Is Epson TW9400 still relevant in 2025?

[ItsBabu]

Hi FMs,

I am planning to buy a projector and the budget is 2.5 lakh. I am considering two projectors.

1. Epson TW 9400 (Lamp based)
2. Benq W4100i (4 LED)

Since 9400 is lamp based and it is old(released in 2019) I am wondering if it's still a good buy for the price(1.8 lakhs) as there are new Benq 4 LED models that has long life and advanced features like filmmaker mode, HRD 10+ and local/global contrast enhancer, HDMI 2.1 etc. Epson on the other hand has high native contrast ration and black levels are far better than Benq. And, Epson has lens memory, motorized lens shift and it's long throw distance.

3D is equally important for me and I liked it more on W4100i due to its high lumens(3200).

Service wise, I am not happy with Benq service as I am struggling a bit to change the lamp of my current projector Benq TH585. Not sure how the service of Epson.

Please let me know your thoughts.

 

[Amarendra]

Hi FMs,

I am planning to buy a projector and the budget is 2.5 lakh. I am considering two projectors.

1. Epson TW 9400 (Lamp based)
2. Benq W4100i (4 LED)

Since 9400 is lamp based and it is old(released in 2019) I am wondering if it's still a good buy for the price(1.8 lakhs) as there are new Benq 4 LED models that has long life and advanced features like filmmaker mode, HRD 10+ and local/global contrast enhancer, HDMI 2.1 etc. Epson on the other hand has high native contrast ration and black levels are far better than Benq. And, Epson has lens memory, motorized lens shift and it's long throw distance.

3D is equally important for me and I liked it more on W4100i due to its high lumens(3200).

Service wise, I am not happy with Benq service as I am struggling a bit to change the lamp of my current projector Benq TH585. Not sure how the service of Epson.

Please let me know your thoughts.

It’s a hit or miss. I used to have Epson 6100 Full HD projector- its lamp started giving trouble after 1 year. I finally used an Aliexpress lamp for 4-5 years trouble free.
So next I tried Benq 4k projector. Its lamp is fine but motherboard had to be repaired 2-3 times in 5 years.
Do consider xgimi and Hisense as well but only after checking on after sales service and warranty.
In my opinion laser projection is better followed by LED based and then lamp.