Projector | £4500 | whf.cm/LS12000B
Depending on how this review goes, the Epson EH-LS12000B arrives on our test benches at either a very apposite or a very unfortunate moment.
After all, it’s a 4K (kinda) laser projector aimed at serious home cinema fans that costs less than you might expect given its level of specification. Which makes it sound mighty similar to the seriously impressive but also surprisingly relatively affordable Sony VPL-XW5000ES. If the Epson can hold its own against that ground-breaking Sony, then, happy days. But if it can’t…
While the EH-LS12000B and XW5000ES laser projectors are probably each other’s biggest rivals right now, they are not in totally the same price ballpark. The Epson undercuts its new Sony rival by a tidy sum – around £1500, in fact. Those differences add up to a pretty big pile of 4K Blu-ray discs or a tidy external audio system before you have spent what the Sony costs.
