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

I ordered 4 projectors and ran them side by side on the same movie scene. This was the best. Inching away some close competitors and blowing away the cheaper options. But that’s not the best part. The best part of this projector as an entertainment theater for the family and neighbors, is the simplicity of set up! No computer, no fire stick, no HDMI, and the speaker was the best of the options I tested so if you are in a small area, no speakers needed. Just plug it in. That’s it. Then you have DisneyPlus, Prime, Netflix all right there with your first time set-up WiFi connection. BaddaBing. Gone are the days where my son and I would set up for 10 minutes with wires and electric bars. Now it’s plug it in the wall and grab the included remote. I do plug in a JBL Charge speaker that works excellent. This is the big dog, enjoy!

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.

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.

If I could run this thing in non-eco mode and still be able to hear a movie, this would be the best A/V purchase Ive made. But good Lord is that fan loud. It sounds like a hair dryer. Fortunately, at night eco mode is plenty bright. The only other complaint is that the HDMI port broke the first time someone tried to plug something in, so the only way to use an external source is to unplug the internal Google TV dongle and use that HDMI. Very inconvenient. I wish I could give it 3.5 stars

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.

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... ;)

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!!

###Update after a few weeks with the projector: -- I ended up returning it for the following reasons: 1) **The bluetooth connection is unusable.** There are two options for outputting bluetooth audio -- one is to connect an external speaker via Epsons own overlay menu, and two, to connect via the android OS that powers the stick included with the projector. Both options result in consistent, considerable lag, regardless of the app being used, regardless of the speaker being used for output. Unusable bluetooth means that either you are happy to live with the built-in speaker (if you can hear it behind the fan, which is loud), or you have to connect an external audio jack to your speakers, or you have to use an external Roku/Fire stick or Apple TV. The problem is that all those options defeat the point of having a smart projector. You have to remove the (rather pretty) back cover and youre left with cables/sticks poking out -- which is not great if you want to have the projector itself be permanently installed somewhere where it is visibile. For us, the difference between this projector and one of the tried-and-trusted 1080p offerings from BenQ was the fact that with this one we would be a single cable, neat set-up, or so we thought. Which leads me to issue #2... 2) Broadly speaking **the Android TV stick built-in sucks and its a limitation of this projector**. I detest android at the best of times. But I think that even apologists for Google will find it hard to applaud the particular stick that comes with this projector. The App Store selection is poor. Most apps regularly malfunction. And the stick (assuming its the sticks fault) cannot even handle a bluetooth connection properly. If Epson cannot invest in its own smart platform, which I understand, they would have done better by partnering with an accomplished stick manufacturer -- like Roku. But I guess Android was the cheaper option. And you get what you pay for. Epsons OWN GOAL here is that the belly of the projector can only accommodate the Android Stick it comes with. They would literally have had a more successful product if they shipped it with a hole to fill with your own (Fire or Roku) smart stick -- provided, of course, the compartment was large enough for those alternatives. 3) **Loudness**. This thing is loud. Yes, it gets better with the Cinema setting. But there is no disguising that it is loud. And frankly, the bright setting is very much necessary unless you are able to create 100% darkness. I would have been able to live with the sub-par Android platform and the loud fan if issue #1 had not been such a deal-breaker. Sadly, my search for an *actually smart* projector goes on. All I want is a projector that, without additional cables, can reliably access the apps of major movie & TV vendors (including Apple TV) and output the audio via Bluetooth or Airplay in synchronized fashion. You would have thought this wouldnt be so hard, in 2020, especially given that Im happy to cough up a thousand bucks for it. Alas, I am yet to see any company manage that. Original review below -- note that I had clearly spoken too soon about the bluetooth connectivity. ---- This is a first impressions review - I may update it after I have more weeks of use. The 2250 is a good projector. I recommend it. Image quality is generally on a par with the BenQ HT2150A (though the BenQ perhaps wins in on the deep blacks). However, the Epson 2250 is rather special in 3 ways: 1) is has a useful throw ratio with lots of zoom and vertical lens shift. I find that the BenQ projectors always want to get onto the couch with you. This one instead wants to sit behind your head. It’s not as convenient as a short throw if you plan to move it daily. But for a semi-permanent installation, like mine, it is great. The lens shift is super useful, too. 2) it is compact. In fact, it fits inside the IKEA Kallax cube with enough room for ventilation. 3) it has USABLE smarts. It comes with a built in Android TV stick. Sadly you cannot replace the stick with a Roku, because the space is tight and tailored for that specific stick. Android TV is not great but it’s ok. Of course, using Google is a privacy concern and should be avoided where possible, but at least, unlike some other supposedly smart projectors on the “Aptoide” platform, this one actually works (mostly) and plenty of English-language apps are available. There is no AppleTV+ app, or at least not yet. Other apps freeze not infrequently. But Sling, Netflix, Prime, all work, the WiFi works reliably and Bluetooth seems ok too. All in all, this allows you to achieve what could be called “portable”, one-cable functionality. Just plug it into the power cord and you’re good to go. I am giving it 4 starts instead of 5 because of a few annoyances: 1) the reliance on the android tv stick. Making the slot large enough for a Roku or Fire stick would have been much better. We don’t all want to gift our personal information to google to sell for profit. 2) it’s relatively noisy. Out of the box it comes in “bright” mode, which sends the fan to overdrive. But even on “cinema” mode, the fan is vigorous and you can hear a whiz sound as well as chirping. 3) looks. While it is compact, it is not as sleek as the “E” series like the EF11 for example. In sum: a great 1080p projector that is actually smart enough to work on its own without external sticks and boxes, connects to WiFi and Bluetooth and that is small enough not to offend in your living room.

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