Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8500UB

image quality, usability, noise, price, reliability

design

80% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Excellent picture quality, Easy to install – excellent horizontal and vertical lens shift, 2:1 throw, Good out of box performance, Very bright in Dynamic mode, Good connectivity, although you should be using a good HT receiver anyway!, Very dark blacks...

Large chassis, Cheap lens shift that likes to tilt. In fact the whole thing feels plastic and cheap., No real improvements over 6500UB, Deep dark blacks crush most of the shadow detail, Busy remote with a lot of functions. Backlight has a small,...

Verdict:  PASS! Epson’s 8500UB is a good home theater projector that’s getting long in the tooth and is showing it’s age. Picture quality is good with excellent black level. Build quality is marginal, suitable only for fixed install – don’t travel with...

Unlike traditional edge enhancement, Epson's Super-resolution processing breaks down the image and then employs differential analysis and color separation techniques before reconstructing the final image. To make sure that the enhancement is actually...

So I spent about a week and a half looking for an HD 1920x1080p project. I probably went to every projector review site there was. It came down to this Epson 8500 and the Panasonic PT-AE4000. For me, all reviews stated that the Epson had the better...

Out of the box the thing wouldn't do anything. All i got was a flashing temperature light. Looked on the internet and another guy had the same problem. Long story short, turn it upside down, power it up, and it should work either way after that. Weird,...

Longer lamp life than previous model, very bright, excellent during daytime viewing

lamp begins to dim significantly towards end of lamplife

Powerful, Good Focus, Durable, Sharp Picture, Easy To Set Up

Powerful, Good Focus, Easy To Set Up, Sharp Picture

Good Focus, Easy To Set Up

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