Projectors need a dark room to thrive, right? Not at all, based on modern projection technology — dark rooms and custom projection screens haven’t been a requirement for a while now. Brighter projectors, like the recently launched Epson EH-QL3000, make recreating the cinema experience at home all the more approachable.
There is a cost attached to the premium models: the Epson retails for a wallet-punishing $24,999 in Australia. It might be pricier than many of the best TVs going around, but there’s no 1,000-inch TV available at your local AV dealer. That’s how big a picture the EH-QL3000 can produce; it’s mind-boggling trying to comprehend how big that is.
As you’d expect at that size, 4K resolution and support for HDR10 come as standard features. Powered by 3LCD laser technology, this behemoth of a projector reaches up to 6,000 lumens of brightness. Before getting into too much detail, all you need to know is that it’s an extremely bright projector.
To demonstrate what $25k gets you, Epson played a scene from Top Gun: Maverick in the company’s Sydney office. With the lights dimmed, Tom Cruise’s daredevil flying took on a spectacularly cinematic quality. The projector maintained a crisp quality at a nearly 200-inch picture, while the colours looked both deep and natural.
With the lights turned on, Epson’s flagship home theatre projector barely wavered. Unlike some projectors during broad daylight, I didn’t have to squint to focus on granular details. Actually, the projector’s bright image looked better than some projectors I’ve seen in total darkness.
You’d certainly want it to stand out, considering its five-figure price tag. As such, it’s a projector you have to order from a specialised retailer.
For a more everyday home projector, there’s the new Epson EF-21 and EF-22 models that start at a comparably more affordable $1,299. They arrived late last year, featuring 1,000 lumens of brightness, up to 150 inches of projection size, and a sleek portable form factor suitable for taking indoors or outdoors.
Compared to similarly priced projectors, the Epson EF series held its own in both dim and bright conditions. A live demonstration of Planet Earth pitting several projectors against each other revealed the Epson’s impressive colour accuracy. Although $1,299 isn’t cheap, it’s still cheaper than any TV that comes close to competing on size.
Back to the flagship projector: I’ll never be able to afford $25k home theatre hardware. But briefly cosplaying as someone wealthy enough to own a lavish projector showed me how the other half lives. And damn, they’ve got it good.
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Chris Button attended a launch event in Sydney with travel and accommodation provided by Epson Australia.
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