Epson EH-TW480 720P HD HDMI Projector Great value HD-ready projector This is the perfect projector for gamers, sports fans or real film buffs that really want to have the benefits of going big, but at an affordable price. The Epson EH-TW480 delivers really rich colours & sharp images so you can really see every detail, & all at a great price. It uses award winning 3LCD technology so that you can create the home cinema experience that will be the envy of your friends. You can project larger than 300 inches, big enough to have all your friends round to watch a film, enjoy the footie or play games against each other on the big screen. This projector delivers a 3, 000:1 ratio & has a White & Colour Light Output of up to 2, 800 lumens, which means that when you’re playing video games, watching films or cheering on your sports team during the day, you no longer have to sit in the dark to see properly. Video game colour mode designed to greatly enhance gameplay & enjoyment for gamers Easy to use Getting started is as simple as 1-2-3. You can have the projector set up in a few easy steps. It even has a manual horizontal slider & automatic vertical keystone correction. This means you can project at any angle – the projector does not need to be straight in front of the screen. Clever technology lets you align the picture with a few button presses. You can connect to your television, Blu-ray, DVD, PC or games console. Specifically for gamers, there is a video game colour mode, which greatly enhances gameplay & enjoyment. If you have holiday snaps on a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory stick, you can simply plug this into the projector card reader & create your own slideshow – much better than friends & family crowding round your PC trying to see. On the move With its slim, lightweight design you can take this projector anywhere you go. It only weighs 2.3kg & comes with a handy carry case that can be carried on your shoulder. It looks good with a sleek & modern design, & will fit into any stylish living room. It also comes with a 1.8-metre power cable, a remote control with batteries, & an easy to follow set-up guide. The user-friendly keystone slider, ideal for quick adjustments to display settings Peace of mind Gamers, film enthusiasts & sports fans can enjoy HD-ready content much longer with the lamp’s long 5, 000-hour lifespan & two-year warranty. Why choose a 3LCD projector? As the number one projector manufacturer in Europe 1, Epson leads the market in the development of projector technology. Epson projectors use a 3LCD projection engine to deliver bright, clear images that are rich in detail & colour. Many of Epsons competitors use 1-chip DLP™2 projector systems, which create thousands of pulses of coloured light per second. They do this by shining lamp light through red, green, blue & white 3 parts of a rotating colour wheel. These light pulses are then reflected by a DMD™4 device, which is on a hinge & has a tiny mirror for each pixel of the image. The series of rapid colour bursts is then projected onto the screen. The viewers brain cant pick out the individual flickers
- it mixes the basic colours that appear in succession in each pixel to come up with the final colour the viewer sees. Epsons 3LCD system works differently, using a combination of dichroic mirrors to separate the white light from the projector lamp into red, green & blue light. Each of the three light colours is then passed through its own LCD panel & recombined using a prism before being projected onto the screen. With 1-chip DLP technology, colour break-up or the rainbow effect can sometimes be seen. This occurs when the eye perceives the individual colours, & is a result of the colours being projected sequentially by the colour wheel. Epsons 3LCD technology avoids this by including all three basic colours in each pixel of the projection, delivering superior Colour Light Output thats easier on the eyes.