Epson Home Cinema 880 3-chip 3LCD 1080p Projector, 3300 lumens Color and White Brightness, Streaming and Home Theater, Built-in Speaker, Auto Picture Skew, 16,000:1 Contrast, HDMI 2.0, White

I don't write many reviews but this Epson projector has changed my world. If you've never experienced watching tv & movies on a projector and your'e on the fence, do it. I spend hours and hours at night watching this projector wondering why I didn't buy one sooner.Some background and thoughts -- I had initially gotten excited about Ultra Short Throw projectors and even high end laser projectors. I thought maybe in a few years, I'll get one because the price would be $3-6K with a screen. But why not have something inexpensive and fun now? This projector is a fraction of the cost of the laser projectors, you can get a good screen for about $200, connect to a streaming device like an Apple TV, and use a nice bluetooth speaker in the front of your room. All for under $1000. Yes, this uses a traditional bulb, yes it will be replaced some day but at a rate of 3 or 4 hours a night and an expected lamp life of 6000 hours, this won't be soon.I used an inexpensive cloth screen but it's caused the image to lose brightness and sharpness. I've bought a nicer screen, I'm waiting to take delivery. Don't skimp on the screen. Even the wall had better sharpness and color than this $25 screen.Now how does this rate to an OLED? It doesn't. An OLED has hands down better clarity, colors, contrast, and black levels. Yet, I now prefer to watch this for 99% of my evening viewing just due to the size and also the cinematic qualities of a projector and how movie like it appears. I love my OLED, but even a 120" OLED wouldn't have the same cinematic feel we're all used to from real cinemas.Now what are the cons?1. Iris noise --- the iris is something which mechanically changes to let more light out. It sounds like a hard disk seeking noise, click, click, click. With loud movies, you don't heard it. I suspect if you mount the projector a bit away from you, you might not notice. I almost wanted to return the projector for this but I've resigned to live with it because I like the projector that much.2. You need to mount the projector at a precise distance to fill the screen. So you need some flexibility in placement. Too close, you won't get your large picture. Too far, the image might be bigger than your screen. I think the higher end projectors might have some optical zoom capability, I don't know I'm still learning.3. Being a front projection system, if you need to output HDMI signals to a home theater receiver in the front of the room, you'll need to consider how to send that signal with a long HDMI cable and how to route it. The UST projectors don't have this issue, they are already in front.In summary, you couldn't take this projector away from me. It's my first and probably not my last based on the sheer joy. Don't let the low price fool you, it's actual a good projector and Epson's 3LCD system is unique and works very good for motion, no rainbow effect like DLP projectors.Hope that helps someone out there.Paired it with an Elite Screens 120" screen. Don't cheap out on the screen, I got a cheap cloth and the images were so soft and washed out.There are still times when the picture is so good, I think it's a tv. The new version of this projector doesn't have the mounting holes... no idea why Epson omitted this but how would you mount it???6 month update:- I still LOVE this projector. People who see it can't believe their eyes, that it's projection and they aren't watching a giant 120" tv.- If I had to do it again, I'd find a projector that had lens shift and zoom. Lens shift would let you mount the projector higher up or lower down and still have a nice square perfect image. Zoom would let you zoom in/out the picture without moving the projector.- Some of the other projectors have built in smart tv / Android, etc. You will need a streaming device to pair with this.- You can pair a bluetooth speaker to the streaming device for wireless speaker to the front of your room.- I don't see any motion blur at all with this projector, it's better than my LCD & OLED (with motion smoothing turned off).- Still super happy for what it is. Spend the money on an Elite Screen, $250 or $275 sounds like a lot but once you get this all setup, you won't regret it.

Our trusty Epson PowerLite 3010 projector died after almost 10 years of heavy use. Since we'll be moving to another house within a year and don't know what kind of space we'll have there for a home theater, we decided to the get the least-expensive decently rated projector we could find. The Epson Home Cinema 880 at $600 seems to be the entry-level equivalent of the 3010, which was $1,400 in 2012 (which was a bargain then). My five-star rating is based on the value for the price and isn't meant to compare it with more-expensive projectors.First, the 880 is a lot smaller and lighter than the 3010. The team that installed the 3010 used a universal ceiling mount, so swapping out the projectors was easy. The 3010 was attached by four bolts, whereas the 880 uses three. If you're replacing a projector, make sure your existing mount will work.The zoom range is much longer on the 880. We have a 120" projection screen, which is about 12' from the projector. At that distance, the maximum image size of the 3010 was 120". When I turned on the 880, the image would have covered a 150" screen. It took me a while to adjust the zoom and keystoning, but I eventually got it right.The 880's fan seems slightly louder than the 3010's. I've gotten used to it, but I was aware of it for the first couple weeks, whereas I don't recall being aware of the 3010's fan unless nothing was playing on the speakers. Projector mode is set to ECO, which I read makes the fan quieter.The 880's brightness is 3300 lumens, whereas the 3010's was 2200. Here's the catch: In Bright Cinema mode, the image is easily viewable in a well-lit room, even during the day with the curtains open. However, the fan is EXTREMELY loud -- almost as loud as our microwave oven. It's unusable for us. In regular Cinema mode, the brightness seems comparable to the 3010's brightness -- beautiful in a darkened room, but washed out in a fully lit room.The color is gorgeous. I think the image is sharper than the 3010's. At a 12' viewing distance, I can see the pixels, but it's not so much as to be distracting. I couldn't see the pixels on the 3010.The 880 doesn't do 3D, if that's a concern for you. We have a handful of 3D Blu-ray Discs, including a couple of spectacular ones like Avatar. Moving up to to a 3D projector would have added several hundred dollars to the price, which wasn't in our budget. That also would have gotten us a 4K projector (the 880 is 1080P), but our system is wired with HDMI 1.4 cabling, which doesn't support 4K.In short, the 880 is a solid choice if you're looking for a low-priced projector. In our next house, we'll probably upgrade to a 4K projector that includes 3D, and of course we'll need to have our system wired with HDMI 2.1 cabling.

This is my second Epson projector and my third projector overall, all of which were mounted in our living room. Previous to this we had an off-brand projector (720p) and there is no comparison to the Epson Home Cinema 880. Our first Epson projector was awesome (6 years ago) and this one is even better, with the full 1080p everything looks beautiful. We are using a ROKU stick almost exclusively as you can see in the pic.Pros:- Super bright picture works even in the daytime with windows open.- Adjustable keystone for corner alignment (you'll still need to mount properly, it's not a fix-all).- Very quiet in Eco mode. There is very little difference between picture quality in Eco and Normal mode, but the projector is MUCH louder in normal mode.- 3-hole mounting which is compatible with almost all universal projector mounts. (IMPORTANT: I had to return one mount and order a different one because I have vaulted ceilings if your mount is not long enough your screen will be too high off the ground and not eye level.)Here's the mount I used: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RR26GSL/Cons:None I can think of.

The projector has great image quality but the contents of the package don’t match the description.It doesn’t connect to wifi and has no OS so it’s only use is with an hdmi connection.The audio is also not usable but I didn’t expect much from it either, however the image quality is Great.So my recommendation is GET IT but expect to use it with a sound bar & hdmi connection.