Hasta La Gadget!

We already snuck a peak at the European version of Epson’s Home Cinema 8500 UB (the EH-TW4400) and Pro Cinema 9500 UB (EH-TW5500) at the big IFA show in Berlin. Now they’re US official, and joined by newly anointed PowerLite Home Cinema 8100 and Pro Cinema 9100 models. The new 8100 doubles the reported contrast of the old 6100 (on paper anyway) which should equate to a visible black level improvement for an asking price of just $1,500 after $100 rebate — very reasonable for a Full HD home theater projector of Epson quality. The 9100 adds support for an anamorphic lens, ISF certification for professional setups, a bundled ceiling mount and spare E-TORL lamp, and a 3-year replacement warranty for a beefier $2,600. Expect the 8100 to hit US retail in October along side the “sub-$4,000” Pro Cinema 9500 UB while the 9100 lands in November with the “sub-$3,000” Home Cinema 8500 UB. Your holiday slide-shows will never be the same.

[Via The Art of Home Theater Projectors]

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Read — PowerLite Pro Cinema 9100 and 9500 UB

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Epson’s 2010 PowerLite Home and Pro Cinema projector lineup given US pricing, dates originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re still curious to see how well the integrated projector in Nikon’s Coolpix S1000pj does under real-world lighting and usage conditions, but it sure seems pretty in the controlled environment of the company’s IFA booth. The crew from Engadget Spanish say the novel cam is a lot thinner than you’d expect — check out the video and a gallery of sample shots after the break.

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Nikon Coolpix S1000pj hands-on at IFA originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Panasonic’s PT-AE3000 has gone over quite well in the home theater space, with its 1080p resolution and gorgeous image quality winning over more than a few projector junkies. But given that there’s always room for improvement, the outfit has today introduced the PT-AE4000, an ever-so-slightly refreshed version that looks essentially identical to its predecessor. The Full HD native resolution and 1,600 ANSI lumens remain unchanged, though the contrast ratio has been bumped from 60,000:1 to 80,000:1 and Panny has outfitted it with a new “red rich lamp” and dynamic iris. Finally, this beamer supposedly eliminates those nasty Cinemascope issues that some users were seeing on the AE3000, though the estimated £2,000 ($3,255) asking price still feels a bit steep when you consider the alternatives.

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Panasonic issues mildly revamped PT-AE4000 1080p projector at IFA originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Don’t let your instinctual attraction to glossy items fool you. While the PJD2121 pico projector on the right is certainly the shiniest, it’s ViewSonic’s WPG-350 wireless gateway that we’re digging the most. Assuming you’ve pre-installed the appropriate software onto the pertinent Windows / OS X machine, connect the bridge to a VGA display of some sort, and stream all the 1024 x 768 presentation content you want over 802.11b/g/n WiFi. Sure, it’s not HD, but at $199, it’s not the worst value, either, and it’s still half-lustrous on the top. Looking back at the projector, the little DLP shiner boasts 800 x 600 output, 400 lumens, and a 1,800:1 contrast ratio. A $499 price tag definitely undercuts the Samsung offering we saw yesterday, but it’s still way pricey for SVGA.

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Read – WPG-350 product page

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ViewSonic debuts WPG-350 for WiFi video streaming, PJD2121 for portable SVGA projecting originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As we heard before, its 170 lumens is a bit brighter than the 151 lumens P400M predecessor, but otherwise the P410M is pretty much the same not-quite-pocket projector. The USB input is a nice touch, but the rep we spoke with didn’t know what codecs were supported at this point. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get a chance to see it in action, as the device suffered through some accident on the way to the event, but we did find out that it’s due out for public consumption next week for around $699. Pics for your perusal are just below.

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Samsung P410M pocket projector hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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