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I have only had the opportunity to use the projector once for my class so far, although I have run various tests at home both with the power point, and a little video. The projector seems very versatile and pretty straight forward to operate. I don't have any experience with projectors so that's probably saying a lot. I seemed to notice that the projected image was seen best when using a setting as close as possible to the native resolution of the projector. This just took a one time adjustment to my laptop, which has a wider screen resolution than the projector, when the projector is not in use, the laptop defaults automatically to its native resolution. One thing you will probably need if you are going to be using this for power point with a laptop is a USB cable (not included) to progress through the slides with the remote. This projector was really all I needed and the price through Amazon was the best I could find.

The projector was easy to set up and works fine with my Macbook (OS X 10.5.2) and Keynote. It does however need an adapter for the cable and a USB cable for the remote control, which are not included. The resolution is 800 x 600. This projector is a small, lightweight item suitable for family and small rooms, not suitable for professional large group presentations.

The projector was very easy to set up and use. I especially liked the zoom feature for the image size. The projected image is bright and the color is good, but I was disappointed by the sharpness of the image. I am used to the crispness of a projected slide. By contrast, the digital projection is blurry and shows a definite screen wire pattern in the image. I have never used a digital projector before, so I don't know if this is standard or a flaw in this projector.

I have use other more expensive projectors which don't give as good as an image as this projector. It is as easy as any other projector to set up. the zoom and wide functions is easy to use as well as the keystone function. I would recommend this projector to anyone.

I bought this projector for my Quaker Meeting to use for presentations and the education program. We needed something that was drop dead easy to run, long life bulb and moderately priced. The Epson S5 is all of those things. It worked like a charm right out of the box (I have printed out selected pages from the manual and put them in the bag). I wish it were a bit sharper and brighter, but for our purposes it is great!