Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance 4 Posted on October 7, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Home Theater Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Overview - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Highlights2. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Home Theater Projector Review-2 - Split Screen viewing - Home Cinema 3010e WirelessHD - Home Cinema 3010 Projector 3D3. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Home Theater Projector Review-3 - Home Cinema 3010 Frame Interpolation - FI - smooth motion - USB Slideshow - Home Cinema 3010 Audio4. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Home Theater Projector Review-4 - Home Cinema 3010 Dynamic Iris-2 - HDMI-Link - Home Cinema 3010 Lamp Life - Zoom Lens5. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Physical Tour - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector - Appearance - Home Cinema 3010 Control Panel - Home Cinema 3010 Projector - Input/Output - Home Cinema 3010 Menus - Home Cinema 3010 Menus6. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Remote Control - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen7. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector - Flesh Tones8. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality-2 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Black Levels & Shadow Detail - Epson Home Cinema Comparision9. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality 3 - Shadow Detail Performance - Shadow Detail Performance Comparision - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: Home Cinema 3010 Projector - Bottom Line10. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality 4 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 - Overall Color & Picture Quality11. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality 5 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, includine 3D - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content12. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Brightness - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE: - Post Calibration: User 1 "best" mode = 1424 lumens - Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode) - Home Cinema 3010 Eco-Mode vs. Full Power - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Pre-Calibration Color temp, Cinema Mode13. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance 2 - Home Cinema 3010, Post Calibration, Best Mode (User 1) - Calibrated color temps, 20 – 100 IRE: - Home Cinema 3010 Comparision - Epson Home Cinema 3010 3D Brightness14. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance 3 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Sharpness - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Sharpness Comparison - Epson Home Cinema 3010: Bottom Line Sharpness15. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance 4 - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise16. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Calibration and Settings - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Color Temperature - Color Temp over IRE Range (Pre calibration, best mode - Cinema) - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Basic Settings - Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis)17. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration) - User 1 - Home Cinema 3010 RGB Settings - Home Cinema 3010 Post Calibration settings18. Epson Home Cinema 3010 – Projector Screens - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Screen Recommendations19. Epson Home Cinema 3010e – Competitors - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Mitsubishi HC4000 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Optoma HD20 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Sharp XV-Z17000 20. Epson Home Cinema 3010 – Competitors 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Panasonic PT-AE7000, Rumored Epson Home Cinema 5010 - Viewsonic Pro8200 vs. Epson Home Cinema 3010 - Panasonic PT-AE4000 and Epson Home Cinema 8700UB compared to the Epson Home Cinema 301021. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Warranty22. Epson Home Cinema 3010 – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector - The Bottom Line23. Epson Home Cinema 3010 – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the Home Cinema 3010 projector - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Pros - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Cons24. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3010 Projector Specifications Light LeakageSmall amounts of light are visible in the front vents. However, the projector throws no significant light out those vents. Not an issue. No ambient light outside the projected area coming through the lens (sometimes a minor issue). Image NoiseTake your pick. 2D, as with almost all projectors is rather clean. Let’s put it this way, any image noise you are likely to see, is less than the noise of compression when watching HDTV content. Standard background noises are not as noticeable as with a typical DLP projector (which is the most direct conpetition). 3D is really good. It seems cleaner than several higher priced projectors. Consider, though this is an entry level 3D capable projector, and in that sense, 3D related noise, be it crosstalk, etc. should be treated as a non-issue, considering it rivals easily first gen 3D projectors (most still shipping) costing 5x more. Audible NoiseDefinitely this Epson family room projector can make a bit of fan noise with lamp on full power, but really no more than the competiton. Cut it to low power, and the Home Cinema 3010 becomes relatively silent, with a claimed 24 db, far quieter than most dedicated home theater projectors at full power, and as quite as many of them even in eco mode. When the Epson is cranking out lumens in full power, Epson says 32 db audible noise, which is fairly typical of competing (mostly) DLP projectors, and a touch noisier than Epson’s own 8350 and 8700UB models. Considering that you will probably be watching movies in low power (other than 3D), no issues there, and even if you run at full power, it’s in line with competing Optoma brand and other DLP projectors. For example, the most direct competition, the Optoma HD33, is similarly noisy when both are at full power, but the Epson is brighter at low power, than the Optoma at full power! I