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Epson Home Cinema 6500UB - First Look!

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December 22nd, 2008 Art Feierman

Greetings home theater projector fans,

And happy holidays from our family at ProjectorReviews.com.  The Epson Home Cinema 6500UB has finally arrived.  (OK, I had to drive to Long Beach, CA, to pick it up, and a Home Cinema 6100 projector too.)

Mike was able to measure and calibrate the Home Cinema 6500UB projector immediately for me, so I got to view it all weekend.

Two things before I get started about the 6500UB.  One, I do love blogging, I can be less serious - or perhaps, I should say; I can get away with writing with more humor, and enthusiasm, than in the more formal reviews, which makes First Looks, more fun to write.  

Darn, now I can’t even remember what the second thing was.  So let’s talk Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB.

Whoa!  I remember.  I wanted to say that the Epson Home Cinema 6500UB review has been the missing piece of the puzzle for many of you shopping for home theater projectors between $2000 and $4000+. Read the rest of this entry »

New light meter - the better to measure your favorite projector

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December 22nd, 2008 Art Feierman

Greetings everyone!

Just a quick heads up, about some changes in terms of our published measurements of projectors.  

MIke, who took over doing our measurements and calibration of projectors this past spring, uses the same gear I had been using previously - an Optic One light sensor, and AVIA Pro software.  

As I have commented on, a couple of times, our projector lumen measurements have consistently come out higher Read the rest of this entry »

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