A home entertainment projector? Yes, it’s a mouthful but the alternative is to call this new piece of gear a "DVD player-cum-LCD projector" (an even bigger mouthful).

The idea is simple but very appealing: build a good-quality DVD player into an elegant LCD projector, slip a pair of stereo speakers into the housing, and add some interfaces to deal with incoming audio and video plus some outputs for downstream audio – and you have it.

I must say I was at first taken aback at the Epson’s appearance – it could have twinned with my Breville breadmaker! All white, box-shaped and with minimal styling, it would not go amiss in any hospital surgery. I feel sorry for those with extensive AV systems built into dark wooden cabinets.

Then the penny drops. Aside from sitting perfectly in those 21st century decors with bleached timber and gloss white finishes, the Epson is a piece of home entertainment equipment that could be sited virtually anywhere, in any room, both inside the home or out. You could even take it on vacation and use it in the hotel or holiday home.

Business people will appreciate it as it has arguably the best arrangements of any projector to present the projected image from a wide choice of positions, with wide lateral and vertical centring as well as vertical keystone adjustment.

You also gain in the connectivity stakes, with no need to run cabling from the DVD player to the output device – and the backlit remote control drives both. The DVD unit operates right out of the box, with no cables to connect and no settings to make.