Epson Home Cinema 5030UB

image quality, noise, usability, price, design

95% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

The ; projector can deliver great dark-room images yet has enough light output for moderately lit rooms; achieves darker blacks than last year's version; excellent color accuracy; ample shadow detail; plenty of features including motorized lens cover,...

Black levels not quite as deep as somewhat more expensive D-ILA competitors; auto iris required for peak performance.

The Epson 5030UB projector is better then ever, with excellent picture quality for the money and class-leading light output, making it shine in both dark and moderately lit rooms.

The ; projector can deliver great dark-room images yet has enough light output for moderately lit rooms; achieves darker blacks than last year's version; excellent color accuracy; ample shadow detail; plenty of features including motorized lens cover,...

Black levels not quite as deep as somewhat more expensive D-ILA competitors; auto iris required for peak performance.

The Epson 5030UB projector is better then ever, with excellent picture quality for the money and class-leading light output, making it shine in both dark and moderately lit rooms.

Brightest 1080p, 3D capable projector we've seen ; Relatively clean 3D (limited crosstalk - depending on 3D glasses settings) ; Excellent black level performance (2D and 3D) ; 3D glasses are some of the lightest, and brightest, plus they are RF and...

A lack of motorized lens features, so no "Lens Memory" for working easily with 2.35:1 wide screens ; One of the noisier projectors at full power, but not particularly so, but enough to annoy the most "noise adverse" among us ; Some folks with dark...

What's not to like? The Home Cinema 5030 UB, and UBe version offer minor performance improvements over last year's Epson UB projectors. There is only one other projector in the $2000 to $3500 range that is refreshed for this year, and that's the almost...