Unless I missed a review it loooks like everyone is buying this for running Powerpoint or something similar at the job. Just because it says it's for meetings doesn't mean it won't work as your TV. ;)

I bought this thing for the entertainment room in my basement. I can't recommend it enough. $588?! Are you kidding? TOTAL BARGAIN! Do NOT waste hundreds more on something that might have a 5% better picture. Just throwing money away if you do.

I run my regular TV through it as well as a Hi-Def connection for the Xbox. I connect my laptop to it and we watch Netflix movies on the big screen.

Picture is excellent. 2000 ANSI is perfect for nearly all lighting conditions. Xbox is STUNNING. Made a huge difference in picture quality. Runs hi-def with an optional cable (buy a generic cable. Epson wants $100 for the cable. I paid $15. Wake up Epson, no one is paying $100 for that cable. At least I hope not....) It's ONLY 1080i through the HDMI port, but for less then $600? Totally worth it.

300 hours on my bulb and it's rated for 2000 hours at the HIGH setting. I use the low setting which makes very little difference in the brightness of the picture but it is supposed to add another 1000 hours of bulb life.

LOVE Epson, but their accessories need to be repriced. Cannot recommend this enough.

This item was purchased for a mens club that frequently has programs including powerpoint presentations. This projector is very adequate with outstanding brightness and reasonable zoom capabilities. It is quite easy to operate and functions equally easy with PC's and Mac's. The lower resolution does cause text images to be a little fuzzy on a large screen but this has not been a problem.

Before I purchased the projector I reviewed the cost of a replacement bulb on your web site. The replacement bulb was under $200, an excellent value when compared with other projectors. The set up is simple and the image is bright. I am very happy with my purchase. Thank you Amazon.

The projector was very easy to set up and use. I especially liked the zoom feature for the image size. The projected image is bright and the color is good, but I was disappointed by the sharpness of the image. I am used to the crispness of a projected slide. By contrast, the digital projection is blurry and shows a definite screen wire pattern in the image. I have never used a digital projector before, so I don't know if this is standard or a flaw in this projector.

I bought this projector for my Quaker Meeting to use for presentations and the education program. We needed something that was drop dead easy to run, long life bulb and moderately priced. The Epson S5 is all of those things. It worked like a charm right out of the box (I have printed out selected pages from the manual and put them in the bag). I wish it were a bit sharper and brighter, but for our purposes it is great!

The projector was easy to set up and works fine with my Macbook (OS X 10.5.2) and Keynote. It does however need an adapter for the cable and a USB cable for the remote control, which are not included. The resolution is 800 x 600. This projector is a small, lightweight item suitable for family and small rooms, not suitable for professional large group presentations.

After weeks of researching different brands and types of multimedia projectors, I purchased the Epson S5 3LCD. Very pleased with all the features. Epson S5 was easy to set up. The picture is clear and the colors are true. It does well in a small room and equally as well in larger venues. Lightweight and comes with a handy carry case. I'm using a laptop to drive clips and power point, a DVD player for an occassional movie and it connects to handycam for instant playback. This one is versatile. Bulb life is longer than other brands. I highly recommend the Epson S5 2000 3CD.

What can I say? I manage the Western US for our firm. I present industry seminars to groups of 10 to 50. Being in the graphics industry, I'm pretty saavy with inkjet and other printing technologies, and have been in photography since high school. I thought I knew digital projectors. However, I wasn't prepared for all the new advances in portable digital projection technology.....at least not for under $600. Not only can you electronically zoom in or out on total picture size, but you can electronically "tilt the image" forward or back, to compensate for raising the front of the projector to elevate the image on your screen or wall. It takes care of the "trapizoidal distortion" in optical projectors of yester-year. I was blown away. And by the way, this projector really is "physically super-light", a good thing if you dread carrying your equipment around a building, etc. As for setup "out of the box", I test drove it within minutes. I didn't even need the quick-startup manual, although it's a 5 minute read, and gives you all the info you need to get going. Connecting to my corporate Dell laptop took seconds, and I simply used the monitor output cable they supplied with the projector. I'll be ready to use this tomorrow AM if I want. I'm totally satisfied. I even got a remote control.......I honestly wasn't even thinking about that little extra. What a deal.

You can't go wrong folks! Epson the kings of the budget projector FOR UNDER 800 BUCKS have yet again come out with a powerlite S5 projector. Now i own a S3 for like a year or more and Epson has released a S4 and now a S5 both of which have only improved on lamp life and BRIGHTNESS. WHAT WOULD REALLY SWEETEN THE DEAL IS A HDMI PORT FOR TRUE HDTV PROJECTION...but i guess a hdmi port would hike up the price alot but the powerlite series just keeps getting better and you can't go wrong it's a LCD PROJECTOR WITH 3LCD TECHNOLOGY,,REMOTE,,TRAVEL CASE,,VGA CABLE,,AND amazing picture quialty and clarity...YOU'LL BE SO HAPPY IM WATCHING IT AS I WRITE THIS REVIEW AND am planing on buying this S5 soon if my lamp burns out..my past review is on amazon as well http://www.amazon.com/Epson-PowerLite-S3-LCD-Projector/dp/B0009I0634