EPSON EMP-TW680 User's Manual

ON TEST / LCD PROJECTOR

Verdict ★★★★★ Approx price £800

Epson EMP-TW680 No nonsense LCD with good pictures for a great price

AN OFTEN MESSY and expensive The Epson may just be HD

B Easy to set up, HD pictures are

business, home cinema projection Ready, but its other vital statistics –

heavy on detail, natural colour palette

has been an enthusiasts-only zone a brightness of 1,600 ANSI lumens in the UK until now. That could be and contrast ratio of 10,000:1 –

E Can’t display full HD, average

about to change with the arrival of aren’t half bad. The latter fi gure is

contrast ratio

products such as Epson’s TW680. of great importance because this Sporting an HD Ready badge and company’s projectors, and LCD costing around £800, this 3LCD technology in general, have long projector is the company’s foremost suffered from a lack of shadow budget offering, although its TW700 detail in dark images. Epson is sibling is now only £1,000. The price hoping its Dynamic Iris technology difference arises from the TW680’s will solve this problem, as well as use of a slightly inferior lens, but for adding solidity to colours. Not that those after a cheap and simple HD hues have been forgotten because set-up, there are few rivals. the unit incorporates 10-bit The rivals processing as well as an array of Features ★★★★★ preset colour modes.

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★★★★★ The TW680 might offer the most These include a simple brightness

This keenly priced and versatile short-throw

basic feature set of any projector booster that allows you to use the

LCD projector suffers only from mediocre

that classes itself as ‘home cinema’, lightbox in daylight conditions,

contrast levels. Reviewed: Issue 319

but it is surprisingly versatile. although you’ll still need to wait

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The key limitation is its until dusk for best results.

★★★★★ With a built-in i Pod dock it’s possible to resolution. With 1,280 x 720 pixels, There are blackness adjusters – watch movies on this little LCD projector,

this projector is only fi t for Theatre Blacks 1 and 2 – although

albeit in the most basic quality.

Reviewed: Issue 321 displaying the most basic high- we can’t see why you’d want to view defi nition format: 720p. a movie with anything other than

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