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Epson has expanded its Home Cinema lineup with three new 4K HDR laser projectors, the Home Cinema LS5000, LS6000 and LS7500, all built around the company’s 3-Chip 3LCD technology and a laser array light source. The trio slots in beneath the flagship Home Cinema LS11000, giving Epson a projector for most budgets and room sizes.
The three models produce between 2,500 and 3,500 lumens of equal Color Brightness and White Brightness. Epson’s Proprietary 4K Display Technology renders roughly 8.29 million pixels across the screen, and each model handles 10-bit HDR, HDR10 and HLG content, with optional Epson Automatic HDR Scene Correction. Dynamic contrast ratios range from 800,000:1 to 1,200,000:1 across the line.
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Screen size reaches up to 300 inches, and the projectors handle multiple aspect ratios from 16:9 HDTV to 21:9 cinematic content. The LS5000 and LS6000 use an Epson Cinema lens, while the LS7500 carries a short-throw lens that sits a few feet closer to the wall, suited to larger screens in rooms without much projection depth. All three offer manual lens shift of plus or minus 21 percent horizontal and 59 percent vertical.
Gamers get dual HDMI ports supporting 4K HDR at up to 120Hz, Auto Low Latency Mode, and input lag below 20ms. One HDMI port carries eARC for audio passthrough. Integrated Bluetooth 6.0 supports two-channel audio streaming from HDMI sources. The design is compact with whisper-quiet, front-exiting airflow.
Fernando Tamashiro, product manager at Epson America, framed projection as an alternative to ever-larger televisions. “As TVs get bigger, they can also become a design challenge, leaving a large black rectangle that dominates the room when not in use,” he said, adding that projection “virtually disappears when the entertainment ends.”
The LS5000 carries a $1,999.99 MSRP, the LS6000 $2,199.99, and the LS7500 $2,699.99, all arriving in late September through Epson’s online store and select retailers. Every model ships with two years of coverage that swaps out the whole unit if it fails. The LS11000 remains available at $4,499.99.