Epson Home Cinema 1060 Full HD 1080p 3,100 Lumens Color Brightness (Color Light Output) 3,100 Lumens White Brightness (White Light Output) 2x Hdmi (1x Mhl) Built-in Speakers 3lcd Projector

I agonized over getting this, vs. a more expensive / higher lumen projector (e.g., the 4500-lumen BenQ for MH750 for $1,000). As quick context, my viewing room is pretty much a wall of windows out onto a clear blue sunny California sky. Below is a picture of my room without *any* lights turned on, to get a sense. I registered 2000 Lux (about 200 foot-candles) coming in through the windows at 11 am, and about 600 Lux hitting the screen directly (it is at a 90-degree angle to the windows). At around 60 foot-candles, this is about 6 times brighter than a typical living room in the evening with all the lights turned on, and about 25% brighter than the standard office with all the lights on. So that is my use case. LOTS of ambient light. And in that context, this unit does a great job. Im particularly fond of the color balance - it doesnt wash out colors like my other DLP. It does a great job on watching sports, or doing business presentations. I havent tried it on a dark movie scene yet, but can say it washes a bit grey on blacks. I find that totally acceptable in exchange for the bright picture in my ambient light situation, though I can understand if someone with a perfect dark room might prefer a DLP or something with better black levels. As to configuration. Very inexpensive. Im using the VIVO 100 screen, 1.1 gain, available for $79 at last check on Amazon. And, I purchased a Bluesky HD1080p 3D HDMI Audio Extractor Splitter to let me split out the Audio from the rest of the HDMI signal and skip the speakers on the projector. This was $21. I havent yet used the speakers on the projector, but at 2W I assume they are what others have reviewed - useless. That said, listening to the fan, it is not bothersome. I can hear it, but not at all over a normal level of TV audio so not a worry that I can see. Last photo below. This is a 30-degree angle from center, taken on my phone camera. It looks a bit more washed out in the photo than it does live; it is a great picture. Totally fine and pleasurable to watch a basketball game in broad daylight in what is just about the worst ambient light situation I can think of, other than sitting outside in the sunlight. Given the size, I prefer it to my 65 TV, and dont feel like Im missing whatever color / clarity Ive lost vs. the LED-LCD TV unit I have. Sharing all of this, because I agonized over this decision and must have read 300 reviews and 40 articles or so before taking the plunge. I havent experienced all those other options, but can say for the price point (and really for even a higher price point) Im thrilled with this setup for my room. Hope this review helps you out!

So there I was with a nice ol’ electronic projector screen but no projector with less then a week from our party. I had done my research and was gonna buy one of those $300 dollar jobs buy something told me not to go cheap. So this was one of the best I could find and you can never go wrong with a company thy been in business since 1942. Anyways it got here quick( gotta love that prime shipping) and they even threw in 6 months of Amazon music. Got it set up real quick, was much to do just plugged up the ol fire stick on one of the HDMI ports in the back. It came with two. The USB port gave enough power for the stick so we were good there. And bam even in the day we have a great picture. Had to treat the fire stick like an old pair of rabbit ears to pick up the WiFi signal. Old house and router on the other side of said house does not mix. Anyways after some finaglen I got a good signal out on the front porch and started the show. The image was bright and crisp and like I said it was still day light. When night fell we might as well had one of those fancy 85in OLED TVs. That bugger was bright! And the speaker was half bad either. I had planned hook up our speaker to it but the projector didn’t have a 3.5 jack only rca jacks. But that wasn’t something I could ding it for, especially after I found out I could use the epson app to cast from my phone directly to the projector!!! Abosolutly, positively, without a doubt worth spending the extra on this projector. But go ahead and order a rca to 3.5mm jack adapter if you want high quality sounds. The speakers a good on this but not the best.

Have gone through 3 bulbs now from hours used. They usually go beyond their rating a bit but when it goes off and the fan jumps to overdrive ya know. This has been going strong and as long as they make bulbs for it I’ll keep it.

