Hi Folks,
Over the past
weekend, I've had the pleasure of testing out one of Epson's top-of-the-line
Projection units, the EX9200 Pro Wireless WUXGA 3LCD Projector. I can hear a
whole segment of you saying, "finally". I know who you are, and the
functionality you desire, along with that of many other folks out there, was
the focus of this very review. We're going to take baby steps, as there is a
lot to cover here, but I thank many of you for your E-mails, telling me you
prefer how I did the last review, by adding in the relevant specs as we go, so
we'll stick with that. Our journey will take us through Compatibility and
Set-Up, Ease of Use, Quality, Portability, and then we'll go over some
additional cool factors and wrap it all together for you.
With these times the
way they are, everything starts with the mobile phone, so after unboxing the
projector, I got my mobile connected to the projector. All I needed to do was
scan one of those little QR codes and I
was connected. The setup was pretty straightforward I got it up and running
fast, with a fast coffee break in-between. Seriously, within a few minutes,
everything was connected up. Now, all of the connectors are on the back panel
of the projector, which keeps up with the need to manipulate the device during
the presentation. A very important and quite handy feature is that it does
support HDMI ports, which should be standard for most Projection units now, but
a quick scan online does not show not all Manufacturers are at that point yet.
Odd. Additionally, it will connect to your laptop, PC, or if you have a Mac to
connect directly. If you have a standard USB port in your system, it will
connect to them. Cables such as the USB cable is included in the box. It's
basically USB plug and play compatible with your PC or your Mac (as long as it
has the interfaces on it, as mine did, for testing),Overall, there's plenty of
compatibility built into the EX9200,and it shows Epson really did their
homework on this one. This unit also has a VGA port, RCA and Composite video
ports, some of these name you may be familiar with from having an older
television or an older VCR unit, however, they still come in quite handy for
folks that may have equipment not 100% up to today's standards, and this can
prevent an "Oops" moment when a visiting client wants to attach a
vintage laptop to the projector! Additionally, the system has built-in Wi-Fi
for wireless connections to your tablet, etc. As far as from the Compatibility
and Set-up, this gets an A-Plus...Straight Out of the Box, no mess no fuss, simple as pie. Here are some
related setup and compatibility specs:
Compatibility:
USB Plug 'n Play:
Projects audio and video
PC and Mac® compatible
Display Performance:
NTSC: 480 lines
PAL: 576 line
(Depends on observation of the multi-burst pattern)
Input Signal: NTSC / NTSC4.43 / PAL / M-PAL / N-PAL / PAL60 /
SECAM
Interfaces:
HDMI x 2 (1 supports MHL connectivity)
Computer/component video: D-sub 15 pin x 1
Composite video: RCA (Yellow) x 1
Audio in: RCA x 1 (White/Red)
USB connector Type A x 1: PC-free USB and other
USB connector Type B x 1: USB Plug 'n Play
Speaker: 2 W (mono)
Operating Temperature: 41° to 95° F (5° to 35° C)
Power Supply Voltage: 100 – 240 V ±10%, 50/60 Hz
Power Consumption:
ECO mode: 214 W
Normal mode: 291 W
Fan Noise:
ECO mode: 29 dB
Normal mode: 37 dB
Security:
Kensington®-style lock provision
Password protect function
As for ease-of-use,
anything that gets you up and about it doesn't keep you strapped down is a good
thing nowadays. This particular projector is no exception to that. The ability
of the EX9200 to utilize Wireless Technology allows you the ease and freedom to
move around anywhere within your conference room, for example. Additionally,
another great feature that makes your day that much easier is the fact that you
can take videos and share them directly from your phone or tablet or laptop,
because the EX9200 supports MHL enabled devices (including Chromecast, which is
very useful, since a lot of folks use that in today's world. There is also a
Remote Control, to further enhance your experience, and which allows you to move freely about
your conference room. The control is intuitive, and is in-line with Epson's
Straight-forward End-User facing dialogue/language. Here are some specs related
to usage/ease of usage:
Remote Control
Features: Source search selection, power, volume, e-zoom, A/V
Mute, freeze, menu, page up and down, help, auto, mouse functions
Operating Angle:
Right / Left: ±30 degrees
Upper / Lower: ±15 degrees
Operating Distance: 19.7 ft (6 m)
Now, before I jump
into the quality, I'm almost positive that many of you do not have friends with
light meters. But I'm the head geek here, so I do, and I contacted my friend
who has one and we were able to verify the amount of lumens, or the brightness
of the projector, as we came within a 3% range of the quantity of lumens stated
in the documentation. Very impressive! So, basically the quality of any
projector is really based around the brightness and the balance between the
light, white light and the color light. This unique balance is what helps bring
high resolution images. Interesting story; I'm an avid collector of coins and
baseball cards, as many of you know my CardboardandCoins.com website. So
basically, I spent quite some time using the different connections and settings
while looking over coins. One coin I had up was really a mess (you cannot clean
them...it's taboo in coin collecting). That particular coin was always
impossible to read, even at 60x power, however, once projected as an image I
took of the coin, I was able to make out all features of the coin that I never
saw before. Albeit a small image I used, the projector really went to work on
it, because the writing on the coin was equivalent at that point to 3 or 4
point printing. Not normally visible across a room, but this shows a tight
system with incredible eye for detail.
