Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Physical Tour 2 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 Epson Home Cinema 3010 Remote ControlClick here to enlarge. The Home Cinema 3010 remote control is big, and black, and backlit. Overall, it’s a really nice remote control, and it seems to have very good range, I have to worry far less about where I’m pointing this remote, than most others, and I attribute that to range and spread of the IR beam. The top row as the big power On button on the left, a smaller Off button in the middle, and the backlight button far right. Next comes two rows of buttons with your Source choices. On the “e” version of the projector one of them is for the WirelessHD HDMI setup. With support for HDMI-Link, the remote provides all the usual DVD type controls since it should run any HDMI-link player. In fact on the row of large buttons immediately below, are the HDMI-Link button, and Volume Up and Down. Below those, white buttons from 2D/3D modes, Color Mode, and Memory That takes us to the navigation controls – four arrow keys in a round formation with a center Enter button. Below all that are three buttons in a curve, Below those buttons are Default, Menu, and Esc (takes you back a level on the menus). Finally, near the bottom, 7 more buttons offering direct links to features/menu items: AutoIris, Color (RGBCYMK), Aspect Ratio, Split Screen, test Pattern, User (programmable from menus), and AV Mute. I have two complaints: The backlight itself, could be a touch brighter, but it really is ok. (Better than one of those remotes with overly bright, blinding blue LED lights!) The other complaint (and that’s about it), it’s that the backlight button is way at the top right, and the backlight doesn’t come on, when you press any button. With a remote this long, the backlight button is far from the center of balance, so you really can’t hit the button while holding it balanced in one hand. Click Image to EnlargeEpson Home Cinema 3010 Lens ThrowAs previously noted, the Home Cinema 3010 and 3010e have a manual 1.5:1 zoom lens. That makes the placement range pretty good, even if not as wide a range as the 8350. For a 100 inch diagonal 16:9 screen the front of the HC3010 can be as close as 9.7 feet, or as far back as 15.7 feet. (2.96 – 4.78 meters). The 9.7 feet is very typical. Most projectors except for the fixed lens ultra or very short throw projectors, have a closest distance for that size screen, of between 9 and 12 feet. This projector just can’t sit as far back from the screen as some others designed to also be able to be rear shelf mounted (like the 8350). Projectors without lens shift aren’t suitable for rear shelf mounting normally, although it can be done using keystone correction, if the measurements work. Lens ShiftNo lens shift for the Epson Home Cinema 3010, so mounting properly is critical if you don’t want to have to use keystone correction (which does very slightly degrade the picture). Let’s talk about that for a second. I received an email or blog comment recently, asking “how bad is using keystone correction”. I have an easy way to describe that for existing projector owners: Any softness caused by using keystone correction, is going to take away less from picture quality, than the compression being used on satellite and cable transmissions. So, while we cringe at the thought of using keystone correction, it’s not going to do something drastic, like make a 1080p image seem as soft as a 720p one in terms of sharpness. On Blu-ray disc, you should be able to see a slight difference between keystone on, and off. It will be harder to see on lower quality sources. By definition the keystone correction compresses each line of data differently, but there never should be highly visible artifacts from today’s keystone adjustment formulas. Anamorphic Lens - Wide ScreenThe 3010 does not support an anamorphic lens. 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 – Physical Tour Epson Home Cinema 3010 Projector – Image Quality