Epson Pro Cinema 1985 Pro Reviews

The Epson Pro Cinema 1985 is a combination video/data projector designed for use in ambient light. It delivers a bright, clean, sharp data image and, when set up to optimize its strengths, a sparking video picture as well. At ten pounds, it is compact, easy to install, and reasonably transportable. It is ideal for the display of football, NBA, hockey and other sports content as the average light level in the picture is consistently high, and thus the need for a lot of shadow separation and deep blacks is not required to make the picture pop. Weakness in black levels means that we would not choose the 1985 for large scale cinema installations where the viewing room is dark and the subject matter is movies. Quite simply, this is not where its talents lie. Overall, the Epson 1985 is an attractive video/data projector that will be ideal for sports bars and other commercial venues when installed by professionals who can optimize the variables of screen size, screen materials, and ambient light in the installations they are working with. At a retail of $2,499 it is a solid value when deployed in applications for which image brightness and detail definition are primary objectives.