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Review on Epson PowerLite 1781W WXGA Wireless 3LCD Portable Projector, Black - 3,200 Lumens Color Brightness, 3,200 Lumens White Brightness by Marc Zitnik

Revainrating 1 out of 5

I bought 3 pieces for professional use, I will use all the time.

Expensive, great picture and very bright. The combination of 3000+ lumens of brightness and WXGA in a very lightweight device makes it my top choice. I have compared many projectors and this is my favorite travel projector. Yes, more so than those mini projectors, but I can project in well-lit rooms and still have enough brightness where those cheap mini projectors would be almost invisible on the screen. Widely used for travel and presentation, good resolution for photo/video and excellent work on auto focus. I very rarely have to adjust anything except when when I'm in a bad room with steep corners and a bad projection screen. Even then, it's pretty close to screen alignment itself. The automatic setting is a bit sensitive to movement, such as someone hitting the table hard enough. He will sense the change and adjust, which is sometimes distracting. The remote control is effective. This allows USB as a video connection, but in my experience it was unacceptably slow and also caused stuttering in my video/audio output. (Windows 8 Pro, 2016 Lenovo Laptop.) I switched back to HDMI and all the problems stopped. One thing to keep in mind is that you might have mixed results with Epson if it needs to be fixed. With a previous projector (same model) I had to check my bag on the plane and found that when I received it later the corner of the projector where the leveling foot is located was torn. Epson sent me to an authorized repair center who couldn't fix the problem because Epson didn't supply those parts. The projector works fine, the adjustment foot just stopped working. So a good example of how tough this is, I think it still works after a good hit, but I'd like to have some sort of repair option other than fixing the epoxy by hand. Epson sent me to an authorized repair center who couldn't fix the problem because Epson didn't supply those parts. The projector works fine, the adjustment foot just stopped working. So a good example of how tough this is, I think it still works after a good hit, but I'd like to have some sort of repair option other than fixing the epoxy by hand. Epson sent me to an authorized repair center who couldn't fix the problem because Epson didn't supply those parts. The projector works fine, the adjustment foot just stopped working. So a good example of how tough this is, I think it still works after a good hit, but I'd like to have some sort of repair option other than fixing the epoxy by hand.

Pros
  • Includes high-speed LAN module for wireless connectivity
Cons
  • I'll add later