Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance Posted on October 18, 2011 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 In this section, we consider the brightness (including full measurements), sharpness, and image noise of Epson’s new, and least expensive 3D capable projector, the Home Cinema 3010. Also covered on this page, are the physical attributes of light leakage and audible noise of the Home Cinema 3010. Epson Home Cinema 3010 BrightnessLumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE: Dynamic 1925 @ 6852 Living Room 1602 @ 7633 Natural 1402 @ 6155, 923 @ 6912 in Eco lamp mode (default) Cinema 1402 @ 6166, 923 @ 6849 in Eco lamp mode (default) Auto 923 @ 6704 Post Calibration: User 1 "best" mode = 1424 lumensA true light canon, this Epson gets started when other projectors are already out of lumens. This means you have enough power to maintain a respectable image even with modest ambient light when watching a movie. Oh a really dark scene will take a big hit, but most viewing will be just fine. Post Calibration – User 2 set as “brightest” mode: 1758 lumens (about 10% below uncalibrated dynamic mode). Our “quick-cal” is nothing more than Mike adjusting the colors for improvement, without costing too much in brightness. That is, for example, can oversaturated greens being reduced, to improve the picture, without doing the type of full calibration that would essentially give the same results as our User 1 calibration. Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode)The slight differences will be consistent Zoom out 1972 Mid-zoom 1925 Zoom in 1864 Realizing that a 1.5:1 zoom lens should lose less lumens going from wide angle to telephoto, than the 2.1:1 lens on some other Epson projectors, I was still impressed by the minimal drop in brightness across its range. The Home Cinema 3010 measured only about 7% lower at maximum distance, compared to the closest placement. Home Cinema 3010 Eco-Mode vs. Full PowerMeasuring Dynamic mode (all modes will behave the same), brightness dropped 35% (a bit more than most), to 1235 lumens, from 1925 lumens. Uncalibrated Cinema 1 mode (our basis for “best”) still manages 923 lumens (we didn’t calibrate Eco-mode, which we noted already looked very good)! There is still plenty of brightness for movie viewing on even extremely large screens (over 130″ diagonal) or significant ambient light on a smaller screen. This lower 923 lumen number may also make some folks happy who don’t like their movies too bright. Note, you do get a claimed increase in lamp life, from 4000 hours, to 5000 hours, when using Eco-mode. Epson Home Cinema 3010 Pre-Calibration Color temp, Cinema Mode Cinema Cinema (in Eco lamp) 30 IRE 5873 6741 50 IRE 6036 6836 80 IRE 6128 6815 100 IRE 6166 6849 Overall, with lamp at full power, the Home Cinema 3010, in Cinema, is warm – too much red. This corrects very nicely with calibration. Note, however, if you lower the lamp to low power – ECO mode, The color temp jumps dramatically and produces better color to begin with It’s unlikely you’ll need Cinema mode (or the calibrated version, dropped into User 1) on high lamp, in most cases, for movies. Eco-mode should be more than bright enough for movie viewing. Therefore, if you aren’t going to calibrate your projector we strongly recommend Eco-mode for your quality movie viewing, for the slightly better color, and still be extremely bright. 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 – Image Quality 5 Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Performance 2