Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Calibration Posted on August 30, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Overview - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Highlights2. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Review2 - Home Cinema 2030 3D Capabilities: - Positioning of the Epson Home Cinema 2030 and Home Cinema 2000 projectors - Back to the Home Cinema 2030 projector:3. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Review 3 - Home Cinema 2030: Built in Sound, with Audio Out Feature - Home Cinema 2030 Lag Times - Gamers start your consoles! - Roku Compatibility - Epson Home Cinema 2030 and 2000: "Smart" Home Projectors - Home Cinema 2030 Energy Efficiency and Green 4. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Review 4 - Home Cinema 2030 Projector 3D - Home Cinema 2030 USB Slideshow - Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Dynamic Iris - Home Cinema 2030 Lamp Life - Image Slide - Image Adjustment - 1.2:1 Zoom Lens5. 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Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Advanced Calibration Info - Color Management Settings (CMS) - CMS Calibration Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)17. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Home Cinema 2030 RGB Settings18. Home Cinema 2030 and Home Cinema 2000 Competitors - Home Cinema 2030 and Home Cinema 2000 Competitors - Home Cinema 2030 vs. Optoma HD25-LV - Home Cinema 2030 vs. Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Home Cinema 2030 vs. Epson Home Cinema 302019. Home Cinema 2030 and Home Cinema 2000 Competitors – 2 - Home Cinema 2030 vs. BenQ W1070 and W1080ST - Epson Home Cinema 2000 vs. Acer H6510 and Viewsonic PJD7820HD - Home Cinema 2030 vs. Panasonic PT-AR100U20. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Advanced Calibration - Color Management - CMS Calibration21. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Warranty - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector - Warranty22. Home Cinema 2030 – Projector Screen Recommendations - HC2030 Projector Screen Recommendations23. Epson Home Cinema 2030 – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector - The Bottom Line - The Very Bottom Line on the Home Cinema 2030 projector24. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Pros - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Cons25. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Specifications The Home Cinema 2030 we received is an engineering sample. Our calibrations, including the Epson Home Cinema 2030, are normally limited to a grayscale calibration, along with brightness, contrast, color saturation, tint (where applicable), etc. In this case, we did also adjust the CMS. Grayscale and general settings from Mike’s calibrations are published here. CMS settings are published in the subscriber area. Below you will soon find our standard settings changes, along with Mike’s (our calibrator) comments about the calibration process and results. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Color Temperature Color Temp over IRE Range (Pre calibration, best modes) 30 IRE 6996 50 IRE 7342 80 IRE 7169 100 IRE 7063 Note that Living Room is by far the coolest temp mode. It’s got those blue-white whites that cut so nicely through ambient light, and it makes sporting events all wow factor. By its nature though, that color temp is definitely thin on reds. For casual viewing with more than a touch of ambient light, use Living Room as it is, or go into the HC2030 menus and make one simple adjustment – change the Color Temp from 1 to 0. Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE Dynamic 1999 @ 7588 Living Room 1669 @ 8947 Natural 1425 @ 7063 Cinema 1373 @ 7675 That will lower the color temp down a good bit, bringing in stronger reds, but will still be a bit cool, and still great for sports – your call. Go with: “Whatver turns you on!” Epson Home Cinema 2030 Basic SettingsIn addition to calibrating Red Green and Blue for a correct grayscale balance (6500K), there are a number of other settings that come into play. Typically Contrast and Brightness (white balance and black balance), need to be done first. Color saturation and gamma also need adjustment. In the case of this Epson most of these default settings were fairly close to ideal. Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis): Dynamic Living Room Natural Cinema Contrast = (0) 0 -2 -2 0 Brightness= (0) 0 1 1 0 Color Temp= 0 1 0 0 All other settings at default (untouched) Auto iris off for all measurements. Auto iris is on High Speed by default for all modes. Lamp on Normal Unless noted (by default, lamp is on ECO for Natural and Cinema) 1. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Overview - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Highlights2. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Review2 - Home Cinema 2030 3D Capabilities: - Positioning of the Epson Home Cinema 2030 and Home Cinema 2000 projectors - Back to the Home Cinema 2030 projector:3. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Review 3 - Home Cinema 2030: Built in Sound, with Audio Out Feature - Home Cinema 2030 Lag Times - Gamers start your consoles! - Roku Compatibility - Epson Home Cinema 2030 and 2000: "Smart" Home Projectors - Home Cinema 2030 Energy Efficiency and Green 4. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Review 4 - Home Cinema 2030 Projector 3D - Home Cinema 2030 USB Slideshow - Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Dynamic Iris - Home Cinema 2030 Lamp Life - Image Slide - Image Adjustment - 1.2:1 Zoom Lens5. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Physical Tour - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector - Appearance - Home Cinema 2030 Control Panel - Home Cinema 2030 Projector - Input/Output - Home Cinema 2030 Menus6. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Physical Tour2 - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Remote Control - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen?7. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Image Quality - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector - Flesh Tones8. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Image Quality 2 - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Black Levels & Shadow Detail9. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Image Quality 3 - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: Home Cinema 2030 Projector - Bottom Line10. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Image Quality 4 - Epson Home Cinema 2030 - Overall Color & Picture Quality - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, including 3D11. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Image Quality 5 - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV Content12. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Performance - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Brightness - Epson HC2030 Calibrated: User "best" mode, based on Natural mode = 1408 lumens - Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode) - Home Cinema 2030 Eco-Mode vs. Full Power:13. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Performance 2 - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Pre-Calibration Color temp - Home Cinema 2030, Post Calibration, Best Mode (Natural) - Home Cinema 2030 Picture Modes - Epson Home Cinema 2030 3D Brightness - Subjective14. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Performance – 3 - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Sharpness - Comparison images - Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise15. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Calibration - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Color Temperature - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Basic Settings16. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Advanced Calibration Info - Color Management Settings (CMS) - CMS Calibration Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)17. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Home Cinema 2030 RGB Settings18. Home Cinema 2030 and Home Cinema 2000 Competitors - Home Cinema 2030 and Home Cinema 2000 Competitors - Home Cinema 2030 vs. Optoma HD25-LV - Home Cinema 2030 vs. Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Home Cinema 2030 vs. Epson Home Cinema 302019. Home Cinema 2030 and Home Cinema 2000 Competitors – 2 - Home Cinema 2030 vs. BenQ W1070 and W1080ST - Epson Home Cinema 2000 vs. Acer H6510 and Viewsonic PJD7820HD - Home Cinema 2030 vs. Panasonic PT-AR100U20. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Advanced Calibration - Color Management - CMS Calibration21. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Warranty - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector - Warranty22. Home Cinema 2030 – Projector Screen Recommendations - HC2030 Projector Screen Recommendations23. Epson Home Cinema 2030 – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector - The Bottom Line - The Very Bottom Line on the Home Cinema 2030 projector24. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Pros - Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector: Cons25. Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Specifications Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector Performance – 3 Epson Home Cinema 2030 Projector – Advanced Calibration Info