Epson Home Cinema 1060 Full HD 1080p 3,100 lumens color brightness (color light output) 3,100 lumens white brightness (white light output) 2x HDMI (1x MHL) built-in speakers 3LCD projector

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I agonized over getting this, vs. a more expensive / higher lumen projector (e.g., the 4500-lumen BenQ for MH750 for $1,000). As quick context, my viewing room is pretty much a wall of windows out onto a clear blue sunny California sky. Below is a picture of my room without *any* lights turned on, to get a sense. I registered 2000 Lux (about 200 foot-candles) coming in through the windows at 11 am, and about 600 Lux hitting the screen directly (it is at a 90-degree angle to the windows). At around 60 foot-candles, this is about 6 times brighter than a typical living room in the evening with all the lights turned on, and about 25% brighter than the standard office with all the lights on. So that is my use case. LOTS of ambient light. And in that context, this unit does a great job. Im particularly fond of the color balance - it doesnt wash out colors like my other DLP. It does a great job on watching sports, or doing business presentations. I havent tried it on a dark movie scene yet, but can say it washes a bit grey on blacks. I find that totally acceptable in exchange for the bright picture in my ambient light situation, though I can understand if someone with a perfect dark room might prefer a DLP or something with better black levels. As to configuration. Very inexpensive. Im using the VIVO 100" screen, 1.1 gain, available for $79 at last check on Amazon. And, I purchased a Bluesky HD1080p 3D HDMI Audio Extractor Splitter to let me split out the Audio from the rest of the HDMI signal and skip the speakers on the projector. This was $21. I havent yet used the speakers on the projector, but at 2W I assume they are what others have reviewed - useless. That said, listening to the fan, it is not bothersome. I can hear it, but not at all over a normal level of TV audio so not a worry that I can see. Last photo below. This is a 30-degree angle from center, taken on my phone camera. It looks a bit more washed out in the photo than it does live; it is a great picture. Totally fine and pleasurable to watch a basketball game in broad daylight in what is just about the worst ambient light situation I can think of, other than sitting outside in the sunlight. Given the size, I prefer it to my 65" TV, and dont feel like Im missing whatever color / clarity Ive lost vs. the LED-LCD TV unit I have. Sharing all of this, because I agonized over this decision and must have read 300 reviews and 40 articles or so before taking the plunge. I havent experienced all those other options, but can say for the price point (and really for even a higher price point) Im thrilled with this setup for my room. Hope this review helps you out!

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This projector itself was fantastic! After decades of wanting a projector and researching for weeks, I found a projector that was truly amazing - for all 3 months that it worked. Installed it on the ceiling at the beginning of April 2018, and now before the end of June it is dead. Calling Epson tech support will have you wait 10+ business days to receive a refurbished projector I will have to install a bulb in. Also, the received projector will apparently be shipped to me without notice, but I will have to sign for it, being magically at home.

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There are a lot of great things going for this unit, and only one negative, but its a big one. Picture quality is great, easy to set up, and decently bright in the right circumstances. *However*, this unit has a "regular power" mode, and an "ECO power-saving" mode. Regular power runs the bulb at the expected, full-power brightness, and it is a great picture! BUT, the cooling fan kicks up to the speed and noise level of a VACUUM cleaner!! If you want reasonable quiet in the room, you will be FORCED to run the unit in ECO mode, and consequently run with the dimmer light output. It is really too bad, and worth taking two stars off of an otherwise 5-star unit.

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Very crisp picture and bright can be used for business presentations, however no sound output jack (3.5 or Optical) other than your HDMI. You can use an HDMI audio extractor. Great projector made by Epson but I noticed the same problem as far using an external speaker that has a 3.5 mm input or an optical cable input. Well I found the solution I used an HDMI audio extractor and it works. I was able to use a 3.5mm audio cable into a powered speaker and it sounds great on the projector. The HDMI audio extractor splits the audio channel and you can even use a fiber optic cable into a compatible device.

