USB control, but the supplied VGA cable works well.
There aren't many downsides. It doesn't come with any carry case, which is a bit remiss for a portable projector. The fan is somewhat noisy (although not much more so than any other projectors in this range, I think) and it emits a stranged chattering sound in use. I eventually tracked the latter down to the automatic iris, which alters the brightness of light according to the image being displayed; during a DVD it changes for every scene with accompanying whirring, chattering noises. Fortunately, this function can be disabled in the menu settings, and I can't discern any appreciable difference without it on. The resolution is only 800x600, but this is fine for my purposes: it's about the same resolution as DVDs and it's more than adequate for reading words on powerpoint slides. Using the keystone adjustment reduces readability slightly, since it's another digital compression (like the zoom), but this is the case for all but the very high-end projectors (which use movable lenses instead).
Overall, I am happy to recommend it. | |
