Comments on: Epson Home Cinema 8100 and Pro Cinema 9100 Projectors – Quick look

By: Art Feierman

Art Feierman — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:36:03 +0000

Greetings Thue,
Confuses me to, but has always been the case with my setup. Note, however, other than some additional baggage that both would carry, there really shouldn’t be any real difference.

there’s 2.25 times as much information (pixels) in a 1080 signal, compared to 720. That’s not much different than the 2.5 times of 60 over 24. But, my guess is that 24fps is far harder to compress, as there is logically more change from frame to frame. As a result – who knows, on average 1080p 60 may need 50% more bandwidth? No Idea on my part. I’ll leave that for the engineers to debate. -a

By: dj

dj — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:08:30 +0000

Bummer. I just checked at Hawthorne Appliance and the price is back up to $1419. Wished I could have got into the great deal you all found.

By: fred

fred — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:48:26 +0000

inorganic or organic, who cares! my panasonic probably has organic panels and it still looks great after almost six years so if I get six out the epson thats only 175 dollars a year. I can live with that.

By: Art Feierman

Art Feierman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:25:26 +0000

The 8100 still has organic panels. -art

By: fred carr

fred carr — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:17:23 +0000

I just got the 8100 for $979.00 after the rebate,epson will not send you the rebate if you bought at best buy.It says so on the rebate form.I got mine at Hawthorne appliance and I had the panasonic ptl500 720p projector for 5 years and decided to upgrade to 1080p. the epson8100 puts out a fantastic picture and it has a very bright picture.the contrast is great and is a very solidly built machine.the picture quality from hd-dvds and blue rays are awesome.I am running it on a 106′ screen.get this projector you won’t be sorry ,but shop around and never pay list price.

By: fred

fred — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:56:28 +0000

I bought the Panasonic ae-500u about 5 years ago for 2100 dollars with a free lamp and I now have 2700 hours on the original bulb.I decided to go to 1080p after I got a ps3 and after looking I almost bought the epson 6100 but I found out the 8100 was due out in october.I looked at stores and got a great price at Hawthorne appliance.I just picked up the 8100 for 1079 plus 100 rebate which you can’t get at best buy.I hooked it up and was amazed at the picture quality,blue rays looked fantastic and the brightness and contrast are great. I have a 106′ screen and it looks like a giant flat screen.Buy this projector you will not be sorry!

By: Art Feierman

Art Feierman — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:33:48 +0000

Alan, Very cool news! People, hear that? -art

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:26:57 +0000

Walked into best buy today, and they’ve got 25% of the Epson 8100 … down to $1199, so I scooped one up

By: Art Feierman

Art Feierman — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:00:17 +0000

Officially, Epson is saying “before the end of October”. OK, that’s 4 weeks away, +/- a couple of days. Epson is usually very good when it comes to shipping on time. -art

By: Hieu Ninh

Hieu Ninh — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:39:10 +0000

What is the actual release date for the Epson 8100? When can I get it?