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check out slate screens by screen innovations. pricey but screens do a decent job at rejecting ambient light

Hi Al8 I really don’t find the time to review screens anymore. I have a motorized SI Slate in my living room. It definitely rolls off to the side more than, say my 1.3 gain Studiotek 130, I’d say roll-off is reasonable until you are beyond 45% off angle, but I say that in a room with light present. Of course that’s likely to be your situation as well. I trust you’ve already talked to Elite. Check out the others. Most should publish info regarding how much they do roll off. -art

Got mine on Amazon today has the best price at the moment www.amazon.com/Epson-Home-dsCinema-5040UB-Enhancement/dp/B01IO0QWJA/?tag=techjok-20

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Grab the epson if you want a long throw beamer. Grab something else if you want short throw. It isn't apples to apples. Kings of short throw can do 500 nits. Kings of long throw in the same price ranges can barely top 250. Short throw projectors and lifestyle projectors aren't generally tuned for dark room theater viewing, but non-ideal spaces where brightness and image viewability In light matters more.

Hi Jarrett, yes the projector is native 16:9. It uses Lens Memory to support wide screens such as 2.35:1, 2.37:1, 2.40:1 etc. Basically if you go with a wide screen, when your content in cinemascope wide, you zoom so that the movie fills your screen completely. When you put on 16:9 content on that widescreen, you’ll be rezooming and adjusting the lens shift to fill the screen vertically, but with letter boxing on left and right. And all of that is stored in memory so you just tap Mem 1 or Mem 2 on the remote for the correct aspect ratio of what you are watching. -art

I then took a series of images, each with different settings. Remember I can have pixel shifting on or off. If on, it processes data differently depending on the resolution - 4K will look different than 1080. (I have both Blu-ray, and Blu-ray UHD discs of Ender’s Game (and others) for just this purpose. Finally, Epson has settings they call Image Enhancement (from Off to 1 - 5). Each of those seems to adjust multiple different image processing aspects. So, for example, setting 2 might have less “sharpening” added than setting four, but may have the same amount of contrast enhancement, and have more or less of other enhancement tools, (including image noise reduction, etc.) I think of those options as a grab bag of things that make the image seem sharper, clearer, but it certainly isn’t as natural as having an inherently higher resolution (true 4k) projector. For that reason I commend the Epson’s on looking exceptionally sharp, but also note that when using all that processing the images tend to look a little hard (compared, to, for example, seeing the same image on a true 4K projector.) Hope that helps. In the old days, it was color controls, contrast, sharpness, brightness. Today, they’ve figured out all kinds of advanced processing algorithms, to, say, take good old 1080p, and make it seem as sharp as true 4K. -art

Hi Claude, sorry for the delay. Not sure why constrained in Canada - have you checked with more than one dealer? In the US to the best of my knowledge, they seem to be readily available. Epson Canada is part of Epson America, so the product starts out from the same place, same models. the 5040UB etc. are sold under different model names in the rest of the world outside of Epson America’s reach which I believe includes all of the Americas. -art

Of course you will pick up almost 80 more lumens at wide angle on zoom - you said 12 feet back, but didn’t mention screen size. If 100, you’ll probably pick up about 50 lumens (not much help). Full power, will give you almost exactly 40% more brightness - which means your 12 ft/lamberts will be more like 17! That brings us to Bright Cinema - basically bright cinema is delivering almost 2.25X the brightness of Cinema… I use Bright Cinema for all my HDR watching. Give it a shot, calibrated, color won’t be quite as “on the money” across the spectrum, but “works for me.” PS not sure where your 900 lumen comment came from short of scanning the whole review - probably maximum for Cinema (wide angle full power?) Regarding the 900 - a couple of things have come into play. First, the 5040UB I’m using now is brighter than the pre-production 6040UB that was measured for the review, although the difference was under 10%. But also, that 6040UB was one of Eric’s first reviews. We’ve since standardized on one meter (we own four of them) that Eric is now using. Each varies, and Eric’s was by far the lowest it turns out. So the 900 should be a more updated, practical max for Cinema, full power, full wide angle, as opposed to something right around 800 lumens. -art

The short version is yes. I have (and use) both a Samsung 8500 and the new Philips 4K UHD Blu-ray players here with the Epson. I haven’t yet gotten into 4K off of my DirecTV box, but that too is supposed to be fine. I just can’t swear to it. -art

Projector Reviews, Inc. - Thank You I appreciate it.

