Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality 4 Posted on July 16, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Home Theater Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Highlights - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector Overview2. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Special Features - HC3020 Lag Times - Gamers rejoice - Split Screen viewing - Home Cinema 3020e WirelessHD - Home Cinema 3020 Projector 3D3. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Special Features 2 - Frame Interpolation - FI - smooth motion - USB Slideshow - Home Cinema 3020 Audio Abilities - Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Dynamic Iris - Home Cinema 3020 Lamp Life - 1.6:1 Zoom Lens4. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Physical Tour - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector - Appearance - Home Cinema 3020 Control Panel - Home Cinema 3020e Projector - Input/Output5. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Home Cinema 3020 Menus - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Remote Control - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen6. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Physical Tour-3 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Remote Control 7. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Physical Tour-4 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen8. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector - Flesh Tones9. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Black Levels & Shadow Detail - Black Levels Comparison - Shadow Detail Performance - Shadow Detail Comparison - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: Home Cinema 3020 Projector - Bottom Line10. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality 3 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 - Overall Color & Picture Quality11. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality 4 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, including 3D - pson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content12. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality-513. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Performance - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Brightness - Epson HC3020 Calibrated: User "best" mode, based on Cinema mode = 1362 lumens - Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode) - Home Cinema 3020 Eco-Mode vs. Full Power 14. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Performance 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Pre-Calibration Color temp - Home Cinema 3020, Post Calibration, Best Mode - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Image Comparisons15. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Performance 3 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 3D Brightness - 3D Brightness - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Sharpness - Sharpness Comparison Images16. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Performance 4 - Epson Home Cinema 3020: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise17. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector Calibration and Settings - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Color Temperature - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Basic Settings18. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Home Cinema 3020 RGB Settings19. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Advanced Calibration Information - Color Management Settings (CMS) - Calibration Charts (Before and After)20. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Projector Screen Recommendations - HC3020 Projector Screen Recommendations21. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Warranty - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector - Warranty22. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector - The Bottom Line23. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the Home Cinema 3020 projector24. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Review Summary 3 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Pros - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Cons25. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Full Specifications Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, including 3D Football though, this time of year gets a large chunk of my 3D viewing, then there’s also those Discovery HD and similar type programs. Note please: Football images are all taken with shutters partially open, and rear lights turned on. All other HDTV images taken with minor ambient light. (Below, first image gives you an idea of how the room looks with the lighting – which makes the image on the screen look overexposed). The second one is exposed to make the screen look like it did when viewing. The lower pair: ambient light hitting the screen with no projected image (same amount as when shooting the photos). Lower right points the camera to the back of my room. pson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content A great HDTV and sports projector value. Our other favorite from last year, the Acer, comes up dramatically short compared to this Epson HC3020 in terms of 3D brightness. In terms of 2D HDTV, I’ve listed the only shortcomings I can think of: The average black level performance, and the lack of CFI. Since almost none of the direct competition offer CFI, that becomes sort of a moot point. Black levels are far more important for your Blu-ray movie viewing than on HDTV, especially since blacks coming in on HDTV are already compromised compared to Blu-ray. My bottom line for HDTV and Sports is: You will either have to sacrifice a lot of brightness (expecially for 3D), or wait for some new projector to hit the market in this price range, to find a better choice than the Home Cinema 3020. OK, you’ve seen enough images, time to give you a break, so we’ll talk brightness and other performance aspects on the next page. 1. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Home Theater Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Highlights - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector Overview2. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Special Features - HC3020 Lag Times - Gamers rejoice - Split Screen viewing - Home Cinema 3020e WirelessHD - Home Cinema 3020 Projector 3D3. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Special Features 2 - Frame Interpolation - FI - smooth motion - USB Slideshow - Home Cinema 3020 Audio Abilities - Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Dynamic Iris - Home Cinema 3020 Lamp Life - 1.6:1 Zoom Lens4. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Physical Tour - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector - Appearance - Home Cinema 3020 Control Panel - Home Cinema 3020e Projector - Input/Output5. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Home Cinema 3020 Menus - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Remote Control - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen6. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Physical Tour-3 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Remote Control 7. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Physical Tour-4 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen8. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector - Flesh Tones9. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Black Levels & Shadow Detail - Black Levels Comparison - Shadow Detail Performance - Shadow Detail Comparison - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: Home Cinema 3020 Projector - Bottom Line10. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality 3 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 - Overall Color & Picture Quality11. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality 4 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, including 3D - pson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content12. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality-513. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Performance - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Brightness - Epson HC3020 Calibrated: User "best" mode, based on Cinema mode = 1362 lumens - Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode) - Home Cinema 3020 Eco-Mode vs. Full Power 14. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Performance 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Pre-Calibration Color temp - Home Cinema 3020, Post Calibration, Best Mode - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Image Comparisons15. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Performance 3 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 3D Brightness - 3D Brightness - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Sharpness - Sharpness Comparison Images16. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Performance 4 - Epson Home Cinema 3020: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise17. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector Calibration and Settings - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Color Temperature - Lumen Output and Color Temp at 100 IRE - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Basic Settings18. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - Home Cinema 3020 RGB Settings19. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Advanced Calibration Information - Color Management Settings (CMS) - Calibration Charts (Before and After)20. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Projector Screen Recommendations - HC3020 Projector Screen Recommendations21. Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Warranty - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector - Warranty22. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector - The Bottom Line23. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Review Summary 2 - The Very Bottom Line on the Home Cinema 3020 projector24. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Review Summary 3 - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Pros - Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector: Cons25. Epson Home Cinema 3020 – Full Specifications Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality 3 Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Image Quality-5