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This projector is amazing. The picture quality is wonderful, the color is vivid and has just a super sharp image. I have it mounted on the ceiling in a light controled room on a 105" 16/9 screen w/1.0 grain. It is beautiful. This epson is a great bang for the buck.

Great projector... have it connected to an Onkyo TX-SR805 receiver and a set of Yamaha surround sound speakers. My cable TV, DVD's, and HTPC play wonderfully on it! Great purchase and a great alternative to the $3000+ 1080p projectors.

I bought this projector about three months ago and wow!!! It is amazing. For under $1000 dollars I now have a 120inch HD screen in my living room. I am currently projecting it onto a white wall at the moment and the picture quality is still outstanding. I have HD cable and an X-box 360 hooked up to it and it works flawlessly. The picture is clean and crisp and the throw controls allow you to easily move the screen up down left or right without moving the projector physically. The only thing that this projector lacks is a couple of ports in the back. In particular it does not have an audio-out port. This is particularly troublesome when you connect components through HDMI. Because the projector does not have an internal speaker and HDMI carries video and audio anything you hookup through HDMI will not have sound. And without the audio port-out there is now way to bring the sound from the projector to the surround sound. Other than the audio difficulties I have encountered I love the projector and I am happy this is the one i decided to buy.

I have been planning a dedicated room for years now. the wife and I finally bought a house with space for a media room. it is 16'x25' with two rows of seats at 13' and 19'. we went with a 118" diagonal 1.0 gain screen from carada and the epson looks amazing on it.

i was really torn between the epson HC 720 and the panasonic ax200u. my sister has the panny and it looks great, but after reading every review i could get my eyes on, i went with the epson. projector central giving it their editors choice and the free bulb promotion made it a no brainer.

13' is pretty close for a 118" screen and had some reservations about it being too big, but i wanted the back row to have a good view as well so it was a compromise between the two. thankfully, i am experiencing NO screen door effect at 13'. it is only BARELY noticible on white scrolling text, but its probably because im looking for it.

color saturation and accuracy are great right out of the box. i have done zero adjustments so far (partly because i dont feel the need to and partly because i havent found the time) i run the epson on theater dark 1 and cant hear the fan at all, and im sitting almost directly underneath it. that light mode is perfect in a completely dark room like mine. the projector is bright enough to overcome most ambient light. (but the fan does get louder with brighter settings)

i have watched about 8 movies so far ranging from Cars to LOTR 1,2,3. the epson handles everything efforlessly. HD programming looks fantastic too

i would have ZERO hesitation recommending this projector to anyone. easy setup, flexible placement, superb picture, and a free bulb ($350 value). i WOULD make sure that you have good control over ambient light or you'll go through bulbs quicker.

thats my .02, now go get one!

I had been considering updating my projector from an older 2000 lumen 800x600 PC projector for some time, so when the bulb went south, and it was listed at $400 to replace I decided bye bye, ALSO with HD now a perquisite I was armed with a tape measure ( to get my throw distance and cupboard space ) and started my search.

Firstly I overlooked some really kewl features when considering a new projector that this one has, and in the end I highly recommend.

1) PIcture centering, there are these two dials, one on top and one on the side which allow you to move the picture around without sliding the projector.
2) low wattage bulb technology , means less heat and thus less fan noise
3) Amazing colors, hard to see this in specifications but believe me.

The throw distance range is good
Startup is fast
Remote is comprehensive

Now for the only CON, yes there is one.

The unit is larger than I expected, it has rounded corners so the size is hard to judge, but the main thing that is large is the "darlek" eye front lens. Mine fits in a cupboard behind the lounge so it made a difference.

In the end the best and most unexpected choice in home electronics in some time.