Boasting a new trapezoidal correction system which is used to tune the image without the need for the remote.
USB port for direct projection of data.
We've put the Epson W12 data projector on HCC because it may be a good way to get started on home cinema if you're on a tight budget.
With a reasonable amount of light in the room the W12 will do a good job.
If your use is data projection / presentations, for the money you'll find it hard to go past the Epson because it uses 3-LCD not DLP. (No spinning wheel)
3-LCD Facts
High Color Light Output
With the fast-paced development of high-definition, rich color video and projection content, the quality and impact of the color produced by a projector has become extremely important.
To date, buyers and users have had no way to determine if their projector is capable of producing rich, vivid color. Color Light Output addresses this issue and provides an important picture-quality indicator for classrooms, conference rooms and living rooms.
What is Color Light Output?
Color Light Output (CLO) is a specification that provides never before available information about a projector’s ability to deliver color. Developed by color scientists using the same approach as White Light Output (Brightness) measurement, Color Light Output provides the buyer additional information about color.
Why is Color Light Output Important?
Color Light Output is critically important because it measures the brightness of Red, Green and Blue. Red, Green and Blue create white when combined in the right proportions.
They also comprise the input signal that tells your projector how to reproduce the color image. If a projector produces bright Red, Green and Blue that when combined equal the brightness of white, then beautifully balanced color is possible.
Color Light Output provides users with a way to evaluate projector color output and make better buying decisions.
Understanding Brightness and Color
Current product specifications such as Brightness (or White Light Output), Contrast Ratio and Resolution give no information regarding a projector’s ability to reproduce color.
There are vast differences in the Color Performance of projectors on the market today.
"..Technical presentations demand high quality image detail and clarity, along with accurate representations of projected content. Color Light Output, when balanced with White Light Output, delivers detail, accuracy, and color clarity.
For image impact, branding, and communications quality, Color Light Output also matters, because it projects images, graphics, multimedia content, and video in the ways content developers intended."
If you want real home cinema and you're very fussy about image quality this is not the projector for you. You will have to spend a little more.
The W12 offers all you need in an entry level data projector.
The small improvements are such because there was not a lot wrong with the W10.
It never hurts to have more brightness (unless you’re in a dark room and it's wasted). This projector can double as an entry level home cinema projector because it is wide screen the same as digital TV.
The main difference between home theatre and data models is the tradeoff between brightness and real contrast ratio.
With a lot of ambient light you need a lot of ANSI lumens and the contrast ratio is not so important (How can you project black? Think about it more) whereas in a darkened room what you need is real contrast performance = ANSI CR (not the bogus on/off kind) so you can see the different subtle shades as in someone wearing a black suite etc.
So the EB W12 review means you can do a great job of protecting the footy when you're not using the projector in the board room.
Epson are very popular in data projectors. With the W12 you're getting a lot of projector for the money.
The EB W12 is a work horse you can take home to watch a DVD or TV in your lounge room. The contrast ratio is about 1/10th of most entry level home theatre projectors but you won't notice this if the lights are on.
Data projectors like the W12 are big on what you need in a well lit room, brightness.
If you have a cinema room this is not the best choice, if you have a board room the Epson EB W12 is a good entry level choice.
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