Epson’s latest star burns brightly but struggles in the dark
Projector | £1150| whf.cm/EH_6250
Epson has awell deserved reputation for being pretty much the undisputed king of LCD projection for the home. Our annual Awards over the years are littered with Epson projector winners, selected for their consistently clean, sharp, cinematic picture quality across a wide range of price points.
With such a pedigree behind it, we have high hopes for the brand’s latest 3LCD model, the EH-TW6250. Especially as for just £1150 it offers a combination of built-in Android TV smarts, simple setup and a big focus on everyone’s favourite video feature du jour, high dynamic range.
At £1150, the TW6250 sits at the more affordable end of the 4K HDR projector market – and at the lower end of Epson’s own range. This signifies its position as a relatively casual home entertainment proposition versus the more specifically home cinema options you get from Epson’s TW7100 upwards.
The TW6250 is joined in Epson’s range by the TW6150, which costs only slightly less and is essentially the same as the TW6250 except that it doesn’t come with integrated Android TV support.
A rounded approach
The TW6250 sports an attractive matt white finish, soothingly rounded corners and edges, and a footprint small enough to fit comfortably on a typical coffee or even side table.
The top edge looks a bit untidy thanks to the presence of cut-out sections providing access to zoom, focus and image shift controls, and a sliding optical keystone adjustment, plus rather randomly placed power and input buttons. Untidy in this instance, though, doesn’t equate to ugly.
The TW6250’s bodywork is pretty much all plastic, of course, but it still feels reassuringly well-built. The TW6250 ships with two remote controls, effectively, as you get one with Epson’s Android TV dongle as well as one with the projector. You only really need to use the main projector remote, though. Unfortunately, both handsets are small, plasticky and devoid of any backlighting.
Features and image support
The Epson EH-TW6250 is a 3LCD projector, meaning it creates its pictures using three LCD panels: one each for the red, green and blue colour elements. Epson claims a maximum brightness output of 2800 lumens from the projector’s UHP lamp.
The TW6250 is one of Epson’s ‘4K Pro-UHD’ projectors, capable of playing high dynamic range images in the
