Cinema in your Garden: Epson Projector Review

Vicky Parry

twenty sixth Sep 2024

Studying Time: 3 minutes

Flip your backyard into a comfortable cinema this autumn 

I’ve type of prevented getting a projector for the previous decade or so, regardless of having fun with occasional dwelling film screenings at associates’ homes, as a result of to be trustworthy, the image was by no means that nice. It was both a bit blurry otherwise you get that ‘rainbow’ impact the place the picture is large, for certain, however very low-cost and digital wanting.  

So I used to be very completely happy certainly after I examined out the gifted Epson CO-W01 4K projector – on the decrease finish of the worth scale by the way, as dwelling projectors can vary from a number of hundred quid to a couple thousand – in my backyard this autumn. Summer season had simply ended, the evenings have been drawing in and we have been primed to go and see the Beetlejuice sequel on the native multiplex, so what higher film to check out our new projector than the unique Beetlejuice in 4K.  

Now, I’ve change into accustomed, because the introduction of stated 4K format, to watching motion pictures massive and loud on a 50” display screen at dwelling, so I used to be fairly proud of my dwelling cinema expertise. Not anticipating to get fairly the identical outcomes open air, I arrange the Epson CO-W01 in my again backyard and waited for the solar to set earlier than having a play with the display screen place and measurement. The display screen we obtained was cheap, with its personal stand and 4K projection high quality materials, so I can advocate grabbing a type of and placing the display screen a few metres from the place you’ve arrange the projector: the precise distance required for optimum image high quality is defined with the projector directions. 

What actually shocked me, because the solar set and I may correctly see the picture (though there’s additionally an choice for screening in lighter situations) was that the 4K high quality was completely there on the projection display screen. Colors, particulars and motion have been all excellent: pretty much as good as watching indoors on our 4K TV, which is fairly rattling spectacular.  

Listed below are some particulars: this projector can obtain a powerful 378 inch show; the 3LCD know-how making the show as much as 3 times brighter than competitor merchandise, because of its shiny and vivid colors. Even in shiny rooms, this highly effective but inexpensive WXGA projector delivers exceptionally shiny but vibrant photographs with clear particulars because of 3LCD know-how, which produces an equally excessive white and color gentle output of three,000 lumens. 

This nice little highly effective projector has additionally been designed with portability and fast arrange in thoughts, so it’s straightforward to maneuver from room to room, and you may rapidly place the picture with keystone correction and entry content material merely with the HDMI enter. 

The projector comes with built-in audio system, though you would possibly need to enhance the sound by plugging your individual audio system into your blu-ray participant or TV to get one thing much less tinny, which is simple sufficient to do. Plus you have got the choice of logging the projector into your wi-fi setup and watching Netflix on the display screen. Outdoors, it seems phenomenal, and that’s the harshest take a look at you may give it. We’ve but to strive it indoors however I think about it’ll be like being on the cinema.