EPSON EH-TW9400W

Since its previous series of home theatre projectors some three years ago, Epson has re-branded its UHD technology to Epson ‘4K PRO-UHD’. This uses 1080p panels with pixel shifting to increase resolution above 1080p. (Epson does, in fact, make full 4K projectors for professional use. But they have massive light sources and cost around $90,000.)

So the emphasis here is much more on a wide colour gamut and improved support for the High Dynamic Range that comes with most Ultra-HD content. There is much to be said for this approach, and as we’ll see, it proves itself in the image quality. Epson notes that terms like HDR weren’t developed with projectors in mind. Nonetheless, Epson’s aim has been to push towards the bright end of the range envisaged by HDR standards. That’s up to 10,000 nits. The projector can’t get there, but Epson has tried to make the projector as bright as possible. It rates the output of the Epson EH-TW9400W at 2600 lumens, both in white and in colour, the latter being something