If you don’t normally think of Epson when you want to purchase a home theatre unit system, then you are missing a fantastic golden chance to buy one of the best in the market. Epson has used its superior LCD chip technology to make the incredible and striking Epson 8700UB also called the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8700UB Projector.
The brand-new Epson 8700UB is white in color, a stand-out from most black models. It is savvy and classy to say the least, and what’s more it mixes well as a wall mount too. You can of course place it in the front or rear of the room on a stool or overhead mount dependent on your requirements too. The home cinema system of the Epson 8700UB is Epson 3LCD, three-chip optical engine. With 1600 lumens of white light output and 1600 lumens of color light output, this Epson 8700UB is made to give you vivid sharp imaging and clear picture output. The contrast ratio is up to 200,000:1 which goes a good tonal range to enhance the picture output.
The aspect proportion of the Epson Home Cinema 8700UB is 16:9 wide screen and 4:3 resize. It has compatibility with 4:3, 16:9 and 2.35:1 and additionally, it includes anamorphic lens option as well. The local resolution of this home-based theatre projector is 1060 pixels and the lamp life like most other projectors is up to 4000 hours. It is handy, simple to carry and compact at 9.8 inches wide and 20.9 inches tele.
The projection lens is designed to impress, it’s a manual zoom and offers a great zoom ratio of 2.1x, this enhances the quality of the image together with the FineFrame frame interpolation circuitry. You can vertically stretch the screen to a maximum 96.3% and horizontally to 47.1%, which is superb for pictures, and videos that do not use HD technology.
If you look at the back of the projector, you will be pleased by the terminal inputs. With two HDMI 1.3 permitting Deep color, one RCA composite video and 1×3 element RCA there is enough to play with. Also like other projectors it can also include an RS-22c port so that you can connect to home automation systems. The Epson 8700UB doesn’t display 3D content.
HDTV Magazine Reviews Epson Home Cinema 8700UB
“It is a great piece of equipment and really lives up to the ‘Home Cinema’ name. You’ll love it.” – HDTV Magazine, November 18, 2010
The cooling fan is quiet at 22 dB and if you are up for a production watching experience, you will not even notice that it is making any noise in any way. For a perfect picture viewing experience, especially if you choose a front projector like the Epson 8700UB, ensure that your room is dark as possible . Daylight streaming in will wreck the experience the Epson Home Cinema 8700UB provides with its electrifying contrast ratio and brightness. Also the screen on which your movie is projected makes lots of difference, if you get a screen made of high contrast material that is designed to improve the black levels, that you’re really in for a treat. There are several viewing modes available like Dynamic, living room, theater, theater black one, theater black 2 and x.v. Color, but the THX mode itself will do a fine job and you will not even miss using the other viewing modes.
Specifications
- Projection System: Epson 3LCD, 3-chip optical engine
- Projection Method: Front / rear / ceiling mount
- Driving Method: Epson Poly-silicon TFT Active Matrix
- White Light Output: 1600 lumens1 (ISO 21118 Standard)
- Color Light Ouput: 1600 lumens1

- Aspect Ratio:
- Native 16:9 widescreen (4:3 resize)
- Compatible with 4:3, 16:9 and 2.35:1 (with anamorphic lens option) video formats with Normal, Full or Zoom Modes
- Native Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (1080p)
- Lamp Type: E-TORL™ 200 W UHE
- Lamp Life: Up to 4000 hours2
- Size (projected distance): 100″ diagonal (wide: 9.8′ – tele: 20.9′)
- Contrast Ratio: Up to 200,000:1
- Color Processing: Full 12-bit
Projection Lens
- Type: Manual zoom / Manual focus
- F-number: 2.0 – 3.17
- Focal Length: 22.5 – 47.2 mm, Widescreen image size (projected distance), 100″ diagonal (wide: 9.8′ – tele: 20.9′)
- Zoom Ratio: Manual 2.1x
- Lens Shift:
- Horizontal: 47.1% (max. left and right)
- Vertical: 96.3% max (up and down)
Other
- Color Modes: Dynamic, Living Room, THX, Theater, Theater Black 1, Theater Black 2, x.v. Color
- Input Signal:
- NTSC / NTSC4.43 / PAL / M-PAL / N-PAL / PAL60 / SECAM

- 480i / 576i / 480p / 576p / 720p / 1080i / 1080p
- Terminal Inputs:
- 2 HDMI 1.3
- Composite video: 1 RCA
- Component: 1×3 RCA
- S-video: 1 Mini DIN
- Analog RGB: 1 D-Sub 15 pin
- RS-232c: 1 D-Sub 9 pin
- Terminal Outputs:
- 2 HDMI 1.3a
- HDTV
- Component video
- S-video
- Composite video
- NTSC/ PAL/ SECAM
- Analog RGB (PC only)
- Operating Temperature: 41° to 95° F (5° to 35° C)

- Fan Noise: 22 dB – 28 dB
Dimensions
- Including feet: 17.7″ x 15.5″ x 5.7″ (W x D x H)
- Excluding feet: 17.7″ x 15.5″ x 5.4″ (W x D x H)
- Weight: 16.1 lb
Epson Home Cinema 8700 UB Receives Award on ConsumerSearch.com
ConsumerSearch.com names the Epson Home Cinema 8700 UB the “Top-quality 1080p projector” – January, 2011
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