As for video
quality, Aces all-around. The best part was streaming and not seeing the
quality compromised by any means, as I switched Mode -to -Mode. I also
experienced the joy of new eye-sight once again in being able to read small print
on the projection at small sizes. Once
again, I'm still pretty shocked as I was able to see such small detail with
just black and white in earlier testing with whitish background. Basically, the
winning Factor here for Epson is D3 LCD3 technology that they used in their
projection system that makes it so robust and so incredible and brings
everything to life right in front of your very eyes. Now, some pretty detailed
specs for you regarding the quality of this protector:
HD 1080p content; plus enhanced connectivity
Projection System: 3LCD, 3-chip technology
Projection Method: Front / rear / ceiling mount
Driving Method: Epson Poly-silicon TFT Active Matrix
Pixel Number: 2,304,000 dots (1920 x 1200) x 3
Color Brightness (Color Light Output): 3200 lumens1
White Brightness (White Light Output): 3200 lumens1
Aspect Ratio: 16:10 native, supports 4:3 and 16:9
Native Resolution: 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA)
Resize: 800 x 600 (SVGA), 1024 x 768 (XGA), 1152 x 864
(SXGA), 1280 x 800 (WXGA), 1280 x 960 (SXGA2), 1280 x 1024 (SXGA3), 1440 x 900
(WXGA+), 1400 x 1050 (SXGA+), 1600 x 900 (WXGA++), 1680 x 1050 (WSXGA+)
Lamp Type: 200 W UHE
Lamp Life:ECO mode: Up to 10000 hours2
Normal mode: Up to 5000 hours2
Throw Ratio Range: 1.38 (Zoom:Wide), 1.68 (Zoom:Tele)
Size (projected distance): 30" – 300" (0.9 – 9.0 m)
Keystone Correction:
Automatic: Vertical: ±30 degrees
Manual: Horizontal: ±30 degrees (Easy-Slide Horizontal Image
Correction)
Contrast Ratio: Up to 15,000:1
Color Reproduction: Up to 1.07 billion colors
Projection Lens
Type: Optical zoom Manual zoom / Manual focus
F-number: 1.50 – 1.71
Focal Length: 20.42 – 24.50 mm
Zoom Ratio: Optical zoom 1.0 – 1.2
Some folks need to
travel to client sites for their work, and quite often, then need to give a
presentation when on site. If the client does not have a projector, your
presentation could turn into something evil, but when you have a projector that
weighs under 6 lbs, and also comes with its own carrying case, all options are
on the table for a successful presentation. Should you decide to mount the unit
in your office, the unit is not going to bend brackets and require special
braces or hinges, as it just does not weigh that much. Also, in terms of the
Unit's exterior, it's a space-saver and a very sleek-looking unit.
Some related Specs:
Including feet: 11.7" x 9.6" x 3.2" (W x D x
H)
Excluding feet: 11.7" x 9.6" x 3.0" (W x D x
H)
Weight: 5.7 lb (2.4 kg)
I wanted to share
with you something very cool that I noticed about the projector, which was the
ability to create a split screen, allowing you to see images from two different
sources, and you can jump back and forth between the images with one button.
It's pretty cool if you're trying to demonstrate two different perspectives or
two different items at the same time to a room. I think that just the fact that
it's so lightweight and versatile, and the resolution is so high, and it's
extremely bright are all wonderful factors, and I won't mention to you again
how impressed I was seeing the detail on that coin, but I have to say that was
really the selling point for me! Now, if you run a Sports Card Shop, for
example, and let's say you were looking to have a protection unit going and
images or video streaming in high resolution, this should certainly be a projector
for you. If you are a Realtor, for example, if you are the host in the targeted
client seminar, you may want to jump back and forth between a couple of
properties to have a high-resolution image cast for them.
In summary, I'd just
like to say that it was a pleasure testing with all of you. I, personally, was
not aware of the true high-resolution, high level of brightness, the easy
compatibility, and all the wonderful features that would be available. The
EX9200 projector is certainly a unit that you would be proud of in an office to
own and use in front of clients and it shows that you are Cutting Edge and
ahead of the Curve and it is also efficient, in that it does not require too
much in the form of user intervention, aside from the person operating the
projector. With the benefits you derive from using the EX9200, I can only hope
that it brings you scores of new business and clients.
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Have a Great Week, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !
Regards,
Rob Eisenstein
HomeRun Homes - Rent to Own Homes, since 2002
"Located at the Corner of Technology and Real Estate"
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