The Offical Epson 8350 Owners Thread - Page 7

Originally Posted by mike734

Damn. Projector people let me down. I ordered the 8350 last week and paid for 2 day shipping. I know they got them Monday so I expected a tracking number by Tuesday. When I called they informed me it was being shipped directly from the factory and they already shipped it Fedex ground.

They said they will refund the extra shipping cost. Thanks, but I would rather they had not screwed up.

Originally Posted by davyo

A Visual Apex delivery up-date.

When I ordered my 8350 it was Tues the 5th (yesterday), late afternoon, I did overnight delivery but because it was so late in the day when I placed the order they said it would not go out until Wen the 6th as all of their deliverys had already gone out before I called so late in the day,,,set to ship Wen and I would have it Thursday the 7th,,,,,well, I just checked my email and got the tracking info,,, VA was able to send it out right after I called I guess, meaning I get the 8350 a day sooner than expected !!!!!

Whoo Hooo,,,, I am a happy camper and just had to post to publicly thank Visual Apex for their GREAT service and to let everyone else here know that Visual Apex ROCKS !!!!!!

This is not the first projector I have ordered from them over the years, and with every projector I have ever ordered from VA, they have been fantastic !!!!!!

And this time they really exceeded their past great performance by sending the 8350 out to me a day early on the late afternoon order I placed for overnight delivery,,,,, tracking says the 8350 is already halfway here, already shipped from WA, now in Northern CA,,,, next stop, my cave in Vegas before 3pm

My Visual Apex rep is Charlotte Goodman.

Visual Apex = Highly Recomended !!!!!
Getting a projector the day before the overnight delivery date = priceless !!!!

Cheers
Davyo

Originally Posted by buddahead

Cool.Hope you love it.Please let us know your impressions.I trust your judgement.You and I have had the same fp's over the years.Like the panny 900 ax 100 ax200 and the epson 8100.I am considering the 8350 but with the 8500ub at below $1700 now might just get that.Not sure their will be much of a differenece in the 8100 and 8350 to make it worth while.But I know the 8500 will have kiiler blacks.Thanks and hope you get it today.THANKS BOB

Originally Posted by davyo

Im hoping that the review on PJ Central lumens measurment was a typo or a mistake in the review process.

It would seem odd that the 8350 measured lower than the 8100.

I have owned (for a few days) the 8100 and also owned the AX200 and they were both very bright as we all know,,,, Im sure the 8350 (I get it Thursday) will be fine in real world use,, even if it does have lower lumens.

Perhaps we could email PJ Central to double check their measurments

Cheers
Davyo

Originally Posted by Prakaash

I am looking at setting up hometheater in my basement (24'X19') on the 19' feet wall. Planning to have EPSON 8350 put at the back wall, about 23-24' from the screen, with a screen size of 120" to 135". Hoping this would work given the high lumens and high contrast ratio. Any thoughts if this will/will not work? I have two windows in this area but plan to use blackout screens but still expect some ambient light.

Originally Posted by mike734

Damn. Projector people let me down. I ordered the 8350 last week and paid for 2 day shipping. I know they got them Monday so I expected a tracking number by Tuesday. When I called they informed me it was being shipped directly from the factory and they already shipped it Fedex ground.

They said they will refund the extra shipping cost. Thanks, but I would rather they had not screwed up.

Originally Posted by clevercatt110

My Epson 8350 comes in the mail tomorrow via Fedex from Visual Apex. I plan on going all out (somewhat) to set this home theater up. Let me know your thoughts.

Room Size: 15x12x8

The projector will be on the ceiling, 14ft away from screen, viewing is 12 feet away from screen. I would like to do 120", does that sound it's doable?

Along with the 8350 I plan on doing all in wall/ceiling speakers (minus the sub):
(4) Yamaha NS-IW660 6.5" 3-way In Wall Speakers (Front & Back L/R)
(2) Yamaha NS-IW480CWH 8" 3-way In Ceiling Speakers (MID L/R)
(1) Yamaha NS-IW960 6.5" 3-way In Wall Speaker (Dual-in-one for Center)
(1) Yamaha YST-SW315 10" Digital Pro Series Subwoofer
(1) Sony 665W 7.1 A/V Home Theater Receiver (mid-sized room, don't need my windows to shatter with more than 90+W per channel haha)
(1) Sony Blu Ray Player with Netflix/Ethernet Plug-in

Screen:???? I don't know what brand, if 120" is doable, too big for room, etc? Any ideas, any thoughts, anything to help me? I would like to buy the sound system, screen, and blu ray this weekend online.

Thanks in advance!!!!

Originally Posted by SmoothGS

So you are both buying from a US dealer? Any concerns regarding warranty, my understanding is that is doesn't transfer over to Canada.

Originally Posted by azereus

That is indeed a good price for us Canadians. My local dealer quoted me $1499 plus tax for the 8350 and doesn't seem to want to budge. I may have to look into these guys as well.

