Epson EB-X11 review

The projector’s image quality isn’t great, as the bright lamp makes deep contrast hard to achieve, so images seem either faded or oversaturated. It’s not particularly accurate, but it does produce brilliant primary colours. The boldness of the colours in some way makes up for the lack of contrast, but the black level suffers, so dark areas in images look grey. Presentations are where the EB-X11 shines, and it produces crisp lines, bold bars and clear text.

You can display a Windows desktop larger than 1,024 x 768, but the projector compresses the image so detail is lost. It’s fine for presentations with large text, but no good for small fonts. You can also display widescreen resolutions, but again detail is lost.

The projector’s brightness comes at the expense of contrast, which is especially evident when watching films; during The Dark Knight, we were struck by how bold the colours were, but in its many dark scenes, and even in lit scenes where most people were wearing dark clothes, there was too much detail missing in the dark areas.

The EB-X11 is a good value education or business projector, and its incredibly bright lamp means you’ll be able to show presentations and slideshows in brightly-lit rooms with punchy colours. The lack of contrast means it’s not a great buy if you want a crossover projector to take home and use to watch films at the weekend, but its low lamp cost, easy keystone correction and extra features make it a deserved Budget Buy.