PowerLite 1761W, WXGA, Wireless, 2600 Lumens Color Brightness, 2600 Lumens White Brightness, Ultra Lightweight 3LCD Projector

Epson is well known for having excellent digital projectors and this projector lives up to Epson's standards. It has nearly every method of connecting to a computer, notebook computer, tablet or video recorder/player and produces excellent quality, bright displays. The projector provides super sized displays in situations where there is limited distance from the projector to the screen or wall. The pictures or videos are very bright and are easily viewed even in rooms where there are large windows with no shades or window coverings installed during daylight hours. This projector is very light in weight, very small in size and comes with it's own carrying case and a good array of connecting cables. If you are like me, and need a very portable digital projector with bright high contrast displays that you can use for video or slide presentations on the road you can't overlook this projector! This projector fulfills all my requirements for making presentations in large or small viewing areas even in brightly lit conditions the pictures displayed are easily seen by the audience. Another great attribute with this projector is the size of the picture it can produce without loosing sharp well defined images. I like the capability of the displayed picture size with the projector 8ft from the wall or screen the display dimensions are 5ft 6inches by 7ft with very sharp images. A really great digital projector!

I've been very pleased with this projector. Small, compact and very quick setup. My typical use is broadcasting a powerpoint wirelessly, so the wireless connection (via Ad Hoc network) is perfect, and has never glitched, even carrying the broadcasting laptop several hundred feet away. The wireless won't work well for video-intensive presentations, but works great for more static presentations. Our setup typically requires quite a strong keystone correction, which is more than aptly covered even with this small of a projector. The case is a little flimsy, and I picked up a "15 laptop case for $20 that was sturdier. You can purchase the $99 wireless key adapter, but you don't need it, at least with a Mac, it's a piece of cake to connect it. However, it needs to take over your wifi to connect to the projector, so keep in mind, if you need internet, you'll need to have the laptop plugged in via ethernet. Brightness is great, clarity and color even in a well-lit room. Overall, very pleased.

There are many great reviews on here already that cover this product very well so I will be brief. I have had this now for a couple of months and purchased based on the reviews here, and elsewhere, that praised it. I am very happy with it, and as this is used in a conference area many people use it and they too are very pleased. This is a great upgrade from our old unit, and the features work as advertised for us anyway. Great focus and sharpness on our screen, and the brightness is great. We have used it several times now with all the lights on in the room where the old unit required dimming the lights to see at all. Only major oddity is the wireless adapter having to be installed by you. Yes, it's dead simple but still odd to have to do it. Wireless setup could be easier, but then again it is a projector so I'm not sure what you could do to make it really easy? I had no issues but many of my other users would never have figured it out. Wireless projection has been tested from Android and iOS users successfully, no surprises there so far. In the end, we are very pleased and I would recommend this projector to others. EDIT - 2/27/14 - I've now had this in service for over 6 months and it is still working very well. It is still surprising the users at how sharp and bright it is compared to our old unit. I just connected this to an Apple TV this week and spent some time tweaking it and playing with 1080P video on it and it really looked great. Good enough in fact that I'd already purchased a 70" TV to install in the conference room for the Apple TV to connect to, and now we're not going to do that as the projector works plenty well. Now I have to figure out what to do with a 70" TV, but I'm sure I'll come up with something!

The 1761W is amazing. So small, lightweight, bright and sharp. I could not believe for this amount of money that I could purchase this Epson Projector. The 2600 lumens that it has compared to my old NEC 1000 lumens that cost over twice as much 8 or 9 years ago astonishes me. Love being able to plug the projector HDMI into my Imac. I can't believe Epson can get all that light out of that small lense. I have not had time to work with the wireless or even install the software but I am sure that like everything else Epson does, it will be easy. The instant off and econmode are also nice features. An audio out jack would have been nice but not necessary! It is so small that moving back and forth from home to my photo studio is simple. Cord, remote, and projector it the travel bag is hardly bigger that a large book! I ordered it on Thursday and with Amazon Prime it cost only $3.00 to get it next day, WOW!

Great little projector - when it works. I purchased this and used it for business for about 8 weeks - until the unit failed. The fan clattered as if it were coming loose and hitting something. Epson graciously replaced the unit (with a refurbished unit) speedily, but the replacement unit only lasted 2 weeks, and then it also died. This time it would not start up. I returned the 2nd unit and received a 3rd replacement unit - which only lasted 2 days before it failed to start up. I have always chosen Epson projectors in the past and have had no issues with any of them. I understand that once in a while a new projector might be defective, but when 3 projectors in 3 months all fail, there must be a problem with the quality of this machine, or the refurbished units which they send as replacements are not being repaired properly before being sent to another customer. If this were a home theatre projector, I might be able to live with the hassle, but this is a business projector and it is disastrous when I show up for a business presentation and the projector does not work.

