Epson EH-TW7000 3LCD, 4K PRO-UHD, 3000 Lumens, 500 Inch Display, Home Cinema, Streaming and Gaming Projector - White

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White brightness alone cannot bring the true colours you see everyday to life. The 3LCD technology found in Epson’s projectors delivers an equally high white and Colour Light Output (CLO), so that you can experience vivid and lifelike images. At 2.5kg, it’s also nice and light, so you can move it around in your house, or even take it with you to a mate’s house, if you’re feeling particularly dedicated to the cinematic gaming cause. The trade-off is that, while the rounded edges and glossy white finish are nice, it feels a little lightweight and plastic-y. Prices valid in stores (all including VAT) until close of business on 28th November 2023. (Some of these web prices are cheaper than in-store, so please mention that you've seen these offers online.)

The EH-TW6150 also has a few advantages over the EH-TW7000 that I neglected to mention. It has better power efficiency, the lamp uses 70W less and lasts 7,500 hrs on Eco (Low) mode. It has a much more attractive look IMO, and can be positioned upside down if needed, perfectly flat without any wobbling. The biggest advantage LCD has over DLP is flexibility when it comes to installation. Epson’s projectors have full lens controls with focus, shift and zoom. The higher end models even include motorised controls and offer lens memories for different aspect ratios. Well... it's not really. I've had the projector for a few days now, I've set it up, messed with all the settings, and I am underwhelmed. I am using it directly with my PC, plugged into my graphics card. It is sitting upside down on top of a high cabinet and projecting a 130" image onto a white wall with no screen. At night there is no ambient light coming into the room, but it has white walls and somewhat reflective surfaces so it hasn't been optimized for projection. I am using a small amount of vertical lens shift, around 20%. So that's the setup.Built around Epson’s 3LCD light engine, the 3200/EH-TW7000 is designed to be used occasionally in living rooms – most likely for sporting events, movie nights and gaming at varying times of day (and, therefore, daylight) – and outputs in a bright 3,000 lumens. However, it’s less capable on contrast than the 3800/EH-TW7100, with just a 40,000:1 quoted contrast ratio. Still, the 3200/EH-TW7000 ought to be able to create likeable images picture quality daylight hours. For reference, I measured the power consumption with a Kill-A-Watt. On High it's 264W, on Standard it's 228W, and on Low it's 192W. Considering the price point, this projector is capable of some brilliant detail. Tom Hardy looks typically rugged in close-up –his stubble is sharp and his blemishes lend a great feel to the character. Don’t be afraid to push on the Image Enhancement menus (Super-resolution and Detail Enhancement) and the Sharpness settings when watching in HDR to get the most out of this projector. Out of the box, the calibration is a little soft. With lens shift and keystone correction, the Epson EHTW7000 is easy to install. The ability to physically move the lens by +/- 60% vertically and +/- 24 horizontally reduces picture distortion when mounting the projector in awkward positions. The vertical keystone correction offers a digital version of the same thing with a wide adjustment of +/- 30% in both vertical and horizon plains. In terms of limitations, the technology has a slower response time compared to DLP – much like LCD TVs – and thus the motion handling isn’t as good. In addition, the light path in an LCD projector isn’t sealed, so it can occasionally suffer from those dreaded dust blobs.

Pros: Outstanding picture across the board; great colour handling; easy to setup; good spec for the money Cons: A little noisy; occasional motion hiccups Epson is the biggest manufacturer to employ this approach, with main competitors Optoma and BenQ both using DLP instead. The advantage of three LCD panels – one each for the three primary colours of red, green and blue – is that there’s no need for a colour wheel.

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At its best, the picture is nothing short of cinematic, with sharp detail, rich colours and an amazing level of texture and insight – even skin tones are handled with level of accuracy that’s hard to achieve. While the pricier N7 does just pip the N5 for punch thanks to its added Wide Colour Gamut filter, you won’t find anything about this picture dull. The result is a hugely enjoyable big-screen experience, both for 4K and HD content. If it’s within your budget, the more capable and slightly smoother TW7100 is still well worth the step up, but the character and tone of what you get here, and for much less, is very much in line with its Award-winning bigger brother. The Epson EH-TW7000 is a must for your shortlist.

With Epson’s 4K PRO-UHD projectors, you get a holistic approach to image performance over and above the ability to receive, process and project 4K content. Great images are the result of a combination of technologies coming together, including equal colour and white brightness, 3LCD technology, contrast control, HDR10 and colour processing. If you’re planning a home cinema, Epson has you covered regardless of your requirements or budget. There are competitively-priced 1080p projectors for those with limited funds, and very bright models for rooms with white walls or ambient light. Picture: 4K HDR | Brightness: 2500 lumens | **Inputs:**2 x HDMI 2.0, 2 x USB | Ethernet: Yes | Laser life: Up to 20,000 hours | Zoom: 1.2x | Projection ratio: 1.43 - 2.94:1 | Screen size: 40 – 150 inches | Throw distance: 1.15m to 4.3m | Dynamic contrast ratio: 150,000:1 | Built-in speakers: Yes | Dimensions (hwd): 47 x 16.5 x 16.5cm | Weight: 6.7kgWhen used selectively the glossy, video-like look that frame interpolation creates on the 3200/EH-TW7000 is often very watchable and gets rid of motion blur and judder during camera pans. It’s theoretically best used on sports, and it worked well during a blast of Six Nations rugby. It works best on grand-looking TV spectacles like Blue Planet II, when gorgeous panoramas are mostly ruined by judder, but we also tried it on sitcoms. Even under the best conditions, colours are arguably only just so-so, and sharpness leaves a bit to be desired too – even when you remember it’s only a 720p image at play.

Easy to set up and access content: Stream content by plugging devices into either of the two HDMI ports Home cinema enthusiasts will almost certainly want to look elsewhere, but there’s a lot to love about the balance of considerations the Nebula Mars II makes. For casual users looking for a plug-and-play home cinema in-a-box, this is a whole lot of fun indeed. These compromises in picture quality might well be a deal breaker in a different projector, but in the Nebula Mars II, they feel like an acceptable trade-off for the convenience, ease of use and – above all – fun you get in return. In fact, the N5 produces some of the best HDR images you’ll experience from a projector at this price. The dynamic tone mapping at play here does a great job of creating a natural but effective HDR performance that keeps the image bright and far outclasses the competition.

Whether you’re gaming, watching movies or the big sports event, nothing beats the thrill of a big screen. The EH-TW7000 offers an effortless 100” display in most rooms (at a distance from the wall of 2.95m), plus the ability to expand this five times, given a big enough space. At this price, it isn’t 4K, but it does offer 1080p HDR gaming at 120Hz, and can downscale 4K sources too. To get the very best 8ms lag time as quoted though, you’ll have to play in HD SDR using the Enhanced Game Mode.