Epson PowerLite S3 LCD Projector

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Best Money I Ever Spent

Epson PowerLite S3 projector

WOW! Good job Epson Powerlite S3 Projector

Great Projector for a Low Price

A good home theater projector

Epson PowerLite S3 LCD Projector

Manufacturer: Epson
ProductGroup: CE
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Product Features:

Features 800 x 600 (SVGA) resolution at 1600 lumens

Epson "3LCD" technology ensures accurate color and remarkable saturation

Time-saving instant off feature

HDTV-ready; displays both traditional and wide-screen formats (4:3/16:9)

Includes full-featured remote control

ASIN: B0009I0634

Product Description

Enjoy larger-than-life images that fill your home, office, or classroom. It's easy with the Epson PowerLite S3. An affordable 5.6 lb projector, this SVGA ultraportable delivers 1600 ANSI lumens so you can experience the thrill of movies, sports, video games and more with expansive images that surpass even big-screen TVs. Epson 3LCD technology ensures accurate color and remarkable saturation, even in well-lit rooms. And, specialized color modes mean you get the most vibrant images, whatever the situation. With smooth video playback, on-screen action sequences come alive. Best of all, the PowerLite S3 makes setup a breeze, even for first-time users. With its 5-second startup time and time-saving Instant Off feature, it's always ready to perform! Conveniently placed lamp and air filter access, designed for easy, affordable changes, even when the projector is ceiling-mounted Full-featured remote control to switch sources, control presentation functions, and more Password-protected security features, including timer, logo and key lock protection, to prevent theft and unauthorized access High-speed fan to quickly cool the projector, especially in high altitude locations 2-Year Limited Warranty with outstanding Epson service and support with a 90-day lamp warranty for added dependability Lamp Type - 135W UHE Unit Dimensions (includes lens and feet) 9.7 x 12.9 x 3.9 / Weighs 5.6 lbs Video inputs - Composite video - RCA (Yellow) x 1, S-Video - Mini DIN, Component video - Mini D-sub 15pin (in common with Analog RGB connector), Video-RGB - Mini D-sub 15pin (in common with Analog RGB connector) / Audio Inputs - RCA

Amazon.com Product Description

Want to take your presentations, movies, video games, and television programs to the next level? The Epson PowerLite S3 can take you there. Fill your home, office, or classroom with glorious, larger-than-life images using this affordable 5.6-pound projector. The projector, which features 800 x 600 (SVGA) resolution, delivers 1600 lumens so you can experience all your entertainment with oversized images that surpass even big-screen TVs.

Take a closer look at the PowerLite S3's functions.
Epson 3LCD technology ensures accurate color and remarkable saturation, even in well-lit rooms. Plus, specialized color modes mean you get the most vibrant images, whatever the situation, and smooth video playback means that onscreen action sequences come alive. And best of all, the PowerLite S3 makes setup a breeze. The projector also features a time-saving instant off feature.

Great for Presentations
Because the S3 is so light, you can take it anywhere, making it ideal for presenters on the go. The instant off feature lets you turn off the projector and unplug it immediately--then you're off to your next presentation. Epson 3LCD technology consistently delivers vibrant images and rich color saturation, plus a deep, extensive gray scale for precision detail--even subtle gradations are visible. There's also a USB port for mouse and keyboard connectivity, as well as an included soft carry case.

Video Magic
Not just for presenters, the S3 shines in the living room, too. Just switch the projector from presentation mode to theater mode, and suddenly, you've got an amazing home theater. The S3's smooth video playback makes onscreen action come alive. It offers a big-screen performance that makes it easy to enjoy DVDs or video games with amazing color and detail. It's even HDTV-ready, and you can select both traditional and widescreen formats (4:3/16:9). Plus, you can choose the photo mode for viewing digital slideshows. This mode offers black-and-white enhancement levels to view more detail, even in over- and under-exposed images. Finally, game mode enhances darker images, giving you a better gaming experience. The S3's analog connections include video-RGB, composite video, S-video, component video (via video-RGB), and audio RCA.

Easy Setup and Maintenance
With the included full-featured remote control you can easily switch sources, control presentation functions, and more. Plus, the projector has a five-second startup time to avoid presentation delays and reduce pre-presentation jitters. Color-coded cables make connectivity easy for first-time users. Lastly, 30-degree keystone correction offers greater positioning flexibility without any distortion.

Maintaining the S3 is a breeze, too. Conveniently placed lamp and air filters are designed for easy, affordable changes, even when the projector is ceiling-mounted. A built-in high-speed fan quickly cools the projector, especially in high-altitude locations. The S3 ships with a two-year limited warranty, plus a 90-day lamp warranty for added dependability. During the duration of the two-year limited warranty, the Epson Road Service program provides a replacement projector, typically within 24 hours. The warranty is good in over 45 countries and Epson supplies a toll-free support line.