currently have two Home Cinema 3010 projectors here, the first an engineering sample I received a few weeks ago, the second one, a far more finished projector. That first unit raised some concern. It had a dynamic iris that as physically rather noisy when operating, “clickity, clackity” at times. I immediately noted that to Epson, that it seemed loud enough to be a problem for many folks. Even at that time, they assured me that they were aware, and that the production projectors would be far quieter in this regard. As it turned out, they were dead on. The iris on the second unit still clicks and clacks, but not near as often, and far, far softer. I definitely don’t think the iris, behaving as the production units should, is even any noisier than the rumbly iris of the Epson 8700UB and the UB’s before it. The soft occasional “clickity” you might hear from a few feet away with the sound off, is certainly going to get lost with the slightest audio, be it talking or music, never mind “action” sequences. I’m sure there will still be a few who are bothered by it, as there are for almost every projector, but, certainly, for a family room type projector, Epson has reduced it to a non-issue. In other words, this Epson is definitely about as quiet as anything else out there targeted for family rooms, etc., and is actually about as quiet as the average (not the most expensive) DLP projectors designed for dedicated home theaters. This Epson is going to be slightly noisier than the average LCD projector targeted for dedicated rooms.. Bottom line: Lots of lumens, but very respectable noise levels. Normally very high brightness projectors have hotter lamps, and need bigger/louder fans. All considered, a real good job. 1. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Home Theater Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Overview - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Highlights2. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Home Theater Projector Review-2 - Split Screen viewing - Home Cinema 3010e WirelessHD - Home Cinema 3010 Projector 3D3. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Home Theater Projector Review-3 - Home Cinema 3010 Frame Interpolation - FI - smooth motion - USB Slideshow - Home Cinema 3010 Audio4. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Home Theater Projector Review-4 - Home Cinema 3010 Dynamic Iris-2 - HDMI-Link - Home Cinema 3010 Lamp Life - Zoom Lens5. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Physical Tour - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector - Appearance - Home Cinema 3010 Control Panel - Home Cinema 3010 Projector - Input/Output - Home Cinema 3010 Menus - Home Cinema 3010 Menus6. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Remote Control - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen7. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector - Flesh Tones8. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality-2 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Black Levels & Shadow Detail - Epson Home Cinema Comparision9. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality 3 - Shadow Detail Performance - Shadow Detail Performance Comparision - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: Home Cinema 3010 Projector - Bottom Line10. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality 4 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 - Overall Color & Picture Quality11. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality 5 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, includine 3D - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content12. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Brightness - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE: - Post Calibration: User 1 "best" mode = 1424 lumens - Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode) - Home Cinema 3010 Eco-Mode vs. Full Power - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Pre-Calibration Color temp, Cinema Mode13. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance 2 - Home Cinema 3010, Post Calibration, Best Mode (User 1) - Calibrated color temps, 20 – 100 IRE: - Home Cinema 3010 Comparision - Epson Home Cinema 3010 3D Brightness14. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance 3 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Sharpness - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Sharpness Comparison - Epson Home Cinema 3010: Bottom Line Sharpness15. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance 4 - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise16. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Calibration and Settings - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Color Temperature - Color Temp over IRE Range (Pre calibration, best mode - Cinema) - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Basic Settings - Settings for measurements (default values are in parenthesis)17. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Color Temp over IRE Range (Post calibration) - User 1 - Home Cinema 3010 RGB Settings - Home Cinema 3010 Post Calibration settings18. Epson Home Cinema 3010 – Projector Screens - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Screen Recommendations19. Epson Home Cinema 3010e – Competitors - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Mitsubishi HC4000 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Optoma HD20 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Sharp XV-Z17000 20. Epson Home Cinema 3010 – Competitors 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3010 vs. Panasonic PT-AE7000, Rumored Epson Home Cinema 5010 - Viewsonic Pro8200 vs. Epson Home Cinema 3010 - Panasonic PT-AE4000 and Epson Home Cinema 8700UB compared to the Epson Home Cinema 301021. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Warranty22. Epson Home Cinema 3010 – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector - The Bottom Line23. Epson Home Cinema 3010 – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the Home Cinema 3010 projector - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Pros - Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector: Cons24. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 3010 Projector Specifications Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance 3 Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector Calibration and Settings