Epson Home Cinema 3200 4K PRO-UHD 3-Chip Projector with HDR

I need to begin by noting that for the last couple of years I have been spoiled by mostly watching on a 55” OLED I purchased for my bedroom and I have to note that it is unfair in my mind to base a projector against an OLED screen. Although to black levels on the projector are as good or better than any I have used it could not possibly compare to the OLED screen I had become so accustomed to. Otherwise I am impressed by this units performance given its price level. I also cannot compare it to the new laser projectors which are far above the price of this projector. I own a large number of projectors or er the last 15 years and although some of the HD/3D units are very close to the picture quality of this one they all fall a bit short. What they do not have is bluetooth, which I was happy to see is included in this one. After spending several days watching about thirty movies and barring myself from watching my OLED screen I can say this far exceeds my expectations. I have enjoyed it so much that I began to use my home theater more and have begun to upgrade my sound system. If you are considering a first time projector at this price point then I do recommend this projector. If you are looking to upgrade to 4K but are not able to shell out at least two or three times as much money for a laser projector then I also recommend this unit. Update: After using for a few months it started making a loud buzzing noise whenever an image is projected. When it goes to no image it stops so its not the fan. Very annoying. Update 2: After using this wonderful 4K projector for over a year I have experienced just one problem, that until just recently I had no idea what was causing it. The problem was a very loud and annoying sound from the unit, especially when projecting bright scenes. The sound is difficult to describe in words and the best I can do is that of n electronic buzzing. If you are experiencing the same thing you will know what I mean. The other day I just got so fed up with it I decided to try again to see if I can do anything to stop it short of opening the unit up and playing around with something I am no way qualified to do. I decided to just change settings to see if anything made a difference. After about half an hour of switching settings off and on I finally hit pay-dirt. I have always preferred the “Dynamic Mode” setting for color mode. I changed it to Cinema Mode and played a movie that I had just experienced the annoying sound and to my surprise it was gone. It turns out that the sound is evident only when in the Dynamic color mode. Although I prefer that color mode the trade off in eliminating the noise is worth it. I hope no one else has experienced this problem but if so I suggest this as a fix.

The projector says “No Signal” from HDMI even though there is an incoming signal and the cable has been tested and works as expected. I’ve tested the other components in the AVR system and the projector is component that’s failing. I hope Epson or Amazon will send a replacement.

This projector is very good. We were pleased with the performance. We were able to make the screen very big. We were happy with the company. They are very popular with these projectors. It worked without a problem. It was a big increase in quality from our last one. So far so good.

Its pretty much what I was expecting. I would buy it again

Very pleased with the quality of this projector. The picture is very sharp. Just what we needed to complete our movie room!

EDIT: After a lot more tweaking, Im updating this review to 3 stars from 2. Yes, I still have focus issues. Yes, for PC use its still mostly terrible and I do a lot less PC use as a result. I never even think about doing actual work with it. However, I have figured out enough of its quirks and use its memory settings to get acceptable results in enough situations that I decided to keep it. In summary, if youre willing to put in the work, this is an OKAY entry level 4k projector. --- Ive spent about a week with this projector. I was very excited as its one of the few 4k projectors out there with input lag thats acceptable for gaming. However, as a cinephile as well, the promise of a rich 3LCD image was also very important to me. Lastly, on my current 1080p, I do a fair amount of couch surfing and casual TV watching. The Epson 3200, unfortunately, only does one of these things well: movies. And when youre just doing movies, boy is it stunning. For games or PC use, its a big step down. Lets start with the two big elephants in the room. 1) Focus uniformity is terrible. I work with projectors a lot at my job and Ive NEVER seen focus uniformity issues this bad. No matter where you focus the screen, some other part of the screen will be out of focus, and not just a little bit. If I focus right at the center in MS Windows, the clock in the corner is extremely fuzzy. You have to choose a compromise setting where the entire image is slightly out of focus. I tried everything. Im pretty sure Ive read the entire manual twice looking for a solution. I did multiple passes of lens convergence. I tried adjusting source signals and resolutions. I did some research and, lo and behold, found many reports of the problem on reddit and AVS Forum. Some people returned their units as many as FOUR TIMES, and then finally got a unit that was acceptable to them. Ugh. Those dont seem like good odds. So either its just a bad projector or quality control is really terrible. Either way, you dont want to be holding the bag. When youre watching movies, the focus issue is far less visible, but when in Windows, as I said, its terrible. In games, where your attention is on the center of the screen most of the time, it seems okay at first. However, games tend to put menus and tool bars around the edge of the screen, right where the focus issues are the worst. Its tolerable in simpler games but if you like world-building or grand strategy games, the problem is particularly bad. 2) On to the next elephant. In 4k, nothing is legible in Windows unless you zoom it tremendously. Not because of size, but because of clarity and sharpness. If you drop down to 1080 with 4k enhancement off, its still barely usable, and not an experience youd want to endure for any length of time. Even in areas where the projector is as focused as it can be, Windows looks terrible. I dont know if this is a limitation of 3LCD or not, but the edges of fonts are horribly muddled. The pixels are also far more visible than my 1080p DLP. With that one, I have to put my face within a foot to see the individual pixels. With this epson, I can see them from around 3 feet away. You may have heard of the screen door effect. No, you wont see it at normal seating distances, but youll feel it in the form of the muddy font and window edges. Theres a set of enhancement presets that somewhat help, but still fall short of what you can get for far less money in a 1080p projector. 3) Signals. Signal sync isnt terrible but its not great either. Its slow to sync and occasionally fails when switching sources, *even on 1080p sources*. Occasionally Ill get a blank screen and need to switch to the alternate HDMI input and back again. 4) Placement sucks. Like many, I have my projector mounted on the ceiling. I have to lens shift to the very maximum setting to get the image to line up, at which point it requires digital keystoning. Most projectors project at an angle, so either theyre projecting up from a coffee table, or flip them over and install in a ceiling mount, and now theyre projecting downward toward the screen. That results in only needing to do fairly fine-tune adjustments to get everything lined up. The only way to place the epson in such a way as to be optically square to the screen is to drop it another two or three feet, at which point it would be a foot over my head. If you have a large installation with longer throw, this might not affect you, but in an other situation, its as if they designed a projector without thinking how anyone in real life might actually use it. 5) Its not portable. At a chonky 15 pounds and around 3 - 4 times larger than a DLP, yes, technically you could lug it to your friends house, but you sure wont want to. Does this projector do anything well outside of movies? Not much, but yes. 1. Its very bright. VERY bright. I can keep the shades partly open during casual viewing. 2. In Eco mode, its very quiet. And it throws so much light, most will be fine in Eco mode. I will most definitely miss this the most. 3. Color pop is amazing. The colors are so rich it very often looks like youre staring at a high end flat screen. Ive read this is an advantage of 3LCD. Especially with animation and nature content, it just blows you away and is so immersive in 4k. 4. The remote is a real remote, not those dollar store specials a lot of other projectors use. It has a nice heft and includes a backlight for use in low light. Conclusion: I wanted SO BADLY to like this projector. On paper, it ticks all the boxes. But after days of trying to overcome its shortcomings, I just cant ignore its very serious faults and limitations. Not for nearly $1500. Some aspects of this projector, particularly the focus uniformity, are significantly inferior to projectors costing 1/3 the price and its just baffling that Epson thought people would be okay with that.

