Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-4 Posted on October 23, 2007 By Art Feierman 1. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review - Acer PH530 Projector Highlights - Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review: Overview2. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour - Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones - Acer PH530 Black Levels and Shadow Detail4. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality2 - Acer PH530 Black Levels and Shadow Detail5. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-36. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-4 - Acer PH530 home theater projector: Sharpness7. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-5 - Acer PH530 Overall Picture Quality8. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance - Acer PH530 Menus - PH530 User Memory Settings - PH530 Projector - Remote Control9. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance2 - PH530 Lens Throw and Lens Shift - Acer PH530 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility - Acer PH530 Projector Brightness - PH530 Projector - Light Leakage - Acer PH530 Audible Noise Levels10. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance3 - PH530 Projector Screen Recommendations - PH530 Projector Measurements and Calibration - Before adjustment - By applying these changes - Grayscale balance was almost dead on the ideal 6500K for movies - PH530 Image Noise11. The PH530 from Acer: Projector Review – Warranty - The PH530 from Acer: Projector Review - Warranty12. Home Theater Projector Review: Acer PH530 DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons - Home Theater Projector Review: Acer PH530 DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons - Acer PH530 projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Acer PH530 Projector: Pros - Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector: Cons - Acer PH530 Projector: Typical Capabilities - Acer PH530 Summary13. Acer PH530 Projector SpecificationsAcer PH530 home theater projector: Sharpness AcerBenQPreviousNext HC6000Sharp XV-Z20000PreviousNext Lastly, a cropped view of a computer monitor from Space Cowboys on Blu-Ray. Again, a similar image is found in most reviews, so you can compare. Readability of the type on the computer screen is the key, and the HC6000 does exceptionally well. The thumbnail to the right is the Sharp XV-Z20000, as mentioned is virtually identical but here shows a slight edge. Don’t forget, all these projectors have a sharpness control. I am generally very careful to minimize artifacts caused by over-sharpening, but I do not really fine tune each one.As I have already mentioned, the sharpness of the PH530 is not spectacular. The BenQ definitely a very slight edge, and as I’ve been watching the Panasonic PT-AX200U today. I’ll give the advantage to the Panasonic despite the fact that Panasonic’s SmoothScreen technology does sacrifice some sharpness for invisible pixels.On the left is the thumbnail image for the Acer, and on the right, for the BenQ. Of course the BenQ is an LCD projector, so pixels are more visible. Step back from the enlarged images, to compare.In some cases, I should note, the Acer does appear a touch sharper, but usually, as with the monitor scene below, it’s where the higher contrast ratio of the DLP Acer, helps very small objects stand out. I don’t want to quibble here, because all of these projectors have sharpness settings, and you can up the sharpness of one, and drop the other, and reverse your impressions. When you do oversharpen, though you tend to get a bit of ghosting where dark and bright meet. 1. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review - Acer PH530 Projector Highlights - Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review: Overview2. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour - Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones - Acer PH530 Black Levels and Shadow Detail4. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality2 - Acer PH530 Black Levels and Shadow Detail5. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-36. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-4 - Acer PH530 home theater projector: Sharpness7. Acer PH530: 720p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-5 - Acer PH530 Overall Picture Quality8. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance - Acer PH530 Menus - PH530 User Memory Settings - PH530 Projector - Remote Control9. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance2 - PH530 Lens Throw and Lens Shift - Acer PH530 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility - Acer PH530 Projector Brightness - PH530 Projector - Light Leakage - Acer PH530 Audible Noise Levels10. Acer PH530 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance3 - PH530 Projector Screen Recommendations - PH530 Projector Measurements and Calibration - Before adjustment - By applying these changes - Grayscale balance was almost dead on the ideal 6500K for movies - PH530 Image Noise11. The PH530 from Acer: Projector Review – Warranty - The PH530 from Acer: Projector Review - Warranty12. 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