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1080p Projectors for the Ultimate Home Theater

1080p projectors are the ideal solution for top of the line home theater performance. When making your choice, consider throw distance and lens shift features (if needed) to make sure the model you want can be installed comfortably into your intended viewing room. All models are sufficiently bright for dark room viewing on screens up to 110" diagonal. However, some are brighter and can accommodate ambient light or larger screen sizes.

BenQ HC1200 DLP Highly Rated
The HC1200 is a novel concept: it's a reference-grade 1080p conference room projector. Instead of maximizing light output at the expens... more»
 Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3000 3 LCD Highly Rated
The Home Cinema 3000 is an upgrade to its predecessor in just about every measurable way. A bold, bright image makes it a good fit for ... more»
ViewSonic PJD7822HDL DLP Highly Rated
The Viewsonic PJD7822HDL, released this month, enters a crowded market. There are a lot of options for folks who need a 1080p projector... more»
 Optoma HD141X DLP Highly Rated
Optoma's HD141X is a powerful little 1080p home theater projector that comes at a bargain price. Powerfully bright, the HD141X lacks th... more»
Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema LS9600e 3 LCD Highly Rated
The Epson Pro Cinema LS9600e is one of the best 1080p projectors we've ever had the pleasure of working with. It is a complete package,... more»
 Optoma HD26 DLP Highly Rated
Like many other inexpensive home theater projectors, the HD26 is powerfully bright but feature-light, eschewing many of the bells and w... more»
Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3500 3 LCD Highly Rated
The Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3500 is the newest home entertainment projector from Epson and has already been attracting a lot of att... more»
 Optoma GT1080 DLP Highly Rated
When the latest generation of game consoles boosted their resolution to 1080p, they left Optoma's 720p gaming projectors behind the cu... more»
InFocus IN3138HD DLP Highly Rated
The IN3138HD is the newest 1080p projector from InFocus. As a projector for classroom and business use, the IN3138HD's 4,000 lumens, na... more»
 BenQ HT1075 DLP Highly Rated
The new BenQ HT1075 is the successor to the popular W1070. Announced at this year's CEDIA expo in Denver, the HT1075 doesn't make any w... more»
Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema LS10000 3 LCD Editor's Choice
The LS10000 is a revolutionary product, unlike anything that Epson has produced to date. It combines extreme contrast and extreme resol... more»
 Sony VPL-HW40ES SXRD Editor's Choice
Sony has just released the VPL-HW40ES, a 1080p SXRD home theater projector. At $2,499, it is the most affordable Sony home theater proj... more»

Definitions of Commonly Used Projection Technology Terms
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Anamorphic:
A technique for changing aspect ratios by optically or digitally stretching or compressing an image to or from a format with a different native aspect ratio. Movie studios used this technique to put the first widescreen movies on standard 35mm film and then used an anamorphic lens to recreate the image in the widescreen format in which it was originally shot.

HD-DVD:
High-Definition Digital Versatile Disc. Two formats have been proposed for these high-capacity DVDs, including Blu-ray and the generically named HD-DVD. Blu-ray is backed by Sony and Panasonic among others through the Blu-ray Disc Association and HD-DVD is backed by NEC and Toshiba through the DVD Forum. Blu-ray uses a higher resolution blue laser allowing for more disk capacity than HD-DVD, 25GB compared 15GB per layer. At present Blu-ray is more expensive and cannot be replicated on existing manufacturing lines.

Multiscan:
A display device capable of operating at multiple scan rates, usually starting at 30KHz up.

Power Output:
With audio amplifiers, the amount of power sent to drive the speakers. Peak output is quite often specified, which is somewhat misleading compared to the average amount of power an amplifier can continously produce (RMS rating).
Current 1080p Models
(sorted by popularity)
 1.  Optoma HD26
2.  BenQ W1070
3.  Sony VPL-HW40ES
4.  BenQ HT1075
5.  Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema LS10000
6.  Optoma HD141X
7.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3000
8.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5030UB
9.  Panasonic PT-AE8000
10.  Epson Home Cinema 8350
11.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3500
12.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 2030
13.  Optoma GT1080
14.  BenQ W1080ST
15.  Acer H6510BD
16.  Optoma HD25-LV
17.  Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema 6030UB
18.  Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema LS9600e
19.  Optoma HD91
20.  BenQ W7500
21.  Sony VPL-HW55ES-B
22.  LG PF85U
23.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3020
24.  Panasonic PT-AR100U
25.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3020e
26.  InFocus IN8606HD
27.  Optoma HD50
28.  JVC DLA-X500R
29.  Epson Europe EH-TW5200
30.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 2000
31.  Optoma HD161X
32.  Panasonic PT-AE7000
33.  ViewSonic Pro8200
34.  Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema 4030
35.  Optoma HD90
36.  Epson Europe EH-TW6600
37.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5030UBe
38.  Panasonic PT-AT6000E
39.  ViewSonic Pro9000
40.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8345
41.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5025UB
42.  Sony VPL-HW55ES-W
43.  Optoma HD151X
44.  JVC DLA-X55R
45.  Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3600e
46.  JVC DLA-RS4910
47.  Epson Europe EH-TW5100
48.  Epson Europe EH-TW6100
49.  Epson Europe EH-TW9200
50.  Epson Europe EH-TW7200
51.  JVC DLA-X700R
52.  Epson Europe EH-TW6100W
53.  Epson Europe EH-TW6600W
54.  Epson Europe EH-TW9200W
55.  Optoma HD131Xw
56.  JVC DLA-X900RBE
57.  Optoma HD30B
58.  JVC DLA-X35B
59.  JVC DLA-RS49
60.  Vivitek H1180HD
61.  Panasonic PT-AH1000E
62.  SIM2 Crystal Cube
63.  JVC DLA-RS57
64.  Vivitek H1185HD
65.  Panasonic PT-AT5000E
66.  JVC DLA-X500RBE
67.  SIM2 M.120 ST
68.  SIM2 Nero 3 LED
69.  JVC DLA-X35W
70.  JVC DLA-X35BE
71.  Vivitek H5085
72.  Digital Projection M-Vision Cine LED 1000 1080p
73.  Runco LightStyle LS-3
74.  JVC DLA-RS6710
75.  SIM2 Grand Cinema SUPERLUMIS