Epson EH-TW3200

According to Epson, the EH-TW3200 projector is designed for big-screen gaming and home cinema use. Epson also claims it can be used in full daylight thanks to its ultra-high-brightness bulb!

Hardware & Handling: quality and consistency from Epson

This projector's design and its general handling are very similar to Epson's EH-TW2900, EH-TW3800 and EH-TW5500 models. Rather than repeating ourselves, we'll therefore refer you to these two reviews for more information on the product's design.


The main problem with Epson projectors is their size, as unlike DLP projectors, LCD models tend to be more bulky. It's therefore difficult to imagine chucking it in your bag and taking it round your mate's house for an impromptu gaming session.

Image Quality: once calibrated, only deep blacks are missing

We found that a certain amount of progress had been made since the manufacturer's entry-level model, the TW2900. Although the graph below doesn't really show the effect of this improvement, it's definitely noticeable.


The black loses depth but gains blackness. With the EH-TW2900, black shades had a slight purple tinge, which has thankfully been corrected here. Unfortunately though, that does mean that the black isn't quite as deep, although we reckon that's the lesser of two evils!

Video noise is handled well enough on the default level 1 setting. To be honest though, you can switch this off completely or turn it up to level 3 without seeing any major difference in the way noise is handled.

Bright areas are very well managed, as even the brightest zones retain plenty of detail and nothing looks overexposed.

Upscaling and 1080p. Apart from a few diagonal lines where aliasing is still visible, upscaling an SD DVD (576 lines) to 1080p works well. The latest generation HD consoles and Blu-ray players can do better, but this projector isn't too far behind.

Image smoothness and 3D. There's no sign of 3D compatibility on Epson projectors just yet. There is, however, an image smoothing mode to help keep fast-action scenes flowing seamlessly. The only problem is that this 'Progressive' mode (found in the 'Signal' menu) affects the overall image quality. In fact, you're better off not using it.

Very-wide gamut. Like the EH-TW2900, this projector covers a colour space that's just too wide, particularly when it comes to green shades. Ideally, you'd be able to reset the projector to cover a tighter colour space so it could reproduce the exact colours with which Blu-ray and DVD discs are encoded. Unfortunately, this option is only available in higher-end models.