What's in the Box
PowerLite S3 multimedia Projector, power cable, remote control with batteries, computer cable (mini-D-sub 15pin), user's manual on CD-ROM, quick setup poster, and soft carrying case.

Customer Reviews:

Best Money I Ever Spent.......2007-09-24

I bought my projector almost two years ago and use it for DVDs, cable and to play my Wii. With a $1,000 budget, I bought the projector, a stereo surround system, a can of low gloss white paint and some black trim and built a home theater that will rival one that would cost 25-30K (if you bought a comparable-sized plasma TV). My projector is about 15 feet away from the wall and projects a 108 inch screen. I consider the quality to be about halfway between watching a movie in a theater and watching one on a plasma tv. I don't pretend the image is the same as a plasma, but the Epson's price is only a fraction of its clearer cousin.

I'll add a positive note to Epson's customer service. I had a problem with my projector (while still under 2 year warranty), and after talking me through several unsuccessful troubleshooting efforts over the phone, they over-nighted me a brand new unit without hassle.

Epson PowerLite S3 projector.......2007-07-24

This is a great projector. I bought this projector on march of 2006 and it still works great. I don't own a screen, but the wall have worked great. Even if there is still light in the room the movie on the wall still looks good.
I have used it to for powerpoint presentation, for movies using a dvd player or laptop and watching movies straight from the cable box.
The wide and Tele features are great to ajust your picture.

I love this projector.

WOW! Good job Epson Powerlite S3 Projector.......2007-04-02

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! I've had it for over 4 moths now, and I love it. I play video games on the big screen (over 90 inches) in my room, watch movies in the dark with friends, watch regular tv, use it with my computer to go online, write reports and just to see things from a new perspective. I Love it. I haven't had to buy a new bulb yet so i do not use it inscesently, but it does work for long periods with no problem. I have a baby blue colored room and I project directly to my wall, and the whites and WHITE and the blacks and BLACK. as it is, there's no need for me to spend $200+ on a screen. A+ product. any questions ask matttllz5772@aol. this product is hot. and ask about my products as well- books, to paintball markers, to games and systems. I would highly recomend this projector over the more expensive epson projectors. it does a great job with high quality. the only thing is that it does get hot and i would not like to sit next to it (thats why its on the wall ;-)

Great Projector for a Low Price.......2006-07-19

I recently purchased this projector for my room and it is AWESOME!
I have lived with a 20" tv for a while with surround sound and I needed a bigger display for a cheap price. I was able to and 80" display in my room which is a HUGE change from my small TV.
I can connect it to my computer, VCR, TV, Camera, Gaming system and more.

The only things that are a minor inconvience are that if you are sitting next to it, you will fry. This thing exhausts so much heat and your room will be heated up in the summer if you don't have A/C or a fan.

Images from a Computer tend to be pixelated. Other than this, this is a great projector.

A good home theater projector.......2006-05-04

I bought the S3 a month or so ago after a lengthy search process. My goal was to get a projector for watching DVDs. The image is bright and clear. 1,600 lumens gives you a good picture even with substantial ambient light. I use a 92" high-gain screen, and a projection distance of around 13'. At that distance, 92" is about as small as the image can get.

I would prefer that the zoom was manual rather than digital, but image quality does not suffer much at all with the DVDs.

Overall, our family is very pleased with this projector.

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HP Consumer IPAQ 3950 Pocket PC ( 269808-001 )

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Product Description

The 5000DV is versatile add-on storage for video-editing and high-end graphic users. You'll have plenty of workspace for all your large projects, including over 15 hours of digital video. There is even enough room to backup files from your computer. Just press a button and the Maxtor OneTouch drive will make backup copies of your files from your internal drive. It's the easy way to organize and store backup copies of your files. Featuring a Maxtor 7200RPM internal hard drive and both FireWire (IEEE 1394, i.LINK) and USB 2.0 interface ports, the 5000DV is one of the most versatile drives available for your PC or Mac.

Customer Reviews:

Maxtor External HDD.......2006-11-20

Well, it was good while it lasted. But yesterday morning only after three years, I woke up by the sound of heads crashing and found the drive to be very hot and dead. I wounder if this had happened in my absence, could it have caught fire. The drive was very hot to the touch. I have sufficient redundancies built in so as not to suffer any data loss. But three years is a very short life span.