Originally Posted by mike734

Damn. Projector people let me down. I ordered the 8350 last week and paid for 2 day shipping. I know they got them Monday so I expected a tracking number by Tuesday. When I called they informed me it was being shipped directly from the factory and they already shipped it Fedex ground.

They said they will refund the extra shipping cost. Thanks, but I would rather they had not screwed up.

Originally Posted by mike734

Damn. Projector people let me down. I ordered the 8350 last week and paid for 2 day shipping. I know they got them Monday so I expected a tracking number by Tuesday. When I called they informed me it was being shipped directly from the factory and they already shipped it Fedex ground.

Originally Posted by davyo

Hey Bob,,,,, yes, we have had many of the same projectors

I will be interested to see if I notice a difference, big or small, from my recently returned 8100 (only had the 8100 for 14 days and returned it to BB when I found out the 8350 was coming out so soon/fast, and the price) so I really did not get a chance to log many hours onto the 8100 to really know it that well,, I think I used the 8100 less than 10 hours, I was too busy setting up the new theater room to spend more time with it.

I will make sure and give a full run thru tonight and just for fun post screen shots,,,,, Im very much looking forward to viewinig the 8350.

Cheers
Davyo

Originally Posted by buddahead

Cool.Hope you love it.Please let us know your impressions.I trust your judgement.You and I have had the same fp's over the years.Like the panny 900 ax 100 ax200 and the epson 8100.I am considering the 8350 but with the 8500ub at below $1700 now might just get that.Not sure their will be much of a differenece in the 8100 and 8350 to make it worth while.But I know the 8500 will have kiiler blacks.Thanks and hope you get it today.THANKS BOB

Originally Posted by Mike2001

If I recall, the PJ Central reviewer engaged both the iris and Epson Superwhite which would reduce total lumens projected. We need to wait for Art's methodical review to see if the 8350 puts out close to 2000 lumens.

Originally Posted by mattdavis

Can I ask why you are wanting a screen that size?? If you have any type of "row seating" your going to destroy the view of those sitting behind a row. I think you would be much better off with a 100" to 106" screen and on top of that..... have a better and brighter picture.

Originally Posted by hayatiakbas


Projector people selling 8500 for $1599

Originally Posted by davyo

Hey Bob,,,,, yes, we have had many of the same projectors

I will be interested to see if I notice a difference, big or small, from my recently returned 8100 (only had the 8100 for 14 days and returned it to BB when I found out the 8350 was coming out so soon/fast, and the price) so I really did not get a chance to log many hours onto the 8100 to really know it that well,, I think I used the 8100 less than 10 hours, I was too busy setting up the new theater room to spend more time with it.

I will make sure and give a full run thru tonight and just for fun post screen shots,,,,, Im very much looking forward to viewinig the 8350.

Cheers
Davyo

Originally Posted by hayatiakbas

oh dude I first used 106". a year later the bug in me said 120" and a year after that I am settled on 135" with 8100 . now it will be 8350. so even though light output suffers little bit its a great feeling to look at that size.

Originally Posted by ay129

Really? Just been on there and its $1799. Or do you mean somewhere else?

Anyone expect the price of the 8500 to come down any further?

Originally Posted by mattdavis

Think he made a mistake....i'm not seing a new boxed 8500UB out there for less then $1,799.

Originally Posted by ay129

Really? Just been on there and its $1799. Or do you mean somewhere else?

Anyone expect the price of the 8500 to come down any further?

Originally Posted by hayatiakbas

they had some demo units with less than 4 hours on the bulb with brand new condition so its no more i guess. I think you should call and talk to someone there. Dana Moretz is the rep i talked to and she sounds honest. last year I alled her and said I own a 8100. should i uprade to panasoni 4000. she said "keep it hun, it is a great projector.buy the new ones coming in october"

the price will sure come down on back friday at least.

Originally Posted by SilverJS

Hey guys,

JS here from Moose Jaw, SK. I am also one of the Canadians anxiously awaiting this projector. I made a few calls today and gathered this info, thought you'd like to hear it :

1. Both Quebec Acoustique and EastPorters confirmed the CDN price will be 1499$;
2. Quebec Acoustique's Epson rep told him Epson Canada would receive their first shipment of the projectors on Friday 15 Oct; that means that the earliest the stores would have them would be the following Monday (the 18th), if Epson Canada is really switched on.

That's what I've got. EastPorters wasn't clear on whether or not a US-bought projector's warranty would be valid in Canada, and Quebec Acoustique was adamant that it would not.

Anybody have further info on this? ProjectorPoint.com will sell the PJ for 1299$ + 50$ shipping. Even with brokerage, that's still a bit less than I'd pay for it from a Canadian retailer, but most of all, I'd have it at least a week early.

Thoughts?

Cheers!

JS