I purchased this because it was light weight, had great lumens / brightness, and high resolution. I was not prepared for some of the other benefits it came with. The wireless capability is really easy, and I tested this from my desktop and carried the projector to our conference room. My office is in a historic building with cinder block and brick in the walls, this worked PERFECT. As well the device has an auto keystone feature, which typically works perfect. When you get to some extreme keystone the device will require you simply push the button on the top to finish - really easy!! As far as the utility I recently went to my parents, which has a small TV and plugged this into the cablebox and shot the image directly onto the wall, no screen, low resolution composite video (the yellow cable), and propped up on a book. The large 115"+ image displayed very well in the middle of the afternoon and from across the house (could see a great image from the kitchen displayed in the living room, >20ft away).

This lightweight easy to use ultraportable is superb. It is very versatile and has been a real lifesaver for me. A snap to set up and very bright and almost always bests the older projectors that you run into when doing the lecture circuit. The only thing not particularly useful is the wireless component that can be unreliable when showing movie clips. It is so small and powerful that I can carry it in my backpack along with my laptop, portable speaker, and all the necessary hardware. My biggest disappointment is that I didn't buy it earlier.

Thought I would share the details to hopefully help others avoid the little disappointments I found- Ultimately there's a lot to like about this projector. The disappointments do not pertain exactly to the projector itself so I would do a 3.5 if I could. Pros: (these comments all pertain to a macbook pro mid 2012 running mountain lion) -Will work for ad hoc wireless between your computer and the projector (no simultaneous internet use) or over a wifi network (yes simultaneous internet use) -USB connections is super easy -HDMI connection is super easy and will play all video/media with no problem -USB and wireless connections seem to play low resolution video OK, but pretty draggy (things like youtube, iphone video, home video) -VGA connection is super easy and will play all media with no problem -If you follow directions- most set up is very user friendly with wifi taking a little more time (but the projector will save your settings) -Definitely light and easy to transport -good screen quality in a bright room -Epson support staff was very helpful via telephone and helped me diagnose a problem that was impacting both this projector/HDMI connection and a connection between the macbook pro and my TV- offered to replace unit quickly if other problems could not be ruled out (turns out that griffin mini display adapter is either incompatible with my mac or defective (thanks a lot apple store- cost me 8 hours I will never get back !) - got a gigaware one that works great) -Epson laptop software is easy to use on the laptop and usb connection as well as wireless is super quick/ easy set up (as long as you don't switch back and forth between adhoc and wifi network which takes a bit more time). -Fan is really not loud enough to be noticeable -Unit does not get nearly as warm/hot as a lot of other projectors I've used - I have not tried to use other devices but if you plug a USB jump drive into the projector you can view slides without another device- does not appear that you can do powerpoint off a USB- perhaps you can with an ipad or other device that has presentation software -My camera connected to the projector easily and photos show nicely- was not able to try video straight from the camera yet. Cons: -Here's the part that may not be the projector's fault- Video and moving images such as a slide show are very very very draggy using both USB and all wireless connections. According to the Epson tech- this is just the status of the technology and moving images do not do well with USB or wireless, but stuff like powerpoint is fine. Not sure if a more expensive unit would do better with this or if this is a totally accurate assessment. I was excited about doing presentations wirelessly since I do use some video along with powerpoint- but still need a cable for sharp high res multimedia apparently -I tried to play a DVD using both USB and Wireless and it will not play at all- you get a checkerboard screen where the images should be. DVDs play just fine using VGA or HDMI cables -No audio out jack so you need to enhance sound via external laptop speakers etc. -Projector sound is really not good if you like crisp sound- but most projectors are not made for sound and most people will want much better speakers anyway -The quick set up guide overlooks an important point- most people/offices have a password on their wireless network. Before assuming this connection is not authenticating- take another step, click on the security tab in the menu and enter the passphrase for your wireless network, and save it. -You cannot easily switch between an adhoc wireless connection and a wifi wireless connection- each time you do this you need to go into menu settings and choose "quick" (ad hoc) or "advanced" home/office wifi. The unit and software does save the settings though -The adhoc connection uses your wifi signal so you can't simultaneously have internet access, but if you connect wirelessly over your wifi network you can do both. -All functioning is highly dependent on the remote- so don't lose it !, I did read in other reviews that it's easily replaced for about $20 -Remote cannot be used to advance powerpoint slides unless you have a USB connection or wireless- no luck with VGA, not sure about HDMI -Pointer on the remote is too awkward to maneuver so not useful if you need to actually point to things in a presentation So I'm dealing with my disappointment- that if I travel to different venues and I want a quick easy set up to do powerpoint and video media type presentations I best keep a VGA or HDMI cord along for the ride and arrive early enough to figure out the logistics of all the cables and location of the projector/laptop. Not a problem really- I was just picturing traveling even lighter and prancing around where-ever I want with my laptop instead of worrying about the length of cables etc. !! I'll surely live :) BTW if others think I'm missing something here, I'm all ears ! So to summarize- this is a nice portable, flexible, little projector with nice screen quality at a decent price. At this point I'll take the tech's word for it that wireless and usb connections do not yet support high resolution moving images. I also feel good about the fact that support is readily available and so far, the warranty seems to mean something to Epson.

excelente proyector lo recomiendo al 100% , supero portátil, no pesa nada su maleta esta perfecta, es excelente para hacer presentaciones en instalaciones del cliente

I bought this projector to help me during my workshops with clients, but it also projects a clear enough image that I can watch movies on without seeing off colouring. LOVE IT!

Excellent