Epson Home Cinema 2250 3LCD Full HD 1080p Projector with Android TV, Streaming Projector, Home Theater Projector, 10W Speaker, Image Enhancement, Frame Interpolation, 70,000:1 contrast ratio, HDMI

After a poor experience with one of the cheap projectors on Amazon, I bit the bullet and just ordered the Home Cinema 2250. Though I have no meaningful frame of reference, I have to say that Im very satisfied. Random thoughts follow; 1. I have a pitch black room, and the projector is too bright in normal mode. Lights up the room a bit. Perfect in eco mode. 2. Sound is loud, and of fine quality. I think the criticism is unfair. No, the speakers arent going to outperform a hifi system, but theyre more than adequate for showing the kids a movie in the yard, or something. Youll want external speakers for your home theater, but, you already knew that. 3. Image quality; its fine. I can tell its not 4k, but for the price, I can live with that. Resolution aside, it looks great to me. 4. I dont notice the fans when a movie is playing, so I guess they arent too loud. 5. Google TV is meh, but, epson made it trivial to replace the built-in google TV stick. I LOVE that. I replaced it with my roku stick. Works perfectly, other than needing 2 remotes. Its like having a projector with built-in Roku TV. 5. It just works. The only issues Ive had have been with the Google TV dongle, and have had no issues since replacing that with a Roku stick.

I think this projector produces a very bright and clear image. Easily viewable in a bright, sunlit room with a horizontal viewing size of at least 10 feet. For the most part, thats all that needs to be said about a projector to make it worth purchasing. There are cons to this projector that are worth down rating it from a 5 star: 1) There are two remotes (an infrared (IR) and a radio frequency (RF) controller). Both are required because each has different functionality. Very strange. 2) The initial setup was pretty confusing. Not the hardware setup. That was straight forwards. When you turn on the projector and try to use the projector the first time, the menus and setup walk through were pretty cumbersome and quite annoying. 3) The built in audio is pretty garbage. This is expected though. I still need to try with a Bluetooth sound bar. All of that said, the picture is still worth the hassle. 3 separate color sources makes the image very clean and bright. I filled an entire wall with the projected image, in a room with sky lights in the middle of the day and the images were clear (only very slightly washed out). It only got better at night... ;)

So first things first. We ordered the refurbished one. The first one sent to us had the Android TV adapter and remote in a locked situation and did not communicate with each other. We could get to the projector;s menu and select options but it was stuck at the Welcome screen and could not select a language and setup the WiFi, etc. We looked everywhere with every type of keywords for a fix. No steps, no videos anywhere. We called Amazon tech support which had no idea what was going on so they sent a second unit thinking this unit was bad. The second one was also refurbished. When we tried it, it had the same issue, so at this point we thought this was an US issue and not the unit. Amazon tech support again had no idea how to help us. We had them call up EPSON technicians and they put us through to someone who was on-call at home. The guy was very helpful and actually figure it out. There are two remotes. One for the projector and a second one for the Android adapter. You dont need the second remote unless you are going to connect the Android adapter to non-smart TV or an amplifier (as weve seen in videos) otherwise, the projectors remote is all you need. So the way to make the projectors remote to communicate with the Android TV adapter is to: 1. Press and hold the BACK button and the RIGHT selector (wheel) for 30 seconds. 2. Turn OFF the projector. 3. UNPLUG the power cord from the projector and wait another 30 seconds. 4. Plug the power cord IN. 5. Turn the unit ON. 6. Wait for the WELCOME screen again. You should be able to select options on the Welcome screen now. Hope this helps out.

I had another epson projector before this and unfortunately the HDMI port started failing. I was going to try a DLP projector by BenQ or Optoma but wasn’t sure how I would do with the color wheels. Decided to take a chance on another Epson. The picture is amazing, VERY detailed and bright. I have a fairly light controlled room and a decent screen (1.1 gain pure white). The colors are very vivid and seem color accurate. There is only 1 HDMI port on this (vs my other projector which had 2 - and yes both failed). It does have built-in speakers which could work in a pinch but not enough for home theatre listening. Setup was easy, it does come with 2 remotes (1 for pure projector function and another for the android TV). I did a front ceiling mount which wasn’t fun because I mounted it first and then did setup upside down and backwards (so set it up on a table first before mounting). It wanted WiFi passwords, Google accounts, etc. All in all, I got this on prime day during a great sale so I paid 1/2 what I did for my previous projector and it’s honestly better. Great value for the money.

