Epson PowerLite 77c 2200 Lumen Multimedia Projector

Good picture quality even in high light areas, quick start-up and I love the quick shut down option

The replacement bulbs are also reasonably priced. Good device for the money, a little more bulky than some but I'll take it to get the extra lumens.

This is an excellent medium priced projector that provides a very bright image, visible in rooms that cannot be darkened totally. The colors on the screen compare favorably with what I see on my Apple laptop, a number of other projectors I tried failed this important requirement. The unit is lightweight and compact, it travels well. My only concern is the high temperature, it is important not to block any of the ventilation vents The projector displays a warning message if overheating. So far I am very pleased with my choice.

While this is not the most expensive video projector on the market - it is more than adequate to meet the needs of most small businesses. It is not the smallest or lightest - but the price... you cannot fault it. Easy use of controls on the machine - the remote is a bit oversized with small buttons - but that works for us - as we have lost several remotes in the past that were postage stamp size because different people use them. The cost of the replacement bulb at under $200 is a big plus - my advice is to buy a spare and keep in stock. Colors are great and it is bright enough for room lit showing of presentations. Excellent buy for the money.

After reading a variety of reviews, including those on Amazon, I bought this to show my Beginning Digital Photo classes how to work with digital images in PhotoShop and PhotoShop Elements.

Setup was a matter of hooking up the cables and turning on my laptop. The projection is plenty bright for computer screen reading, even in a moderately bright room. For photo editing, no surprise, the room needs to be pretty dark. ( I can't imagine any projector being so bright that photos would be really good in a light room! ) I'm projecting an 8 foot width, which works fine for my class size. All icons and text are plenty legible.

The class, ranging from young to retired, are all very impressed with the image quality (and my photos ([...] ), of course!).

We've also watched a couple DVD's with it at home, which worked very well. My son had to try some games, so he hooked up his Xbox, and spent a couple hours playing his favorites on a 12 foot wall. This also worked very well, he wasn't altogether pleased when I took it back.

I also recommended this model to our local library, for use in one of the community meeting rooms.

I can't imagine a nicer projector for the money.

Before buying this projector, I did a lot of research and tried several other projectors as well. The most impressive one to me is Dell 4100MP which is out of production. I think this projector is amazing in this price range. It has very good image quality, vivid color, very very low or almost no noise, amazingly low heat. Notice that for some 'better' projectors, noise and heat can be the problems.

You may have noticed this projector has very low contrast. Yes this projector's image is not as sharp as some other projectors with higher contrasts, but this differece is really ok for me though I was so worried about the contrast before buying it.

Now I realize that brightness is more important than contrast. This projector is still not bright enough, so I have to keep the room dark to get better image quality. So if you can afford a more expensive projector, make sure the brightness is over 2000 lumen and the contrast is over 1000 (2000 should be ideal). Also be aware of the heat problem, because you expect to use your projector every season, don't you?

By the way, I haven't bought a projector screen, so the performance was evaluated on the wall... But I am already pretty satisfied with it.