This projector was purchased as an interim unit to replace a failed four year old Panasonic. We wanted a 4K capable projector but prices are still far too high, so this unit will suffice in the meantime. So far, so good. For an affordable 1080P capable projector, this unit is spectacular. Displaying 4K edited video, scaled down to 1080P, it simply looks exceptional. The controls for keystone, zoom, focus, etc., are a bit fidgety but useable and the overall case and construction looks/feels a bit cheap. However, Epson claims an extremely wide color gamut for this projector and I can concur. The color balance using the Cinema (normal) mode matches the Retina display on my MacBook Pro almost perfectly when judging by eye. Black levels arent perfect, no LCD based projector really is but they are very good. Contrast ratio seems excellent and the light output is such that a darkened (but not pitch black) room will allow daylight use. The projector is very quiet, it simply doesnt intrude at all on a presentation. I do have a concern about bulb life as a result of no cool down when turned off. Other projectors Ive owned and used have a period of a few minutes that an internal fan continues to run to cool the bulb. This unit does not. The warranty is two years which about the length of time Im hoping to use it before replacing with a true 4K projector.

Great, I really didnt have enough for the 4k version, but close enough. Certainly looks better than my Sony Hd LED tv I wasted 900 dollars on. I do an incredible amount of work on computer and watch movies and games on Ps4. LEDs cause irreversible eye damage so I suffered a great amount of pain. Sold my tv I got new in 2014, problem went away like instantly. Plus its great having a big nice picture. Problems include Hdmi cords are not designed to go more than 15 feet, so I ended up getting a nice 13 footer. Works out good because contrary to what I thought based on the information here, the projector is not placed at the back of the room, more like the center of the room, behind the audience exactly. I enjoy the sound of the quit fan, its relaxing. Also, optical hdmi can be used to lengthen hdmi chord, but the one I received from Amazon dealer did not function with projector, only worked with old LED tv. There is no optical output in my computer yet, so sound from hdmi out to tv then out of tv optical output is no longer functional and sound must be reinstalled, like an optical output unit for my desktop, I guess. Unit is high, near ceiling and also generates heat, to be factored into your arrangement. UPDATED When I purchased this I had called to make sure that this had no wireless connectivity because RF waves cause major health problems, it is why I got rid of all of my wireless devices. Not really effecting the review because this is the only device not using super-harmful LED technology. Obviously, like the xbox where I opened it up to remove the wifi card and fixed it from emitting rf, here I need to do likewise or get some type of faraday cage for it to reside in I guess because LED technology is so incredibly harmful to the eyes it is out of the question. Maybe a different model or company will be necessary. Usually wireless is some type of card soldered or bolted onto the main board. Anyways, rf meter says this is the only rf emitting device in the house other than my non-wifi ethernet router, so it needs to be corrected asap.

Bought this for a home theater. We wanted a projector that is powerful enough to view during the day (with sunlight and everything), and sharp enough for subtitles. This projector is powerful. Usually, we have to turn on ECO mode for it to be less bright, since this can light up a dark room. On the flip side, we have used this in the middle of the day with blinds open and lights on and visibility is still great (without ECO mode). As many people here said, without ECO mode the projector fan makes a lot of noise, but it does not bother us at all. Also, this projector can be connected and controlled on the WiFi - which makes life soooo much easier. Make sure you use external speakers though - the built in ones are horrible!

Preparing and installing the projector for a ceiling mount was very easy straight out of the box. The picture size, sharpness and angle distortion can easily be adjusted with manual sliders. I did however have some challenges to flip the picture right side up, as the projector was originally set for a front surface setup. Alternatively from the ceiling mount front, the projector is also capable of projecting a picture from behind a screen either from a surface or a ceiling mount. I am very impressed with the picture this projector provides, although I admit that I made a mistake when judging where and how to install the projector. I intended to use a previous ceiling mount that was left by the former owner of the house we moved into, projecting onto a 100 diagonal screen. I strongly recommend however to do some research what the required distance between screen and projector should be, because I ended up with the picture being too large for the screen, as the projector mount was too far away from the wall. As the manual sliders on the projector only allow for a limited range of adjustment, I am now using the whole back wall of the room as the screen. Luckily, this is only a minor issue, as the picture even in the larger size is more than crisp for both DVDs and HiDef BluRays (the projector does not display in 4K, but this was not the intention for my purchase in the first place). Overall, the picture is more than sufficiently bright and clear for a darkened room for a home theater application. The 5.1 receiver the unit is hooked up to allows equally for a connection of a gaming console (which my son is interested in), but I have not hooked his system up yet. Therefore, I cannot comment yet if the frame rate is sufficient for fluent game play.