This Epson 3200 projector finds an excellent balance between price and performance. Of course, there are more expensive projectors with more features and better contrast ratios, but this one is an excellent choice for most people who want to casually watch movies or play games in a family room or outside on summer nights. This is not a truly native 4K projector. It uses a technology called pixel shifting to effectively double the resolution of a 1080p LCD. If you have a 1080p video source, pixel shifting will make the image just a little sharper, but the beauty of this projector is that it accepts a true 4K input which allows the pixel shifting technology to really shine. The picture quality and sharpness is amazing. When its in 4K mode with a 4K video source, it looks MUCH better than 1080p. Its not quite as good as a native 4K projector (which are still VERY expensive), but its surprisingly close to it. Contrast is pretty good in the proper conditions (a dark room), but suffers a bit if theres ambient light in the room. Youll have to pay more if you want a 100,000:1 or even 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio to get good blacks with some ambient light. There are two HDMI inputs, both of which support 4K HDR at 60fps, with full 10-bit HDR. Audio out is only a stereo mini jack, so if you want to play movies through your surround sound system youll have to take the audio from the source into your stereo, and just feed video to this projector. With some video players this may not be an option, so to solve this problem there are inexpensive HDMI audio splitters available on Amazon if you want to go this route. Just search for HDMI audio extractor. The projector is 3D capable but I dont have any 3D glasses so I cant rate how that works. It seems like 3D isnt being supported much these days, but if you have a 3D library and a set of glasses, its great that you can get some life out of them with this projector. The only downside to this projector is that the fan is pretty loud when the lamp is on full brightness. You wouldnt want to be sitting right next to it while watching a movie because the fan noise would be distracting. You can use ECO mode which reduces the brightness and reduces the fan noise if that suits your setup better. ECO mode reduces the power consumption from 386W to 291W, and also has the benefit of extending your lamp life from 3500 hours to 5000 hours. A replacement lamp (part V13H010L85) can be purchased for about $110, which is pretty reasonable. You can replace the lamp yourself fairly easily. The product manual explains how to do it step by step. Overall, this is an excellent quality projector from EPSON and youd be hard pressed to find a better image quality at this price point. The pixel shifting technology gives you about 80-90% of the quality of a true native 4K projector at a much more budget friendly price.

Great picture when dark. My room has a lot of light, which diminishes quality during day.

A couple of years ago, I decided I wanted a home theater in my basement. The first machine I tried was so noisy that I couldnt focus on the movie. I returned it and was told I needed to spend $4K or more for a quiet one. I ordered this one with the hope that it was as quiet as it claimed to be. I had to wait for months to get it but once I did, I set it up immediately. AWESOME! Seriously, it is awesome. I project a 120 inch picture that is sharper than my 4K tv. I love it. Setup was very quick and worked first try. I will update the review if I have any issues.

Bought the refurbished model. Seems to be working so far. Great picture quality. Best in a very dark room. I have an apple tv 4K device installed on it as well as a vizio soundbar with wireless subwoofer and surround speakers. Also using a 100 inch screen. Great for movies and sports.