![]() Mind you, this is all without a projection screen, which will dial up the visuals even further. If the sun is blasting through our windows, we’ll draw the blinds, but otherwise the picture is still stunningly acceptable even without ideal conditions. Given how bright the projector can get, it even impresses during daytime without doing much to subdue ambient light. The fact the projector can provide such rich detail in shadows while blasting out vivid color is simply astounding. In The Batman, even in a dark scene, the details on Batman’s and Catwoman’s black outfits are discernible. This thing is virtuoso for challenging imagery. You’d think that brightness might mean a machine that runs hot and has loud fans as a result, but we don’t hear a peep of fan noise while running the LS12000.īrightness is an important metric for a projector, but oftentimes they can manage an acceptable brightness while struggling to present compelling shadow details, making for an image that lacks in contrast. It has the projector rated for 2,700 lumens whether it’s showing all white or showing color. Epson isn’t playing games with its brightness claims. The Epson Pro Cinema LS12000 provides a staggeringly brilliant image that hardly cares whether we’re watching in the daytime but will reward us greatly for watching at night with the lights off. We’re inclined to say there’d be almost no reason to go out to a movie theater anymore when you can have a picture like this at home. Huge, bright 4K pictures (2,700 Lumens white and color light output) with vivid (10-bit) color.(Image credit: Future / Mark Knapp) Picture Quality The LS12000's rear-panel is equipped with dual 48Gbps HDMI 2.1 ports. ![]() The cherry on top is the powered lens cover that slides open when the projector turns on and shuts back up when it’s turned off, helping keep the optics clean and protected. It will even let you turn motion interpolation on or off as you like. It can send through a variety of Dolby and DTS audio signals over eARC. It has preset color modes as well as options to dial them in just how you prefer. It handles HDR10, HDR10+, and HLG with 10-bit HDR color processing. The projector naturally has extensive support for the kind of high-quality cinema features you'd want from a device like this. Thankfully, they’re both high-bandwidth, 48Gbps HDMI 2.1 ports capable of 4K/120Hz (which the projector actually supports) as well as eARC on one of them. This is just your display, and you’ll very likely want to run it to an AV receiver because it only has two HDMI ports. There’s no Smart TV operating system running onboard, and there aren’t even speakers. The kit includes just the projector itself, a beefy remote control, a port cover that can snap onto the back, and a ceiling mounting kit. It’s a centerpiece, for sure, but you’ll have to build around it. The package is pretty bare-bones for anyone expecting an all-in-one entertainment device. The projector doesn’t do this automatically, nor does it auto focus, but it makes the process fairly accessible without having to dive too deep into menus. Essentially, it’s easy to find a convenient place to set the projector and then use its powerful adjustment tools to project the image where it fits best. From there, the wide vertical and horizontal lens shift range lets us further center the picture all without having to move the projector. Thanks to the projector’s optical zoom, we can easily squeeze down the image to fit in the available space on our wall without sacrificing detail (as with digital zoom). ![]() We set our unit up on a mantel at the back of a living room, roughly 14 feet from the opposite wall. The LS12000 is ready for a variety of setups and flexes to meet its positioning. It comes in a substantial housing that feels well-built, looks elegant, and is actually not overwhelmingly heavy despite its size. This is a purpose-built machine for a next-level home cinema. This isn’t your little shelf-top projector you set at the back of the room for a casual home theater.
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