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Epson Home Cinema 8500UB and Pro Cinema 9500UB Projectors – Details

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September 6th, 2009 Art Feierman

UPDATE: The Epson Home Cinema 8500UB and Pro Cinema 9500UB Review has been posted.

Greetings all,

Time to share some info about the four new Epson 1080p projectors.  Not long ago, I got a briefing on them at Epson’s facility in Long Beach, CA (only 40 miles from here). I got a decent look at the Home Cinema 8500UB in action.  It will be replacing the 6500UB, in a couple of months or less.

I’ll start with the Home Cinema 8500UB, and then touch on the Pro Cinema 9500UB, it’s almost identical sibling.  The Pro is sold only by authorizedShown: Epson Home Cinema 8500UB. 9500UB Identical except black finish local installing dealers, while the Home Cinema 8500UB is available through authorized online dealers as well as local ones.
These new projectors represent the 3rd generation of Epson’s “ultra-high” contrast projectors. That started with the original 1080 UB, which was replaced by the 6500UB and 7500UB, which, in turn will be replaced in couple of months by the new Home Cinema 8500UB and Pro Cinema 9500UB respectively.

The new Epson projectors physically look like the old ones.

The pricing, while not set yet, should be similar to the older models, and the official word Read the rest of this entry »

Mitsubishi HC3800 Home Theater Projector “First Look”

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September 6th, 2009 Art Feierman

UPDATE: The Mitsubishi HC3800 projector review has been posted.

Oh, I like this one!

And I’ve been working with an engineering sample of the Mitsubishi HC3800.

Angle photo of Mitsubishi HC3800 home theater projector

Angle photo of Mitsubishi HC3800 home theater projector

With an engineering sample,  that means it’s so early, that many things don’t even work.  Case in point, only HDMI works on this projector, not composite video, component video, etc.  The color tables (while close), I’m told are also not quite finished.

That said, the one I had here (just shipped it back to Mitsubishi, yesterday) so those of you at CEDIA later this week can see it), is really impressive for the $$$.  Let me start with a comment relating to the Mitsubishi HC3800 compared to the just reviewed HD20 from Optoma.

OK, the HC3800 MAPs at $1499 (or is it $1495?), so it’s $500 more than the Optoma HD20. Read the rest of this entry »

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