This product is very easy to use and meets all of my expectations. Great value for money.

The Epson Perfection V39 ($99.99) is basically a throwback to the kind of flatbed scanner that used to be standard. Most flatbeds today can scan film, a design choice that's largely a response to the popularity of MFPs, which rarely include film-scan capability.

High-quality photo scans; Fully automatic mode for easy scanning; Scans to editable text and searchable PDF formats

No film-scan capability; Lacks bundled applications

The Epson Perfection V39 ($99.99) is basically a throwback to the kind of flatbed scanner that used to be standard. Most flatbeds today can scan film, a design choice that's largely a response to the popularity of MFPs, which rarely include film-scan capability. The V39 ($99.99 at Amazon) leaves out the ability to scan film, so you don't have to pay for the feature if you don't need it, and focuses instead on giving you higher-quality scans for photographic prints than most MFPs can manage. More important, it delivers enough to make it our new Editors' Choice for a budget home scanner for high-quality photo scanning. There are only a few general-purpose flatbeds today that share the V39's lack of a film-scanning feature, including the Canon CanoScan LiDE 120 Color Image Scanner ($298.99 at Amazon) , which is our preferred pick for a budget home scanner for snapshot-quality photo scans; the Canon CanoScan LiDE220 Color Image Scanner ($366.99 at Amazon) , which the V39 replaces as ...

The Epson Perfection V39 flatbed scanner is an excellent choice if you want to scan photographic prints, as well as short documents to searchable PDF and editable text formats. It's our top budget pick for high-quality photo scanning.

High-quality photo scans; Fully automatic mode for easy scanning; Scans to editable text and searchable PDF formats

No film-scan capability; Lacks bundled applications

While I am pleased with the performance of this scanner, especially for the price, there is one issue I wasn't nuts about. When installing the software, you don't have a choice as to where to install it, so it was installed on my small SSD boot drive instead of my 2GB storage drive.

I purchased this to replace my v33 perfection scanner. My 3 in one printer had issues with scanning due to upgrades in the operating system. I love this scanner, energy efficient, compact size, performs as well as it looks.

I had a Canon scanner and upgraded to Win-10. They would not release a new driver so I needed a new scanner and it was not going to be a Canon. I reviewed the ratings and this is the best I could find for my needs.

I have been delighted with my Perfection V39 in the 3 months since buying it. I have produced hundreds of sheets of music for my local orchestra - all to a high standard. I would certainly recommend it. The easily detachable lid is a very useful addition when scanning thicker volumes.

It worked great the first time... The ONE and ONLY time I managed to get it to work! The quality of the scan is great but the software, Epson Scan, that comes with the scanner is buggy. The second time I tried to scan something, the software refuses to work. I'm operating on a Windows 10 system.

I love my scanner and use it all the time

I needed a flatbed scanner as my printer doesn't have a scanner integrated. This Epson Perfection V39 is great, it scans quick, it's cheap, it's sturdy and it only needs a micro usb to power. It arrived next day too!