Epson Home Cinema 5050UB 4K PRO-UHD 3-Chip Projector with HDR,White

This is our second Home Cinema projector by Epson. This one is a good upgrade from our previous 5030. Great improvement in the picture quality and functionality. Starts up in seconds and the picture is high resolution with great color. Pleased.

Thanks to the seller for quick shipping. Anyone considering this projector would not be disappointed. We previously had the Epson Home Cinema 3800 and while it served us well, we felt the need for an upgrade to get better picture quality. After careful research between the Epson models we decided on the 5050UB. We were immediately surprised by the picture quality with the lights on in our movie room. The quality got even better after I dimmed the lights. This is a great product for anyone looking for a home theater projector.

I’ve been using this projector for a few weeks and it is excellent color and brightness for a living room with some ambient light. I don’t think there is any 4k(ish) projector which will display a better image in these lighting conditions. I was comparing to the BenQ HT5550 and the colors and blacks are so much deeper it’s baffling. This is definitely a viable option for true 4K gaming as well. I’ve been playing The Witcher 3 streaming from my PC over an Nvidia Shield at 4K with all settings maxed and its beautiful and VERY responsive. Granted, this is technically only a 2k projector up scaling 4K but with true 4K content it still looks amazing unless you are about 3ft from the screen. BenQ was definitely sharper pixels but much slower and dull compare to this projector. If you plan on gaming from your projector this is clearly the best option for the money. Why didn’t it get 5 stars? Well, take a look at the attached pictures and you can see a blue dot which is only visible VERY close to the screen and on near black images. I called Epson and they claimed it was defective and offered to do a return without any question. I’m trying to decide whether to do it through them or through Amazon but other than the defect it’s an excellent unit. I will definitely be getting another one. Edit: changing my review to 5 after getting a perfect replacement. I have been extremely happy with this purchase and I continue to stay informed on the competition with no regrets. This is definitely the best projector you can get for the money, especially if you need the extra brightness. I’ll be keeping this until laser gets more refined.

Excellent product, picture quality is excellent

I’ve owned this projector and used it for about a month. This review will probably repeat things given in previous reviews, but these are my opinions. PROS: A) motorized lens with lens memory. This was the primary draw for me to this projector. Being able to watch 16:9 ratio and 2.35:1 ratio without an anamorphic lens is exactly what I wanted. B) picture quality is really good. This projector used pixel shifting for 4K, but I can’t tell. I’ve also read reviews that DLP pictures are more crisp, but the picture on this projector is good enough that I’m not sure if I could tell a difference. Maybe with side by side comparison, but as a stand alone, it’s good. C) auto detect on sources. If something is 4K, the projector auto detects that to switch to HDR colors. CONS: A) unit is large. Weighs about 25 lbs. there are definitely mounts that will hold it, but if you are looking for easy mobility, this isn’t it. B) this could just be my unit, but the lens memory doesn’t save the picture at the same position as it was originally set. For instance, if I have the picture perfectly squared on my screen, save that to memory 1, then adjust the picture, often times when I hit memory 1 to go back to the original size, it isn’t exactly square with the screen. Not a huge deal. It’s not that far off, but it’s an annoyance. C) when shifting to or from 4K, the screen will black out momentarily. I’ve noticed it mostly when watching sources from Netflix. Start a show, screen blacks out for 15 or so seconds, then the picture reappears. Sometimes, it will do this a second time. I just pause the show when this happens, but it is another annoyance. The annoyances with this are the reason for the 4 star rating vice 5 stars. Based just off of picture and brightness, I would have given this 5 stars. Edit (4/11/21): I replaced my old HDMI cable with a fiber optic HDMI cable and that seemed to correct the issue I was having with a long delay of the screen being blank when shifting from HD to 4K content.