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Epson Powerlite 710c $7,999
WEIGHT: 5.8 pounds. (Data and power cord plus remote control weigh an additional 1.2 pounds. Soft projector tote bag weighs 0.2 pounds. Total measured carry weight equals 7.2 pounds.(
LCD SIZE AND RESOLUTION: 0.9-inch XGA (1,024 x 768).
OPTICS: Three-panel, dichroic-cube system with optical integrator, polarization conversion and microlenses. Manual-zoom and -focus projection lens. Electronic keystone adjustment. LAMP:120-watt UHP
MEASURED BRIGHTNESS: 925 ANSI lumens (average of wide- and narrow-zoom settings); 939 ANSI lumens in wide-zoom setting (Epson claims 1,000 lumens).
MEASURED ANSI CONTRAST: 240-to-1.
CONNECTIONS: One 15-pin computer-data input with stereo-audio I/O. One combined composite and S-VHS video input with stereo-- audio input. Also, two serial connections for computer mouse emulation with the IR remote - one USB and one nine-pin mini-DIN.
For Epson's latest offerings, the company started with a clean slate and created a whole new machine. The little PowerLite 710c reviewed here - part of the threeprojector Commuter Series - is the coolest-looking unit I've seen in a long time.
The 710c has a sleek, graceful, silver-colored housing that envelops a shrunken but powerful optical and electronic heart. You might wonder how Epson's engineers could make it so small. It's tiny enough to go inside a brief case. Everyone who saw it first swore that Epson must have invented new, super-small LCDs to go with its new super-small projector - but that's not the case. The little 710c uses 0.9-inch LCDs like the 9.8-pound Hitachi CPX940W/E (reviewed below) uses, but the Epson model weighs 4 pounds less...