Various Retailers have
Epson Home Cinema 5050UB 4K PRO-UHD 3-Chip Projector with HDR (V11H930020) on sale
from $2299.98.
Shipping is free.
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shravone for sharing this deal.
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Features:
- High dynamic range (HDR)
- 3LCD, three-chip technology
- 2600-lumen brightness
- Tree-axis motorized lens
- ±30° vertical keystone correction which ensures distortion-free images.
- 4096 x 2160 in 2D and 1920 x 1080 in 3D
- The 15-element glass projection lens displays a bright, uniform image
- USB Plug and Play instant setup
- Horizontal and vertical image correction
- Instant off/on, sleep mode (A/V mute) and direct power off/on
- Two HDMI inputs
- 250W UHE lamp: Delivers up to 5,000 hours of lamp life in Eco mode and up to 3,500 hours of lamp life in High mode for extended use
- 31dB fan noise
- Remote control with AA batteries included
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A few things about the projector, pros and cons:
Pros:
-Great picture. Zero stutters, frame skipping, etc. Any video you give it is silky smooth. Better than any modern tv I've seen, on par with a Samsung plasma I had years ago
-Great upscaling ability (HD to 4K looks fantastic).
-Really good black levels for a projector. I've even read that it's better than the newer Epson laser versions, but have not seen them side by side.
-Excellent out of the box calibration. I had to make very few tweaks.
-It's made by Epson. The build quality is amazing.
-Only affordable way to get a big picture over 100".
Cons:
-I bought this four years ago, before 100" 4k tvs were going for the same amount. Those tvs will have better black levels, brightness, hdr, etc.
-About those black levels. You need a completely darkened room (walls, ceiling, windows) to get them. Any bit of light will kill it. I have dark blue walls, but the wife won't let me paint the ceiling anything but white. So I get light reflecting from the screen to the ceiling and back onto the screen. I have a grey screen to improve black levels and contrast, and it helps. But it's not tv level. Although I've even noticed that movie theater projectors aren't 100% black and are on par with mine, so that makes me feel a little better.
-It is a light cannon, but I have a Hisense H9G for daytime viewing, and a hidden 106" projector screen that drops down over the tv for nighttime.
-It takes a few seconds to lock onto content. So get used to not seeing the first few seconds of anything you want to watch.
-No hdmi 2.1, no vrr and limited to 4k 60hz. I game in 4k with my ps5 and rtx 3080 gaming pc, and it's fine for me. But does not take advantage of the latest tech if that's important to you.
-It's huge hanging from the ceiling. And it makes fan noise that tvs don't.
-Lamp life. My lamp started to dim after 2100 hours. I installed a new one earlier this year and it looks great again. But that is a few hundred bucks I had to shell out.
Hope that helps folks new to the projector game, or thinking about upgrading.
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I've read it sucks with HDR content though. What do you think?
I think there a device that folks on AVSforums were using to add dynamic HDR to these projectors, like the JVCs have.
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Though Amazon can do 6% in points... Almost still make sense to do Amazon for the returns.
Though though Dell will do another $131 in rewards points. Ugh.
Apparently it doesn't work on projectors.
Good to know. I signup over 24 hours ago and nothing received so I don't know if dell is still doing 10%coupons