Epson gears up biggest ISE yet, confirms native 4K projector is in development

Epson is gearing up for its largest ISE presence yet, says Neil Colquhoun, business director for Epson’s European visual instruments division. The news was revealed to Inside CI at a high level corporate briefing this week in London. Colquhoun (pictured above) also confirmed that a native home theatre 4K projector was in development. Of the brand’s recent projector launches, he added “The market has become quite polarised. You’ve got entry level 1080p products and high-end EH-LS10000 type products. Most of our news at the moment is on the lower end. We’ve just released the £550 EB-UO4 (pictured below) which is designed to take on the BenQ TH681. What we’re seeing is a big demarcation line around €999 euros, above which there is a bit of gap.”

Currently Epson’s consumer flagship is the laser light EH-LS1000. “It’s pseudo 4K - we didn’t want to wait until we had a 4K product,” says Colquhoun. “It’s been a phenomenal success. It’s definitely the future of projection. The absolute black is phenomenal.”

So will we see a native 4K LCD projector from Epson? According to Colquhoun, it’s coming but there’s no time frame. “You will see a native 4K projector from us. But as I always say, we need to make sure it’s best to market, not first to market. There’s still a long way to go until we get 4K content - and we need these kind of breakthroughs to drive the technology.”