With so many projectors vying for your attention in the coming months, it's inevitable that there will be winners and losers along the way. But by pretty much rewriting the LCD projection rule book for the second time in three months, it's hard to...

Bold, bright colours and whites ; decent black levels ; 1080p spec ; smooth motion

Set-up could be simpler ; skin tones are a little ruddy ; not the last word in detail

Good, but not quite good enough to match the best. Find a good deal, and it’s worth investigating

No-nonsense design ; Lots of features ; Easy and flexible to setup ; Produces the finest LCD pictures yet

More expensive than rivals ; Occasionally loses focus a little, requiring readjustment

Quite simply, this is the best LCD projector that we have ever seen and illustrates that LCD is not the poor relation when done right

Epson’s flagship projector proves in no uncertain terms that LCD fully deserves a seat at the high-end home cinema table

Full support for Blu-ray and DVD, Black levels the best in the business, Excellent video processing features

Uniform, bright illumination., Sharp picture with excellent colours., Outstanding 24p reproduction., Crisp motion depiction., Excellent contrast., 2.1x zoom with lens-shift.

Slight green tint., LCD pixel raster slightly visible.

Man, that’s quite a projector! Numerous small improvements on its predecessor result in an impressive overall performance. Even our experienced reviewers were left speechless by the grandiose contrast, crisp motion depiction, and versatile lens-shift...

Excellent picture quality when using the direct colour mode. Bright and evenly lit picture. Easy to use remote and options.

Takes a minute to warm up. Is bigger than I thought. Is a bit noisy when not in ECO mode. The focus wheel is hard to adjust precisely. The colour space is flattened when using a mode other than direct - which is very annoying.