AV PROJECTOR EPSON EH-TW5300

Now that 1080p has become reasonably affordable in front projectors, there’s a strong market for entry-level models that cost little to run, yet produce a big picture. At not a great deal over a thousand dollars, Epson’s new EH-TW5300 is likely to attract a big chunk of that market.

EQUIPMENT

The EH-TW5300 is a compact unit, but still curvy enough that it doesn’t look like a business projector. Yet it is nice and small, and so convenient in handling it could easily be kept away somewhere and pulled out for movie night or big sporting events. But it also has the fittings necessary for it to be permanently ceiling-mounted.

As is Epson’s practice, the projector uses three LCD chips — 15.5mm units in full-HD resolution, with 10 bits of colour depth (that is, rather than being limited to the 256 brightness levels available on DVD and Blu-ray, they support 1024 levels).

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