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Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 6100 1080p 3LCD Home Theater Projector

Posted on the June 15th, 2010 under DLP,Epson,projector by admin

If you want to try a 1080p projector, this Epson PowerLite is an excellent choice! After using this 6100 for a few weeks, it definitely performs well. There is outstanding image quality with fantastic colors (of course you need to configure it). My setup uses a HDMI output from a Harman Kardon AVR-254 7x50W 7.1-Channel Surround Sound Stereo Home Theater Receiver with HDMI 1.3a Repeater.

Advantages.

This projector is very BRIGHT! It is fascinating how nice it looks even with ambient light.

It has a minimal screen door. You would expect this from a 1080p projector.

Expanded color mode is extremely satisfying and works very well.

The contrast ratio is strong. It blows away the competition.

The feature for lens shift is excellent.

Disadvantages.

Sometimes the projector loses focus and it has been difficult to find out why. Maybe it is from the vibrations of nearby traffic, reverberations from footsteps upstairs, or the startup sequence. Either way, the focus definitely needs tweaking occasionally. If you mount your projector in an inaccessible place, I would suggest a different projector since you will need to get at it to make image adjustments.

With an HDMI source, you cannot change aspect ratio nor zoom options. When watching a letterboxed 4:3 source it is annoying since zooming in on the smaller image frame is not possible. Instead, it shows combined letterboxing and pillarboxing.

I have seen a lot of compression-artifact banding with Bluray. This projector requires a good video source to get good results.

Lens shift doesn’t work in all directions. Far left or right shifting prevents full up or down shift. If shifting near the center point, it is difficult to tweak the shift because it locks on the center point.

A few of the color modes appear useless and blown out on default (out-the-box) settings. But, that can be fixed by changing the settings once you get comfortable with the projector.

Overall, I’m extremely happy at this price range. $1000 more probably gets you a 5-star home theater experience. But I’d rather have the $1000 and the Epson PowerLite projector at this point.

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