Epson - Home Cinema 4010 4K 3LCD Projector with High Dynamic Range - White

I ordered the 4010 from Best Buy on Monday and the expected delivery date was 10/03/18. However, I got an email last night that my projector had arrived at my local store already. Being the impatient person that I am, I ran over and picked it up. I am coming off a Sony VPL-HW40ES, and I was pleased with that projector's picture in a light controlled setting, but not with any ambient light. My use splits about 50/50 between watching movies in total darkness and watching sports with the lights on. I am by no means an AV expert so take this review with a grain of salt, but so far, I am very impressed! I understand this projector has limitations but, for me, it hits the current sweet-spot on 4K, ambient light performance and price. I didn't have the budget to spend more than $2,500 on the PJ and I wanted 4K capability. (I know it’s not true 4K) My initial thoughts with absolutely no tweaking to the settings. 1) This thing is massive! I assumed, incorrectly, that the ceiling mount from my existing Sony would work and it’s not even close! The mounting arms are nowhere near long enough. 2) The colors out of the box look fantastic! Again, I am no AV expert, but to me the colors look better and deeper then the Sony. 3) 4K Sports on DirecTV look amazing! I re-watched an old 4K recording of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament and couldn't take my eyes off it. Excited to watch the ND/Stanford football game in 4K Saturday night! 4) Viewing in ambient light is much much better than my Sony and it’s really not even close! Overall, I am very pleased with the 4010. I know the chipset has some limitations (not having the 18gbs chipset) and it’s not true 4K, but for me it’s the right tool for the job. This is my 3rd PJ and I upgrade about every 3-4 years and this unit will be a nice bridge until I can afford a true 4K model with enough lumens to handle my ambient light needs. Here are a few photos from last night’s initial setup.

Setting up a home theater? Now you can enjoy the ultimate 4K experience for your DIY Home Theater with the Epson Home Cinema Projector available at Best Buy. I am so excited about this home projector. Being able to enjoy the ultimate 4K experience in your own DIY home theater elevates the experience and enjoyment of your home theater. The Epson Home Cinema 4010 4K Pro-UHD Projector has Advanced 3-Chip design and High Dynamic Range which means theater like projection. Most of our households have cable television and/or a blu-ray player that we use to watch programs or movies as a source of entertainment. But the ultimate 4K experience is watching your favorite sports team beat their competitor using the Epson Home Cinema 4010 4K Pro-UHD Projector for the ultimate game experience. Take a peek at the clarity the Epson Home Cinema 4010 can produce in your home. The colors are vivid and the size is bigger than life on our bedroom wall! The Epson Home Cinema 4010 4K Pro-UHD Projector displays your favorite shows, movies, sports, and games the way they were intended to be viewed – on a big screen with bright full-color stunning resolution and free from objects and distortions normally found in other projectors. Your family and friends will enjoy the exceptional viewing experience that the Epson Home Cinema 4K Pro-UHD Projector gives your movies, sports, and games. The few requirements needed to set up and enjoy the Epson Home Cinema 4010 4K Pro-UHD Projector is a room or area where you can place the projector at least ten (10) feet away from the wall or screen, a HDMI cord and a blu-ray player or streaming stick to feed content to the projector. We set up the projector in a spare bedroom that my husband wants to make his media room. As you can see, the picture is amazing just projected on the wall, however, you can also use a projector screen if you do not have a solid wall or if you want to take your projector outside or to another location. Depending on the size of your room or the location you plan to use the projector, it can be mounted from the ceiling or on a wall shelf. The Geek Squad® at your local Best Buy would be happy to help you with the best setup option for your home. I was surprised to learn that the projection area ranges from 50” to 300”! How cool is this when you want to have movie night outside (by the way – the garage doors make a great projection screen)! If you enjoy going to the movies, you will love this projector. The large screen provides a theater experience at home. Winter is coming soon, followed by for most of us..months of stay inside weather. The Epson Home Cinema Projector would make an awesome gift for the family. Find more information and how to details at your local Best Buy Store.

