The 2350 is one of the few 4K projectors around $1,000, so I'd bet this shift works well for them. It's a strategy that has worked for countless companies in the past. Instead of correcting toward price, Epson added more features and moved slightly upmarket. Last year's 2250 was a good projector, but overpriced. The Optoma UHD35 certainly moved the needle, as have a few projectors since. It wasn't long ago that a "budget" 4K projector still meant more than $2,000. The Epson has significantly more zoom range and lens shift, as well as better video processing. The Optoma's colors are good, but the Epson's are more accurate. The UHD35 maxed out at approximately 1,500 lumens to the Epson's 2,000. Even without it on hand, we can deduce a lot from its measurements and the issues I found during my review. It's roughly the same price as the 2350, it's also 4K, but uses DLP instead of LCD. Unfortunately, I didn't have the Optoma UHD35 on hand to directly compare. Since the 2350 does look sharper than the vanilla 1080p of the HC2250, we'll call this a win for the price. The 11000 is more detailed, but again, not as much as you might think. I briefly compared the 2350 to the LS11000, just to check the difference between the two versions of Epson's pixel shift technology. Perhaps most importantly, the BenQ currently costs about half the price of the 2350. The geriatric BenQ still surprisingly holds its own, despite being down on pixels, brightness and features. So overall, the 2350 is definitely an advancement over its predecessor, despite the disappointing decrease in contrast ratio. You can access the included streaming stick from removable panels on the top. With all three images adjacent, in order of detail was 2350 at the top, the the BenQ HT2050, then the 2250 looking the softest. Shots with lots of motion the detail difference is less noticeable, though still there. Slower moving images, especially closeups of faces, look even sharper still. However, the Epson has twice as many pixels on screen so despite those pixels arriving via pixel shift tech and 1080p LCD panels, the 2350 is definitely sharper. There's no motion blur so images with lots of motion tend to look sharper on DLP projectors. The Epson is LCD to the BenQ's DLP, and DLP greatest strength is its ultra-sharp images. While the 2350 is 4K to the BenQ's 1080p, the difference in sharpness wasn't as hugely noticeable as you might think. This isn't as huge a difference compared with the difference with contrast and brightness, but it is notable. The colors on the 2350 are more accurate and more vibrant than either of the other projectors here. Not washed out, but not as punchy as either of the other two.Ĭontrast is one of, if not the, most important single performance metric for a projector, but it's not the only metric. There's a reason we still recommend the BenQ after so many years, and that reason is contrast. With bright content this is less obvious, but the BenQ has much more apparent depth than either Epson. Letterbox bars that are quite dim on the BenQ are noticeable on the 2250 and visibly lighter (not good) on the 2350. The older 2250 has a contrast ratio half what the BenQ can produce, with the 2350 a third of the 2250. In addition, Laser projectors generate less heat than their lamp-based counterparts.The contrast ratio, however, was by far the most noticeable difference and not in a good way. Thus, you can use this projector for over a decade and not worry about a dying lamp. Unlike regular projectors that offer 2000-5000 hours of lamp life, the Epson LS300 can offer up to 20,000 hours of life span. It weighs around 16 pounds because it has numerous lenses essential for ultra short throw projection. Laser TVs are heavy compared to other projectors, and the Epson LS300 is no exception. Hence, to keep the price low, the Epson LS300 has average design and built quality. A feature-packed Laser TV costs over $3500. Ultra short throw projectors, or Laser TVs as they’re popularly called, are a costly affair. Compared to regular projectors that need a distance of several feet to create a projection, UST projectors only need a few inches. You can place a UST projector on a TV console, and you’re good to go. The best part of using a UST projector is that you don’t need additional work to set it up. On the other hand, you can get a 120-inch TV experience from Epson that costs less than $2000. For comparison, a 100-inch TV starts upwards of $2500.
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