Epson EMP-TW700 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Home theatre projector The landscape for high definition home theatre projectors has well truly shifted in the past 12 months. Prices have plummeted while image quality and features have gone through the roof. The latest example of this shift comes ...

Verdict: The TW700 incorporates Epson's 3LCD technology at its heart. Using three separate LCD panels - one each for the red, blue and green parts of the colour spectrum - a complex system of prisms and mirrors sits between the lamp and the lens, combining the ...

Review summary: HD Projectors are now eminently affordable. Is it time to build that Home Cinema?

Verdict: For the money the Epson's delivers an awful lot ? offering HD resolution and an HDMI port as well as component. It's also very easy to set up and delivers smooth, detailed pictures. However, it needs a dark environment to get the best from it and even ...

Review summary: Master of the data projector, Epson's attack on the home cinema market continues apace. This isn't the brand's flagship model - but it is a versatile and reasonably affordable 3LCD option that, on paper at least, looks worth considering...

Pros: Detailed, natural and enormous pictures even in a small room

Cons: Black levels never reach those of DLP and images lack cinematic feel

Verdict: One of the most versatile shortthrow LCD projectors around, but its pictures fall short of benchmark

Review summary: As the budget HD Ready projection market gets more competitive, the number of brands getting involved is dwindling. But Epson's still there, and has in fact just launched a new 'flagship' home cinema projector...

Pros: 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7600, 1GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM, 100GB hard disk, Sony DW-Q520A DVD writer, 512MB Nvidia Quadro FX 2500M, Good colour performance, Stylish looks despite large footprint, Long features list

Cons: Poor battery life, Weight, No quick-release cap, Disappointing colours

Verdict: Performance is good, but not great, and at this price isn't enough to wholeheartedly recommend it

Review summary: This projector has been out for a while now (it is known as Dreamio in parts of Asia) and here at Absolute Gadget we put it through its paces.

Verdict: All-in-all not as intuitive as the InFocus and you're have to wait to get the top-of-the-range HD experience from its newer sibling arriving this spring