I did a lot of research before picking out a projector. I looked at everything from this model to the Epson 5040ub, the Sony true 4k models, and the Optoma UHD60. I ultimately went with this model because it was in stock and I don't really consider myself a videophile so I was not sure that I needed to spend premium top dollar on a projector. Let me just say that I have not in any way been disappointed with image quality. This thing is extremely bright and has a very vibrant image. I am replacing an old Vivitek 1080p projector and it is night and day how much better this thing looks. I can not imagine the more expensive projectors putting out an image that looks better than this one. It is bright enough to play in my living room with some lights on and with the windows open. You can not beat the image quality when playing 4k movies on this thing with any other projector in this price range. My only gripe is that it does not have an audio out port. I have my projector and TV in the same room and occasionally want to use them both at the same time. It would be nice to have an audio out port on the projector so I could hook up a bluetooth transmitter and listen to the projector when I am running both the TV and projector at the same time(for example when my wife is watching tv and I want to watch Monday Night Football). I bought a long HDMI cable to run from my projector to my surround sound for when I want to watch movies on the projector with the TV off but I can only have 1 HDMI out on my AV receiver. Image quality on this projector is perfect and I would have given it 5 stars if it had an audio out port. Also be aware that if you are using this on an Apple TV 4k that you will have to adjust the display setting as this does not support 4k HDR at 60 frames per second. Also, I recommend leaving HDR off as the SDR picture is much brighter and looks better most of the time over the HDR picture. Pros: -4k movies look awesome -HD content on regular direct tv looks good -Bright enough to watch with lights on/windows open -Motorized zoom and lens shift Cons: -no audio out port -Sports/fast moving scenes don't seem as clear when watching on regular tv (look excellent when watching movies though) -HDR is too dim (even after update)

This projector is not for those who are not tech/AV geeks. You will not get great picture from this without some configuration, setup and calibration. Possibly professional help. Do not think this thing comes out of the box and just makes pretty HUGE picture. It does do that, but it requires patience up front. My assumption is this is on sale with the free Roku for $1800 or less. Thats what is review is based on. Otherwise wait because its been on sale for that since two weeks after release. This projector is NOT 4K, it does not display 4K, it does not project anything more than 1920 x 1080 pixels with some shifty business to increase the fill and give a more solid picture. If you are not affected by DLP rainbow effect definiltey shop some DLP 4K native projectors as well. With that said the 4010 will accept 4k input and HDCP 2.2 signals which is valuable depending on what you watch and do. It will NOT accept a 4k 60hz HDR 4:4:4 input but it is supposed to accept a 4k 60hz non-HDR 4:4:4 . I have not been able to get it to accept or prove beyond 4k 60hz 4:2:0. 24fps and 30fps 4K HDR can and does work. Validated that 24fps 4K HDR does work from PS4 Blu Ray. The features of this projector are the quiet operating noise relative to other projectors, the electronic motorized adjustments for lens shift, zoom and focus. No problem getting the projector to display a 100" picture inside of a 11' 6" room so not short throw but shorter throw than others. Gaming is great and input lag is somewere under 30milliseconds. If you are not doing hardcore desktop FPS games the response is plenty fast for reliable gaming. I have played more than 200 gaming hours from Assassins Creed, Red Dead, etc. Movies look great. You have to get or build a decent-enough screen or you will have a mediocre picture. The darker the room and walls the better.

Don't fall for the 5 star rating this projector has. When you received a $3K for free, its hard to give lower rating. Believe me, I was in the club upon a time. I have upgraded from Epson 3000 Home Cinema (1080p) projector. I have tried many low budget pixel shifting 4K projectors in the recent past. One or other way all of them were having different issues. Especially for my setup, physical Lens Shift is so convenient. I was so happy to learn about Epson 4010 4K HDR with Lens Shift, I said that's it, the wait is over. Picked up one locally from BBY and installation was a breeze. Real deal breaker comes in play after I tried to enable HDR from Apple TV 4K. Apple TV failed to detect HDR display no matter what you do with different settings. Time to dig into Epson website for support documents. Yes, finally I found what I need to know. Wish I did this research before I got to the store, anyways I still have time to take it back. Well, according to Epson documentation, this projector supports HDR only in ONE format - 4K/24p (24 Hz) 4:2:2. Bummer! So you have to manually select different settings from Apple TV settings, to match with the Epson settings. Result? Yes, Apple TV recognize HDR display, but not really HDR quality picture. Nearly washed out images. So this is a half baked HDR projector. I wouldn't mind if this product wasn't marketed as an HDR projector. Forget about gaming with this projector, you can't watch sports or action movies in HDR format without lag with the 24p rating, Outside HDR technology Epson allows you to fine tune the picture quality, believe me that works better than so called HDR feature with a catch though; if you set Epson 4010 into dynamic mode, and your projector installed overhead, be prepared to have higher noice level enough to distract your movie watching experience. PS: I have purchased this projector from BBY and experienced nearly a week before posting my honest review. :)

