LONG BEACH, Calif. – March 19, 2015 – With basketball and hockey playoffs quickly approaching, bring home the game with the versatile Epson® Home Cinema 3500 1080p home theater projector. Whether you’re a basketball or hockey fanatic, the portable Home Cinema 3500 creates a bright, big-screen experience. The Home Cinema 3500 comes complete with incredible image quality in 2D and 3D with Full HD 1080p on screens up to 300-inches and built-in stereo sound that you can set up in minutes virtually anywhere.

“Simply plug in your cable or satellite box as you would on any TV, and the Home Cinema 3500 brings the game to you, projecting an immersive image with enhanced details on a big screen,” said Jason Palmer, marketing manager, Epson America. “With its compact design, ease-of-use and built-in tools, the projector enables sports fans of all flavors to root for their favorite teams in just about any environment in a matter of minutes.”

The Home Cinema 3500 offers a range of features and capabilities to create the ultimate game-day viewing experience this season:

• Big Screens for Big Plays: Never miss the defining play with the Home Cinema 3500’s 3LCD technology, delivering incredibly bright colors on screens up to 36 times larger than a 50-inch flat panel. Offering 2,500 lumens of color brightness and 2,500 lumens of white brightness1 and up to 70,000:1 contrast ratio, the Home Cinema 3500 creates a larger-than-life viewing experience that will make you feel like you’re sitting courtside.

• Take the Madness with You: With College basketball playoffs in full swing, take the madness and your Home Cinema 3500 with you almost anywhere. The compact projector features two built-in 10-watt stereo speakers with lifelike sound, allowing you to place the projector on a table or even on a tight shelf space. In addition, seven built-in color modes allow users to optimize the projected image, whether you’re in a well-lit living room, in the backyard or in the garage for a game day party.

• Slam Dunk Streaming:Whether it’s basketball or hockey this season, the versatile Home Cinema 3500 can bring an immersive, Full HD 1080p big-screen experience to the living room with effortless connection to today’s popular media streaming devices including the Amazon Fire TV, Apple® TV, Google Chromecast, Roku® Stick or other device. Stream sports live from hundreds of network channels and root for your team on a giant screen.

Availability and Support

The Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3500 ($1,599.99 MSRP) is available through select retailers nationwide and the Epson online store. The projector comes with Epson’s top-of-the-line service and support, including a two-year limited warranty with Epson Extra CareSM Home Service program and toll-free access to Epson’s PrivateLine® priority technical support (US and Canada only), 90-day limited lamp warranty, and one-year limited warranty on the RF 3D glasses.