EpsonHome Cinema 3700 1080p 3LCD Home Theater Projector

This replaced a BenQ W1200 that I'd had for a long time. Very impressed with this Epson. Very bright... even to the point that it's possible to watch during the daytime with the blinds pulled. Contrast is great.Most of the features are worthless, but that's par for the course on projectors. Manufacturers pack in tons of crap just to check boxes, but no one uses them.The feature I really love is how you adjust the screen edges. In addition to the traditional trapezoid, it also has a mode where you can move each corner individually. OMG! Such a huge time saver.The sideways shifting of the image was also helpful because I mounted this to a drop-arm that was already on the ceiling and it was off by an inch or two. Saved me having to move the whole thing. The zoom is also solid.

The Good:It is a light cannonGood color saturationExcellent lens shift rangeThe Not So Good:The 3D has notable ghosting and motion artifacts, regardless of what glasses I used (tried Epson's as well as Sony and a Chinese off-brand) and regardless of various projector settings.Strangely, the professional magazine reviews claim excellent 3D performance and virtually no ghosting, but the vast majority of online user reviews complain of unresolvable and unacceptable 3D crosstalk.The user reviews are correct.The crosstalk also has the effect of making details look blurry. If you want 3D, DLP is the way to go. DLP pixels can move exponentially faster than LCD pixels, hence zero crosstalk inherent in the imaging chip.Also, the contrast is a little bit lacking. Yes, the dynamic iris can give you better blacks in dark scenes. But dark areas in bright scenes look slightly washed out, as the iris cannot help you there and performance is limited by the native contrast of the LCD and optics.In Dynamic Cinema mode after calibration, I was able to get a nice pop with acceptable if not great contrast.Also, if you turn the Epson super white function off (as it is by default) almost ALL white levels are clipped on a 255-step contrast test panel, regardless of where you set the contrast! Thus, you absolutely need to have the Epson white feature on. (This was true for both Cinema modes, other modes not tested).In summary, if you want 3D, go with DLP. Nothing else can do it right.If you want great brightness and performance for standard fare at this price, the projector looks quite good post-calibration, despite leaving you slightly wanting for more contrast

Unit is big but looks good. My living room looks like a professional movie theater. The unit was easy to mount to the ceiling. Setup was easy also. I was watching a movie within 10 mins of first powering up. The vertical lens shift came in very handy. I didn't use any horizontal lens shift or keystone correction. But every installation is different. I line up the projector to the screen as best as I can during installation so startup would be easy.Brightness was ok. I have yet to try it during the day. I have two sky lights that this projector has to overcome. That's one of the reasons I went for the 3700 model which had a 3000 lumens brightness instead of the lower brightness models.Unit is quiet. I didn't hear any loud fan noises at all.I'll update this review after a few months.... but so far, I'm loving this projector.

I bought this projector because the other one I have works so well. I use them both to watch tv. However, at the 2-year mark, the speaker went out on this model. Less than a week later, the picture went out. The speakers are never set to a very loud level but, the projector itself does get daily use for typically 7-8 hours. The warranty expired just before I started having problems. I’ll contact Epson today to see what they will do about it, if anything, and update my review. In the meantime, you may want to purchase an extended warranty if you purchase this item.

Very Bright and sharp picture, very happy with it so far. 120" screenUPDATE Went from 5* to 1* 0 if I could. Less than 4 years later, less that 1500 hours on it. Started being very slow for the light to come on and I can't find a decent replacement bulb available for it. 😡

I bought this product from Best Buy for the convenience of their Geek Squad protectionGenerally I like it very much. It gives you almost exquisite control over the image. I was afraid of fan noise but it's almost negligible. It does put out a lot of heat, and I'm a little worried about what this will do to the temperature of the room where I set it up, in the summer. The quality of the sound from the speakers is okay. Nice picture, it's viewable during the day with ambient light in the room although it looks kind of washed out. At night it's fine.My two major problems:When I brought it home, unboxed it, took off the lens cap, and fired it up, THERE WAS DUST ON THE LENS, plainly visible when the projector is running. Dust. IT CAME FROM THE FACTORY WITH DUST ON THE LENS. Terrible quality control. RIDICULOUS. I don't want to touch the lens and the instructions scare me -- "wipe it gently with camera lens cleaning paper." I am sure this runs a risk of scratching it. And the instructions say not to spray the lens with canned air spray because the propellant could create a film over the lens surface. So NOW what do I do?Second item -- I am a little surprised at the limited zoom capability. I have the projector on one end of a large bedroom and painted the opposite wall with digital screen paint. With the projector zoomed all the way out for maximum image size, it's still kind of small. I was expecting a much large expansion zoom capability.