The versatile MG-850HD is an easy-to-use and flexible multimedia system for family home users and professionals that fits comfortably into virtually any setting – whether in the family room for a movie-like experience, at the office in a conference room presentation, or even outdoors around a barbecue.

Watch movies, view presentations, share photos, or enjoy content saved on portable devices on a big screen, easily project and play content from an iPod, iPhone, or iPad (while charging), or share high quality imagery from a variety of other media devices, including smartphones, PCs, tablets, game consoles, and more.

“This is the ideal companion for the on-the-move digital lifestyle, allowing anyone to share multimedia content from Apple devices and a wide assortment of other portable content sources,” says Epson Australia business manager visual imaging Bruce Bealby.

“With its high-quality images and sound, versatility and portability, professionals and home users just place their iPad, iPhone or iPod in the retractable dock, click and immediately share multimedia content on a big screen wherever they may be,” Bruce says.

The MG-850HD uses Epson’s 3LCD technology to deliver reliable performance, high brightness of 2800 lumens light output, contrast of 3000:1 and rich, vibrant colours at up to 1280×800 WXGA resolution.

The two built-in 10W stereo speakers allows the MG-850HD to be used as a stand-alone speaker dock with four optimised audio modes. And with the microphone input, users can narrate photo and business slideshow presentations, or sing karaoke.

It features USB Plug ‘n Play instant setup, enabling users to instantly project from a PC or Mac or show slideshows via USB. Set up is easy with automatic vertical keystone adjustment and a horizontal slide keystone correction allowing the projector to be offset from centre so players can stand in front of the screen when playing console games.

The MG-850HD also includes HDMI and VGA inputs for versatile connectivity and flexibility, and is compatible with Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360.