Very few people have experiences with home video projectors because the prices wont allow people to just buy them and try them out. Ive owned two and tested a few before I bought this one. Here are the must have specs: 1) Bright output 3,000 lumens or higher. 2) Resolution must be no less than 900 pixels in height, so that means 1080p is the ideal resolution. You dont need 4K because the focus lens can smooth out pixels while maintaining a super sharp clean image. 3) 30 bit color depth or higher. Anything less makes the projected image look undesirable. This projector has all the high quality image specs in one. For sound, it has an AUX out to connect to a sound system. Most people will use a separate sound system and never use the projectors speakers, so this projector only having one small mono speaker is not an issue. It projects at 16:10 aspect ratio, which means that youll get the entire 16:9 image from side to side and the entire 4:3 image from top to bottom. It covers an entire 8 foot tall wall from just 6 feet away. Another great feature about this model is that the main output lens is tucked in deep the unit, that makes viewing the screen comfortable to your eyes because you dont get that bright side view light in your view like with projectors with the main out lens sticking out the body frame. I tested the LESHP projector that amazon sells for under $200, bad... really bad color depth, the image looks awful! I own the Epson PowerLite 3lcd DVD combo. The lumens is 2100, it makes the entire image disappear when you turn on the room lights. It has great color depth, but resolution is 720p, which is not bad, but not in the realms of greatness. Final thoughts: 3LCD is way better than DLP. Stay away from cheap priced projectors. The 1060 is the must have. Dont settle for less.

(Read below for original review.) So 13 months later, approximately 1,600 hours of viewing time, give or take, high pitch noise would come and go, not quite as annoying over time, or maybe I just got used to it, put the speakers closer to me and I couldnt hear it as much. However, the bulb just went dead, and considering at the most I watched 2,000 hours in a year, which I highly doubt, and and its supposed to last 6,000 hours at the brightest level, or 10,000 on eco mode like I used, Im really shocked that the bulb died so soon. Remember I bought a brand new one eventually if you read the original review, if it had been an open box model I would understand but $600 plus for a projector only to have the battery die six times faster than normal, one month after the warranty of course, is regrettable indeed. I was so flustered when I went through the purchasing process, that the insurance that I bought for the projector was for the second one I purchased not the final so lucky me I get to pay the $150 for a brand new bulb, thanks Epson. (Original review) Started out with an open box model for $360. Picture was great, heavy duty quality build. Had to get a Prozor 3 in one HDMI splitter to connect a speaker. The projector made a crazy high pitched noise imperceptible at first, then just annoying. Did some research and a LOT of people complained about it. After hours of research I found claims that off brand bulbs were the cause. Returned my initial purchase, got a $450. open model version, same issue. Broke down and bought a brand new, unopened projector STILL MADE THE NOISE. Contacted Epson and they offered to replace it (with a refurbished model). At the end of my rope, I stumbled upon a review from someone that reported the noise going away after a while. So I cranked up my sound bar (built in speaker is horrible) and accepted my delimma. 8 months later noise comes on for a while, eventually dissappearing. Considering the picture quality, the reliable Epson name, and the affordable price point, I would recommend getting the cheapest open box model you can find.

I purchased this for a Home Set up -where I use it with a DENON Receiver and a 5.1 Speaker set up. I have the Image being displayed on a Elite Evanesce Ceiling Mount retractable screen (100inch). The Projector is mounted on the ceiling about 94 inches from the screen face. It will primarily be used for Watching movies, Sports and for the Kids to play Games on it. Very good and comparable Picture Quality with the likes of OPTOMA projectors of similar class as the OPTOMA 1080 Darbee and the HD-39 Darbee - which I purchased originally but returned. The OPTOMA 1080 Darbee had inconsistent documentation - in some places it seems like it had a ZOOM Ring but it really didnt -and I wasnt able to adjust the image size. The HD-39 does have a Zoom ring but it did not provide enough zoom -for me to be able to fill up the screen from where the Projector is mounted on the ceiling The Set Up is easy and Set up from the MENU button on the Remote is very intuitive I was able to use the Keystone keys to make fine adjustments to get the image placed correctly across the screen. In my particular case, the ZOOM worked very well and I have a full image across the 100inch screen. The fan is a tiny bit louder than the OPTOMA -so it seems - but you cant really hear it much when you have a Movie or a game playing with the Dolby 5.1 Audio over the Ceiling/wall mount speakers in the room The one thing, I do miss is the 12V Trigger input on the EPSON projector - which I liked on the OPTOMA family. The benefit of having that is that you dont have to use the Separate remotes for the Screen and the Projector - but I guess you gain some and you lose some. I hope Epson considers including that for future versions of the Projector. I am intending to get over that limitation by using a Logitech Harmony Remote and Programming the Actions on there. With the one movie, that I already watched on the Projector -so far very happy with the results.