Excellent picture quality and features. Using a 24 ft HDMI cable on a switching device with TV. I heard someone in a review speculating on projector having issues on long HDMI cables but you can put that to rest. Could have been a compatibility issue for him . I have been enjoying the projector since I bought it months ago and very happy.

Amazing picture quality and features at this price!! We use this in our living room as a tv replacement. Very bright picture despite lots of ambient light. 120 inch diagonal screen with projector ceiling mounted 14 feet back. Built in streaming, bluetooth, Frame Interpolation and Picture Enhancement. Not to mention 10 memory saves if you want to set up different modes based on light control and media your watching. I have it paired with an Elite Cinegray screen and the picture is leaps and bounds above two previous projectors we had. Tremendous color and brightness right out of the box but I tweaked a few settings to personal taste. Im still holding out on purchasing a 4K projector as the technology and prices evolve. I highly recommend this model for anyone in the same boat or on a budget. You wont be disappointed!! Movies, streaming, and games all look outstanding!!

My room is 12 wide x 17 long x 9 vaulted ceiling PRO: - Powerful ZOOM from 16 throw and its still bright onto a 150 screen. - Powerful zoom eliminates oversplash (gray border around the picture) - size is still portable - builtin smart TV apps like Youtube, Amazon Prime, and Netflix work but they slightly stutter (still watchable). CON: - no ethernet port - builtin smart TV slightly stutters (ADVICE: Get an Apple TV 4K and use wired ethernet) - builtin smart TV HULU pauses so much that its unusable

This is my second Epson projector. I spent literally months learning about lumens and contrast ratios and a bunch of other stuff. The deal breaker or should I say deal maker for me was when this dropped from 999 to 799. Upon arrival, I replaced my older Epson projector with this one. Right out the gate it was obvious that a higher contrast ratio makes a huge difference regardless of lumen output. This one doesnt come close to the 4000 or 5000 lumen projectors I was looking at, but that really doesnt matter when the contrast ratio is this high as this one is. I used to have to close all the blinds, all the doors, all the lights, basically everything had to be as darkest possible during the the day to see the other projector, especially when its showing a nighttime view or a dark scene. This one allows me to leave Windows wide open doors wide open and I can still actually see clearly during night time scenes on TV shows and movies. Dont get me wrong its not as bright as a television, but its bright enough to see whats going on as opposed to guessing. This projector is probably the best value for a sub $1,000 projector. I have never experienced the rainbow effect because these projectors simply dont do it, but I was tempted with the BenQ projectors with the higher lumen ratings. Now I dont care anymore because I understand that its all about the contrast ratio, not the lumens.

The picture is great. Comparing other projectors I tried (under 1000 dollar & 1080p), Espon 2200 &2250 has best color performance ( including brightness and color recovery). However, the fan noise is rather loud than I expected so as the heat. It should be pretty normal considering it has 3000 lumen. It is detectable if seating near about 5 feet while it’s working. Sure you can use Eco mode. The brightness and noise will both decrease. But it will make some wired electrical noise during Eco mode, it happens both on 2200 and 2250. If you have your own house and love to built a home cinema(hang the projector on the top). Then you may consider this as your projector. But it’s not very friendly for someone who just want to use it in a small apartment or rented home.

Pros: (1) Picture quality is really good. In-built android tv is handy and shows really good picture quality. For example, watching the same content via Roku didn’t look that good. (2) Remote for this projector is nice, modern, and with voice control as opposed to some of the other dated-styles remotes on other protectors. (3) Sound quality is reasonable and is ready-to-use for some basic use. However, (1) I was a little disappointed with the number of ports availability. All other epson projectors have 2 HDMI ports whereas this one has only 1 available to us because Epson used the other one to attach Android TV stick. (2) Throw ratio is pretty high. Meaning, to get the same size image with this projector, we have to put this very far away as opposed to other projectors like Epson 1060. (3) I wish the projector had better audio output options that it could send uncompressed audio signal to AV receiver to hear it with home theater system. Otherwise, there is no point in using the in-built android tv stick as sound quality will be sub-par.