Myself, I’ll stick with this for serious home theater. I’m looking forward to the noticeably more expensive Optoma P1 - their 4K UHD Ultra short throw projector (laser), but All of the Optoma 4K UHD’s we’ve reviewed to date have pretty “entry level” black levels, and the difference on really dark scenes isn’t going to be “night and day” it is more night vs dusk. If you want a serious alternative that is 4K UHD, my first choice would be the BenQ HT5550, which is $2499 list. Now if I can get back to finishing that review, it should be live tomorrow morning. And I will be doing an in-depth comparison with the newer Epson 5050UB that will publish in two weeks or so. Good luck in the hunt. -art

@@projectorreviews Cheers brother! I'm leaning very heavily towards the HT 5550, they seem seriously good!👍

Hi Zimba, First, I’m not sure that it is true. If I recall, they should be able to do 4:4:4, only on 24 bit content, and perhaps only at 8 bit, which by definition - might be below the HDR standard (that’s more of a question for Ron, but he’s traveling). Perhaps more significantly, I really don’t think worrying about 4:4:4 compared to say, 4:2:0 or 4:2:2, is very critical to picture quality. Certainly dropping down from say 10 bit to 8 bit would have far more effect than going from 4:2:2 to 4:4:4 subsampling in terms of picture quality. I will check with Epson about the question of whether the UBE can do 4:4:4 at the same bit depth and frame work, where the UB cannot. It certainly is possible, but I’d be fairly surprised. And, if would, in theory be a selling point strength for the UBE over the UB, which I would think would be plus for Epson’s profits, but I don’t recall seeing anything promoting the superior sub-sampling. -art

Projector Reviews, Inc. Thanks so much for the reply. It's greatly appreciated. I'm actually curious as well if I can place the the 5040ub on a high shelf? My ceilings are 9ft and my shelf is 7ft. My friend who has a projector seems to think the 5040ub would need to be flipped upside down if the project is placed high up. I've seen a couple photos on the AVS forums of 5040ub owners who seem to be doing just that; placing the projector high up but right side up, but I'm unsure. The 5040ub will be my first projector.

Zimba! Thanks for an easy question this time. The Epson’s placement range doesn’t change, based on flipping it. It is designed for high shelf use right side up, just as well as ceiling mounting inverted. With a 100” screen (working from memory now), you can place the projector (right-side-up) as much as about 23” above the top of the screen surface of a 100” diagonal screen (or the same distance below the bottom of the screen (not your thing) for that matter. That height is measured from the center of the lens, of course. Our site lists the specific - max height on the hardware pages, but to answer all the questions, I pretty much have to work from memory. -art

You will find screenshots of all the settings for calibrating one mode for max brightness with good color, one for “best mode for best color (both for non 4K content, and one mode for 4K with HDR and BT.2020 color. There are about 30 screenfuls of settings to set up all three. www.projectorreviews.com/epson/epson-pro-cinema-6040ub-projector-calibration-settings/#new-home-cinema-5040ub-pro-cinema-6040ub-calibration-settings If you don’t like our settings, try the AVSforum.com, some folks there also have published their settings. -art

Projector Reviews, Inc. Thank you so much

Hi MegaHeels, I trust you are outside the US? Should be no problem getting 60hz, except in 4K HDR, where the Epson tops out at 24fps due to 10 ghz HDMI. The Epson runs at 120hz I believe when doing 3D (but that’s strictly 1080 not 4K). Basically the Epson’s main limitation is that HDMI speed, which makes the projector limited on 4K gaming. But as 4K HDR movies are typically 24hz, no problem there. Like any such device, if the source is fully compliant with the standards, it should recognize exactly what the display’s capabilities are, and send the highest quality content that the display can show. Unfortunately that doesn’t always happen, case in point the X-box One which has exasperated probably millions of owners, because it has limited the number of modes, so to speak, so that it won’t necessarily provide an Epson UB, or for that matter, dozens of models of LCDTVs with a usable signal. While we could hope for faster HDMI (next gen Epson?), other than gamers, if the source devices are working right, the 5040UB/6040UB should serve very nicely on 4K HDR. -art

Projector Reviews, Inc. thanks for your answer. I really appreciate you taking the time.

The HC5040UB sells for $2699 list price. We consider it one of the very best projectors in the two to four thousand dollar range.

Andre Blackwell the 3D is very good in fact it's the best I've seen on a home cinema projector,very bright,great depth and lots of detail..since owning the 9300 as it's known here in the U.K. My 3D blurays have had a new lease of life.

Sambo Elguapo it is absolutely worth buying. It's an amazing projector.