BenQ America today announced the availability of its new budget-friendly HT1070A home theater projector. Calibrated by BenQ’s dedicated engineering team to achieve the Rec. 709 standard, the HT1070A’s 1080p full HD resolution beams brilliant color for home entertainment applications. BenQ says that the BenQ HT1070A was uniquely engineered to bust inferior image quality hurdles. It […]

Optoma has launched the IntelliGO-S1 — a projector that includes the Android OS with Aptoide Open Source App store features more than 700,000 apps, including Amazon, HBO GO, Hulu, Netflix, Pandora and Spotify, all downloadable to the projector’s 8 GB memory. A built-in media player also enables easy playback via USB drive or Micro SD […]

BenQ America today announced its latest 1080p home entertainment projector, the MH530FHD. Designed as an entertainment/family room projector, it’s spec’d at 3,300 ANSI lumens with a contrast ratio of 15000:1 and it’s only $549.The BenQ MH530FHD is native 1080p (1920×1080), does 3D and includes a decently short-throw lens that allows a 100” image from just 5.6′ from the screen. A dedicated Quick […]

SIM2 is now shipping its NERO 4 projector. The NERO 4 uses the new 0.67” DLP UHD 4K (3840×2160) chipset from Texas Instruments as well as a pure-glass telecentric lens. SIM2 says that special coatings have been applied to the optical components to enhance image and color performance. This is SIM2 Super Hi-Resolution Optics in […]

Sony Electronics announced today the VPL-VZ1000ES ultra-short throw 4K HDR home theater projector. Sony’s latest is High Dynamic Range (HDR) compatible, native 4K resolution (4096×2160) laser-phosphor-based light source projector that can be positioned as little as 6 inches away from the wall and project a 100 inch image (measured diagonally in 16:9.). The VPL-VZ1000ES is […]

Vivitek’s new H5098 is being promoted as a professional-grade projector for home cinema. It’s a native 1080p resolution that’s spec’d at 50,000:1 contrast ratio and 2,000 ANSI lumens using single-chip DLP technology with BrilliantColor. The H5098 can be installed on the ceiling with a choice of five different lenses, to cover the different projection throw […]

BenQ America today announced that the HT6050 home theater projector has achieved the THX HD Display certification. The first single-chip projector to achieve certification, the Colorific HT6050 delivers Rec. 709 color fidelity. BenQ says that getting the HT6050 is the result of over 18 months of engineering development comprising 200 THX laboratory tests of more […]

Epson Europe has introduced three new home theater projectors, the EH-TW7300, EH-TW9300, EH-TW9300W, which have been designed to offer 4K enhancement, UHD Blu-ray and high dynamic range support, motorized optics and lens position memory. These HDR compatible home cinema projectors combine the latest imaging technologies to bring movies to life with extra detail. They feature […]

Optoma today is launching its HD142x 1080p home theater projector. Saying it has better color and contrast an improved lamp life and a smaller form factor than it’s predecessor, the HD141x, the Optoma HD142x has an added sRGB color mode (for Rec.709 HDTV broadcast spec colors). Features of the Optoma HD142x include: Both Rec.709 and […]

Sony Electronics announced the launch of its new Full HD 3D home theater projector, the VPL-HW45ES, aimed at home theaters. The VPL-HW45ES home theater projector uses Sony’s SXRD panels and advanced Reality Creation technology. Aimed at those taking their first step into the home projector market, the $2000 home theater projector has a front-facing exhaust […]

Sony Electronics is showcasing their latest in 4K home theater projection in the form of the VPL-VW5000ES. Unveiled at last year’s CEDIA Expo, the VPL-VW5000ES is the first projector designed specifically for home cinema use that features 4K resolution powered by a laser light engine that provides 5,000 lumens of brightness, is compatible with High Dynamic Range (HDR), emulates the new BT.2020 color […]

BenQ America today introduced its new line of home theater projectors: the HT2050, HT3050 and HT4050. Designed to bring the big screen experience into the living room, the projectors leverage the Rec. 709 HDTV standard to accurately reproduce what BenQ calls “Cinematic Color” to the home. With native HD 1080p resolution (1920×1080), the lineup has […]

Vivitek has announced two new 1080p home theater projectors in the form of the H1186 and H1188 — both spec’d at 2,000 ANSI lumens,  a 50,000:1 contrast ratio using Texas Instruments’ DLP DarkChip3. The Vivitek H1188 includes something called VividMotion technology that allows the smoothing of the picture during a fast pan movement that they […]

Epson’s new Home Cinema 3500 is a 1080p home theater projector that uses 3LCD technology. It projects at 2,500 lumens of color brightness and 2,500 lumens of white brightness as well as has a 70,000:1 contrast ratio. The compact projector features two built-in, 10-watt stereo speakers. Epson is promoting it as a “place the projector […]

Wolf Cinema has just launched three new DLP based front projectors for home theater applications: the SDC-6, the SDC-20 and the SDC-25, an LED-based home theater projection system. All three new models are available immediately. The 1920×1080 resolution SDC-6 is spec’d at 3,500 ANSI and includes the company’s ProScaler MK III outboard video processor. It’s […]

BenQ America’s newest projector, the W770ST, is a $650 short-throw home entertainment projector. Using a native 1280×720 DLP chip, the short-throw W770ST projects an image 62 inches wide at 40 inches from the screen and is integrated with a 10-watt speaker — so it’s pretty much designed as a “take it out of the closet and […]

Today Acer announced a new home theater projector, the Acer H6500. The 1080p H6500 offers 2,100 ANSI lumens in brightness, which can be dimmed to 1,680 lumens to save power, and has a specified contrast ratio of 10,000:1. Inputs include composite, component, USB, D-Sub and HDMI, plus a multiple-PC source input so several PCs can […]

Sony’s new flagship home theater projector (since there are rumors everywhere that they’re about to dump the overpriced VW200) is shipping, the VPL-VW70.  Like its predecessors, the VW70 has two HDMI ports, a component video port and a few other useless ports for stuff no one uses any more in a home theater, but one […]