I've owned the Epson 5050UB for about 2.5 years at this point and put nearly 600 hours onto the bulb. I got it for $2,500 at that time. After 2.5 years, I still couldn't be happier with this projector and would buy it again at its current price of $3,800. I project onto a 110" Elite Screens white screen with a throw distance of about 19 feet in a light controlled purpose-built theater and the visual quality is striking. Blacks are deep, the contrast makes images pop, and color accuracy is spot-on. I had to use the lens shift with where I was placing it and it gave a perfect result. If you need flexibility with your projector placement, this Epson is a great choice. I use the projector mostly for movie watching. I also have a Sony 85" X950H TV in the same room that I use for video games (much better performance on a TV), live sports, and some movies (the TV has Dolby Vision while the projector only has HDR10) and the projector provides as good of an image with a much larger screen when lights are turned off. I use a hush box for its placement and use ECO mode because it's plenty bright enough at that setting (at least until the bulb starts to dim in the future) and its operation is silent, even when sitting in my back row of seats directly under it. I really couldn't be happier and plan on using this model for years until it eventually dies. I highly recommend this for light-controlled rooms.

Amazing projector, it is super bright even in eco mode, the blacks are very good and the contrast is phenomenal! This is the first projector I've ever purchased and was super hesitant because I was afraid the quality would be a let down compared to a tv...I was very, very wrong. Even on a 120" screen(paired it with an Elite screens sable 2b cinewhite 1.1 gain screen) the image is so much better than my old 4k 75" LG tv. Installation was a breeze due to the huge flexibility of the lens shift, you can put this thing almost anywhere in the room and get it lined up to the screen. To make life even easier I recommend the Strong SM-Proj-XL fine adjust mount, can't get it from bestbuy but can be found online for about $250, a little pricey but will make installation super simple if you are doing it yourself, and any adjustments you need to make in the future due to projector movement from heavy bass or slamming doors is as simple as a couple turns on the adjustment knobs. You will not be disappointing. Spend the money you would have thrown away on a more expensive projector for a nice surround sound system for the full theater experience!

Much brighter picture than Sony or even an Optoma 3200 lumen projector I have seen. Makes it watchable in less than perfect darkness. I still enjoy the extra brightness as well in the dark. Nice sharp picture with its detail enhancement. If you buy a CinemaScope wider screen (maybe 200/300 bucks) the motorized lens will allow you to eliminate annoying black bars at top and bottom in movies such as Avengers. Love this projector. Noticeable upgrade from the 4010 in blacks, color, brightness and contrast. Picture included probably will not do it justice.

I bought this Epson 5050UB projector to replace my 9 year old Epson 6010 PowerLite Cinema Pro projector (in my dedicated home theater), and am very happy with my upgrade. The image is noticeably sharper (using new pixel-shifting technology), and the black areas are noticeably darker (with higher contrast overall).... I highly recommend this projector! :-)

Not a true 4K projector but uses pixel shifting to display in 4K. Nevertheless you will see no diff. Supports HDR 10. Does not support HDR10+ or Dolby Vision. The best frature in this projector is the Lens shifting (horizontal and vertical) with Lens memory so you can adjuat your lens to fit your screen and save the postion. If you have 2 projector screens like I do (2.35:1 and 16:9), you can make use of this lens shifting feature to fit the image into the screen. Note that the projector does not automatically adjust the image to fit the screen based on the incoming video signal. For example, if the incoming video signal feom your receiver or streaming device is 2:35:1 and you want the projector to use a particular lens position, you have to use the projector's remote to pull the stored lens position from memory and the projector doesn't do it automatically. This is OK for me. I installed the EPSON iProjector app to control my projector. Works really well. I used a ceiling mount and it is not an Epson mount. See attached pictures of my home theater.