Three years, zero problems.......2006-10-31

I bought two of those drives in the beginning of 2004 for a purpose of making backups of our small FreeBSD 4.x server, using Amanda backup software. The drives are rotated weekly - each week one drive is on-site and another off-site. I'm using FireWire connection. I've never had any problems making backups or retrieving files from backups. Wish you the same luck!

User for 3 years and now it FAILS.......2006-08-31

I've had this HDD with few to no problems for the last 3 years. The few problems were that I occassionally had trouble accessing the drive because the power cable was not "fully" in the socket. This means I had to "wiggle" the connector to make it work.

This week, after 3 years, the drive decides not to work at all. It isn't being read by my machine even though the activity light goes off seemingly to say the HDD is doing something.

Luckily I have all my data on a newer, larger, NONE Maxtor HDD so I'm safe for now.

I've run into the "wiggle" issue with this newer HDD as well. I'm personally moving away from the HDD's with an external power source. At least the external drives that take power from a connection other than USB.

Defective Drive Crashed -- All Data Lost.......2004-12-03

The drive crashed and was unrepairable three weeks after the warranty expired. I LOST ALL DATA. Maxtor would not replace it because it was out of warranty, even though it was only three weeks out of warranty.

Two strikes and you're out.......2004-11-20

After several months of use, my Maxtor 5000DV 160GB lost its FAT formatting and became inaccessible, so I called Maxtor customer support. They told me I should have initially formatted the drive as NTFS (even though the instructions that came with my drive said nothing about this) and suggested I use a very expensive data recovery service to salvage the corrupted drive. Needless to say, I was very disappointed in Maxtor's response. I hung up, did a quick web search, and found lots of good, inexpensive data recovery software. After transferring my recovered files to a different drive, I exchanged the Maxtor 5000DV 160GB for a new one (they wouldn't give me my money back, so I thought I'd at least try a new drive). Well, what do you know? The new one, running on WinXP, and formatted as NTFS failed in exactly the same manner!

Very poor quality product.

Maxtor Personal Storage 5000DV - Hard drive - 160 GB - external - FireWire / Hi-Speed USB - 7200 rpm - buffer: 8 MB

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Maxtor Personal Storage 5000DV - Hard drive - 160 GB - external - FireWire / Hi-Speed USB - 7200 rpm - buffer: 8 MB

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The Maxtor's value line of hard disk drives, featuring Maxtor's enhanced mechanical design as well as Maxtor's safety functions for enhanced reliability is designed for desktop systems which demand maximum storage capacity and performance.

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Maxtor 15GB Hard Drive (K012015GH)

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Product Features:

Up to 15 GB of data storage
Fast data transfer speeds up to 100 MB/sec
5400 RPM Spindle Speed
2 MB cache buffer

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The Maxtor DiamondMax hard disk drive is designed to efficiently meet the need for capacity. The DiamondMax confirms Maxtor's leadership position in drive technology. The DiamondMax drive uses advanced, integrated electronics combined with numerous design innovations to achieve a wide range of capacity points, solid reliability, and quiet operation all at very competitive prices. As a result, the DiamondMax is the premier choice for many desktop, enterprise and consumer electronic storage needs.

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Nice size, decent price, impossible to configure
Not a company writer.
Absolute Best drive for the money
fast...fast...fast

Maxtor ST0151500U 15GB Hard Disk Drive

Manufacturer: Maxtor
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Internal hard drive with 15 GB storage
Supports Ultra Mode 5 for up to 66 MBps data transfer
Fast 7,200 rpm spin speed
2 MB cache buffer
Cables and mounting hardware included

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Unleash your computer's maximum performance with the DiamondMax Plus 40 series from Maxtor. Available in capacities up to 40 GB, these 7, 200 RPM drives include Maxtor's unique DualWave twin processor technology for a 10x boost in host command processing speed. Coupled with 2 MB of high speed 100 MHz SDRAM for the cache buffer and an UltraDMA 66 interface, give Maxtor DualWave-equipped hard drives superior benchmark performance and maximum throughput. As a result, they're an ideal choice for consumers working with large files, including audio and video applications.

Amazon.com Product Description

Along with its impressive 7,200 rpm spindle speed, the ST0151500U 15 GB hard disk drive comes with Maxtor's enhanced ShockBlock head disk assembly offering even more shock resistance and endurance than previous products. This 15 GB drive is ideal for working with large files, including audio and video applications.

Customer Reviews:

Nice size, decent price, impossible to configure.......2000-08-04

I consider myself extremely capable on computers, and have installed many harddrives, yet I find this drive and the included MaxBlast software the most difficult thing I have ever encountered. I had a problem installing Windows 98 and NT numerous times, and found the software extremely hard to work with, since it is required to utilize all 15 gig, or else I would have used FDISK and FORMAT. Anyway, only buy this if you are extremely confident and have the number of your favorite Computer Technician handy.

