Z1 or one of the newer $1300 16:9 PJ's??

I have the epson home 10; you're right there has not been much info out there but recently two stellar reviews, Projector Central and Home Cinema Choice (I believe a UK site) were done on the Home 10. And a pj sales site compared it to the z1 and gave a slight nod to the home 10's picture.


I could give you my own perspective but you have to "take it for what it's worth", as I am a newbie, haven't seen that many other pjs and can't articulate in the kind of tech talk that perhaps some on this forum are used to. I can only tell you that in my view the picture quality is amazing for dvd's' and that's using s-video, as my component inputs are taken up by my hdtv stb. Makes me wonder how much better would the pq be using progressive scan input from my dvd.


In addition to pq, the home 10 is virtually inaudible, performs well even in ambient light, and it's replacement lamp is

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I'm not a dealer and frankly i don't have the answer but i 'believe' YES, at least close to your budget. Talk to Visual Apex, they are good folk with best price in the business.


I would get the 300 instead, Panny's smooth screen is the boom and best feature you could have for budget LCD. It would help to eliminate SDE compare to Z1.


I just read What HI-FI? review yesterday and they like 300 better than "Z2" out the box on plain DVD pleasure. Actually they pretty hard on the Z2 and used word "dull" on PQ and only look good on paper to describe Z2............ the verdict was 3/5 for z2 and 4/5 for 300.


Oh, Z2 onwer don't jump on me, send your hate mail to bloody What HI-FI?

The Home 10 is a decent unit, but not a huge step above the AE100/AE200. The colours calibrate very well and have natural appearance without as much of the green push/red push that I've seen on other LCDs. Contrast is quite good for the low end of the pay scale, but has a ways to go as scope movies will quickly remind you of that. Biggest problem I had was the ergomics of the focus ring which is a bit loose and did not provide consistent corner to corner sharpness. Theater black mode is the only useful mode as the others distort color balance. Whisper quiet...no light spill out of the front OR back. The sample I had didn't display any vertical banding and the pixel noise was lower than the Panasonic and Sony's I've had. Screen door is minimized, with the thickness of the individual lines of the pixel grid looking less thick than that of an AE100. The Sony HS3 is a pile of junk (built like a 20 dollar toy, tiny throw distance, poor inputs, etc), so scratch that off the list. If picture quality is the only concern, stepping up to an AE300 might prove a bit more satisfying, but the Home 10 isn't a bad starter unit.

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Just wondering how much experience you have with the Sony VPL-HS3?


I tried the Epson S1 (not near as good as the Home 10 for HT) and the Infocus X1 before I bought my VPL-HS3. I have found that the HS3 has the brightness of the S1 with contrast close to the X1. Giving it the best picture of the three.

I also think the build quality of the HS3 to be the best of the three, felling much more solid. Also the HS3's remote is far better and is back-light.

I've never seen the Home 10 or Z1 so I can't compare to them but feel the HS3 is worth a look.