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I purchased this for a Home Set up -where I use it with a DENON Receiver and a 5.1 Speaker set up. I have the Image being displayed on a Elite Evanesce Ceiling Mount retractable screen (100inch). The Projector is mounted on the ceiling about 94 inches from the screen face. It will primarily be used for Watching movies, Sports and for the Kids to play Games on it. Very good and comparable Picture Quality with the likes of OPTOMA projectors of similar class as the OPTOMA 1080 Darbee and the HD-39 Darbee - which I purchased originally but returned. The OPTOMA 1080 Darbee had inconsistent documentation - in some places it seems like it had a ZOOM Ring but it really didnt -and I wasnt able to adjust the image size. The HD-39 does have a Zoom ring but it did not provide enough zoom -for me to be able to fill up the screen from where the Projector is mounted on the ceiling The Set Up is easy and Set up from the MENU button on the Remote is very intuitive I was able to use the Keystone keys to make fine adjustments to get the image placed correctly across the screen. In my particular case, the ZOOM worked very well and I have a full image across the 100inch screen. The fan is a tiny bit louder than the OPTOMA -so it seems - but you cant really hear it much when you have a Movie or a game playing with the Dolby 5.1 Audio over the Ceiling/wall mount speakers in the room The one thing, I do miss is the 12V Trigger input on the EPSON projector - which I liked on the OPTOMA family. The benefit of having that is that you dont have to use the Separate remotes for the Screen and the Projector - but I guess you gain some and you lose some. I hope Epson considers including that for future versions of the Projector. I am intending to get over that limitation by using a Logitech Harmony Remote and Programming the Actions on there. With the one movie, that I already watched on the Projector -so far very happy with the results.

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This projector was great, key word WAS, for 8 months and now it is stone dead. Its ceiling mounted in an office environment - it is only powered on/off with the remote and the power is supplied from the ceiling so nobody is messing with the power cord. Initially believed it was a bad lamp. Seeing as the lamp warranty is only 6 months, we ordered a replacement and still the unit is dead. Contacting Epson support for a replacement. Waiting on a resolution.

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Great picture! Can make the screen gigantic! First project we have bought so I do not have anything to compare it to. But awesome video. I don’t know if that makes up or the lack of an audio output. When i I started looking for projectors, I did not consider audio, I just figured that an output would be standard. The speaker inside the projector is enough to get you by, but not something I want to live with long term. I wish this was in the description. Researched and found I can get a converter for sound output. I will be trying that. If it works well I will update the review to 4 stars. Just be aware it does not have the output; this would be a perfect machine if it did!

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This projector is exactly what I was hoping it would be. I am using it on a 12 foot diameter flat white wall in my living room, which has some amount of ambient light even with blackout curtains. I normally leave it in Eco mode to prolong lamp life and reduce fan noise and its still brighter and more colorful than the Viewsonic PRO7827HD I tried before it. In specialized usage such as heavy gaming or in a dark home theater setup other projectors may do better but this one is a great all-rounder.

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The projector (Epson 1060) produces a surprisingly better image than I expected. Overall Im quite satisfied with this purchase, great bang for buck. I was looking at replacing a TV in my room and decided to go the projector route for space saving ability to put it pretty much wherever I like. So naturally for the setup of my room the best spot was over my closet. Got a manual pull down screen so I didnt have to block my closet. Pros: - Great looking image quality - The fan is fairly quiet while running in eco mode (i keep my room dark so eco works great) - Fairly easy to use and setup. Cons: - No audio output (not a big deal for me as I use my fire TV and have my stereo system connected to it via Bluetooth) - The iProjection app looks as if it doesnt get much attention - The UI isnt the greatest but Im also unaware if theres better at this price point * The stock speaker is mediocre, could be worse, could be better Overall, I am pretty satisfied projector, great bang for the buck.

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Read several reviews saying you need an hdmi audio switch or converter. This is not true if you have a decent receiver. I connected my DTV box to my receiver input, then HDMI receiver output straight to the projector on the ceiling and I was ready to go. Simple. Picture quality is on point as well. Very happy. Difinately need to look at the throw calculations online though. The throw is roughly 8-12 ft from the screen for 120 inch screen. Does not let you adjust zoom on the projector too much. I have a big theatre and actually had to place the projector in front of the chairs on the ceiling, but it didn’t really make a big difference. Would have preferred to have it at the back of the theatre but I would have needed a projector with a 20 ft throw.

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