Full Disclosure: I spent months researching this. I desperately wanted to buy the Epson Home Cinema 4000 because of the price point but the reviews indicated that there was an issue that caused it to, basically, die. I looked at some of the Optoma's but was not satisfied with what I read in the reviews and I felt better about the technology in the Epsons, with which I was already familiar. When reviewing the 4010, I did not find any bad reviews and I actually found out that issue on the 4000 was rectified before the 4010 was released. I had to pull the trigger. My previous projector was the Epson PowerLite 8100 from 9 years ago. It was 1800 lumens and I could not have any ambient light without losing picture quality. That is particularly tough in my living room as I have 4-wide glass patio doors. I do have curtains that can block most of the light coming in, however, not enough to watch TV on the 8100 with satisfactory picture quality during the daytime. So, the 4010, I believe, is rated at 2400 lumens and I think maxes out at 2476 on the Dynamic color mode on the highest power setting. With the 4010 I am able to use the Eco power setting without having to block out all of the ambient light and the picture quality is AWESOME. I want to keep writing about how excellent the picture quality is but given all the research I had to do, I hope I can save you some time. This is the one, go get it!

Took a month researching and debating between this and other models; finally ordered it online, chose regular free shipping but surprisingly it was delivered two days later. I had stopped by Best Buy the night before and grabbed a fiber optic hdmi cable due to distance between my AVI components and projector locations. Setup was a breeze since I've had the Epson 2150 model for a year now. I used the same Cheetah Mount support (65 lbs rating) and was up and running in 30 minutes albeit the big jump in unit size (psssst this thing is humongous compared to the teeny weeny 1080p Epson units). This projector is amazing. The picture quality is stunning. Movies look light years smoother and crisper than the regular 1080p projectors. I tried a few 4K videos on youtube and everyone at home couldn't stop gasping at the beauty of the details. Watched the Aquaman trailer and just wow, I mean wow!!! Finally streamed Jurassic World from VUDU and it was breathtaking. To top it off, I streamed Bleeding Steel staring Jackie Chan from Amazon Prime and OMG the 4K image this projector spits out is just incredible. This one is definitely a keeper. For the $1600 net price tag (after the $200 discount and $100 e-gift card) you just can beat the 120" plus image size it spits out. The folks at Epson really outdid themselves with this one. I was holding out for the rumored 5050ub model but boy the 4010 is a definite winner right now. Feels solidly built as usual like the 2150 model. Don't wait, get this one asap because just like Farmers, the folks at Epson definitely know a thing or two about projectors, Lol!

3rd Epson projector over ~5 years. This 4010 is light years ahead of my previous 2045 and 2030 before that. Did a side by side of the 4010 and 2045 and Picture on 4010 looked like an OLED Tv vs an old 720p tv that had its brightness turned way down. Even with ambient bright daylight the 4010 shoots an image almost identical to a darkened room (Dynamic color setting). $2k is alot of money for a loving husband and father of 4 young’ens and I scrounged so many expert reviews etc, comparisons with Optoma DLP’s and even Sony’s. The last generation of this projector (4000/5040) had some power supply issues but when this one came out with almost as many lumens as the 5040 and Epson’s excellent track record, I knew it was the right purchase. I just dont see any way a picture can get better than this, not even expensive movie theatres like IMAX are this good. Buy this and I promise you wont regret it. Ive got an xbox one S, an xbox one X, PS 4 pro and an Apple TV 4K hooked to this and even the 1080 stuff upscales to astronomically better than my old 2045. I will upload photos ina few days of the side by side when I get a chance.