Not a company writer........2000-07-19

The drive itself is good. The software is good as far as formatting and partitioning. Beyond that--forget it.

When their software tells you your BIOS cannot recognize the hard drive, and do you want to install EZ BIOS? Try NO. You might save a week of wonder.

EZ BIOS can cause some weird start up problems.

Best bet: Forget the EZ BIOS and do your own copy routine. Check out CNET for a procedure to do this.(Maxtor still has no clue why their copy utility does not work--it has to do with the 386 swp file (virtual memory).

Note: Not from a Maxtor employee.

Absolute Best drive for the money.......2000-05-10

I'm a system VAR. I've sold a ton of drive upgrades. When people ask me what brand I prefer I tell them I've had 1 Maxtor drive fail since 1985. That's less than 1 in 3000! I sell other drives occasionally but I see far more failures in my shop with drives from other manufacturers. This drive is a great size also. I use this one specifically for systems running Promise FastTrak Raid arrays. The size is not too unweildy for avarage maintenance tasks.

fast...fast...fast.......2000-04-21

I just bought this Maxtor 15gig, 7200 rpm hard drive and also a controller card (UltraATA66). I had no problems installing both and performing a clean install of Win2000. I can now run up to 6 hard drives!

Product Description

The Hawking 2-port KVM switch is an ideal SOHO solution to control two computers with a single keyboard, monitor and mouse. By allowing a single console to manage all the attached PCs, the CS152F KVM switch eliminates the expense of purchasing a separate keyboard, monitor, and mouse for each PC as well as saving all the space they would take up. It also eliminates the inconvenience and wasted effort involved in constantly moving around from one PC to another.Installation is effortless. This kit includes everything you need. There is no software to configure, no repetitive installation routines, and compatibility issues are non-existent.The CS152F is the perfect solution for Small Office and Home Office environments needing cost-effective ways to control multiple PCs.

Customer Reviews:

Great Item.......2004-11-15

I've had this item for a few years now. Never had any problems with it. Using it with windows and linux.
One item to mention is that I did have to buy the power adapter ($10 at Radio Shack) for it to be recognized by one of my PCs; this is mentioned in the manual, as some PCs initialize before delivering power to the PS/2 ports.

Definitley recommended!

works, but some drawbacks.......2004-07-05

The basic KVM functions fine for me at resolutions up to
1280 x 1024 on windows and linux, and without a separate
power supply. However I have encountered two problems:

1. Each time I switch from one computer to the other, I have
to readjust the position of the image on my monitor. Hawking
has been unable to suggest any solution.

2. Like most computers, mine puts the monitor in low power mode
after a period of inactivity. The KVM interferes with this.

Video problems galore - stay away.......2004-04-22

I have a 19" LCD Dell 1900FP monitor. I could not choose any better resolution level than 640x480! Beware, Xwindows crashed on the first load my Redhat 9 box. (despite editing the XF86Config file and choosing a generic monitor). It seems as that display output is not interpreted correctly by linux. I am assuming this unit works fine under Windows. I even tried my RH9 install CD's using the graphical installer and the text and images were off the screen. I eventually got the display, mouse and keyboard all working at 640x480. So unless you like HUGE images, stay away.

Overalll, I am not very impressed.

Love This Thing.......2003-08-27

I don't know why that other guy had video problems - must've been a bad unit because mine looks fine whether I'm running W2K or Linux KDE.

This switch is small enough to hide and, even though it has a 9V power port, it doesn't need it.

It even passes the gold standard of KVMs: you can boot Windows past the GUI start with the switch pointed at another machine and still have mouse and keyboard function when you switch back. Try that with a manual switch.

In summary, this is a very nice piece of equipment that beats its competitors on price hands down while not giving up anything in functionality.

Poor video quality.......2002-10-18

I bought this switch to replace a Linksys unit I'd been using that was having problems with the mouse connection between my desktop and my thinkpad. This (Hawking) unit solved that problem but created a new one--at the same resolution on my monitor the picture through the Hawking KVM was fuzzy. In the manual they say that this sometimes happens and you just need to lower the resolution. I tried that and it did work--but then I had a screen that looked like it was set up for someone going blind--everything was HUGE and I saw very little of a web page without scrolling. So, back it goes. I will live with the mouse problem.

If you are thinking about buying your first KVM switch for a use like mine (home user with two PC's that I want to set up for keyboard/mouse/monitor sharing) you are on the right track, but I think you'll find that these 2 port units are a little under-engineered. It's still worth it, somehow. Just don't buy this Hawking unit unless your monitor's picture is less important to you than it is to me.

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