Hands On With the Epson EF-22B

In the last issue I had the opportunity to play with the Epson EF-21G. This time around I got to spend time with the EF-22B, which at first blush feels like the EF-21G if it had a swivelling gimball base.

It’s this rotating base that allows for a full 360 degrees of movement for the perfect setup which really sold me. This is a projector that wants to accommodate you in any way it possibly can. Its contemporary felt like it was happy to do what it could with any wall you pointed it at, but the EF–22B felt like it was encouraging me to do more ceiling bedroom projections, which is handy since my partner has covered almost every wall with bookshelves. Being about 3kg this mini projector has a footprint of just 191 x 236 x 193 mm. For the two of us using the inbuilt 5W dolby audio speakers was more than enough, however if you don’t want to wake anyone up it comes with a handy audio output auxiliary port. On the back it also comes with HDMI, a USB-A For your portable harddrive or webcam and a USB-B for all your… whatever goes in that. The resolution is full HD and looks gorgeous with its Over 5,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio powered by 3LCD 3-chip technology. 3-chip LCD technology dedicates a chip to process each primary colour continuously, as opposed to single-chip tech that delivers colour sequentially. This allows for more vibrant colours.

It comes with Google TV built in, so no need for messing around with any added dongles. After connecting it to the home wifi pairing it with my phone and casting youtube was a cinch. I was up and running in minutes.

Perhaps my favourite feature of these mini projectors is it’s obstacle avoidance technology that will shrink or expand the image to fit within the clear space in front of it, It’ll automatically shrink down to avoid things like heat pumps and pot plants. Like wise Auto-keystone correction has been a dream, and is so well managed that it made me forget how terrible it used to be having to input skew settings manually every time you repositioned the projector.

Overall once again I enjoyed my time with the EF-22B, of the two, due to personal setup considerations, the 22B was by far the more preferable option. But if you wanted something more easily transported, you still can’t pass up the EF-21G.