Epson Pro EX9240 3LCD Full HD 1080p Wireless Projector With Miracast - PCMag AU

The Epson Pro EX9240 3LCD Full HD 1080p Wireless Projector with Miracast ($849.99) is the lighter cousin of the flagship Epson Pro EX10000 ($1,299.99) in Epson's line of business-oriented portable projectors.

The EX9240 uses three LCDs, which guarantees it won't show the rainbow artifacts that single-chip models do, and also ensures that color images will be as bright as you would expect from the white brightness rating.

If you include photorealistic images in your presentations, however, they differ in color accuracy by enough to matter.

It's minor enough that most people will find it acceptable when the combination of screen size and ambient light level demands the highest brightness the projector offers.

If you're including photos or video clips in a presentation, these modes are the best choices, as long as they're bright enough for the screen size and ambient light level.

(Ambient light tends to hide differences between good and middling contrast.) Black backgrounds in slides and black areas in darker photos and film clips were significantly brighter than the white screen alone.

The EX9240 handles images well enough for presentations that include a few photos or film clips, and it can even serve nicely for uniformly bright video (such as in a newscast), which is better than many business projectors can manage.

On the 90-inch screen I use in my tests, even the lower-brightness Cinema mode was uncomfortably bright for viewing in a dark room, but it was usable with room lights on, and suitably bright even with one light aimed at the screen to simulate an unshaded window in a conference room.

If you need the Epson Pro EX9240's high brightness level primarily for business presentations and education use, but also need it to handle photorealistic images well enough to watch a full-length movie, consider the Epson Pro EX10000, which is a touch brighter, or the InFocus Genesis IN118BB, which isn't as bright but does the best job of the three with photos, video, and movies.

The Epson Pro EX9240 does work for a fairly specific set of circumstances: projecting presentations (but not movies) that need crisp focus and true 1080p resolution for fine details, in a brightly lit midsize to large room.

The price is reasonable for the features you get, and the projector can handle photorealistic images well enough to use photos and short video clips in a presentation.