Epson Home Cinema 3020 Projector – Physical Tour-4 Posted on October 22, 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 Lens ThrowAs previously noted, the Home Cinema 3020 and 3020e have a manual 1.5:1 zoom lens. That makes the placement range pretty good, although not as good as the 2D only Home Cinema 8350 which has a 2.1:1 zoom (the same lens as on the 5020/6020 series). For a 100 inch diagonal 16:9 screen, the front of the HC3020 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 some business/education 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 other measurements work. Lens ShiftThe Epson Home Cinema 3020 lacks adjustable lens shift. You’ll want to get the vertical placement right, so that you don’t have to use keystone correction to keep the image rectangular. Keystone correction adds a small amount of distortion/softness to the image. “How bad is using keystone correction,” you ask? 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 inherent high 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. al. A movie scene from a Blu-ray disc, with keystone correction in use, is still going to be visibly better picture quality than the same scene coming off my DirecTV, with no keystone correction engaged, and all else being equal. 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. Anamorphic Lens - Wide ScreenThe Home Cinema 3020 and 3020e do not support an anamorphic lens. The only projector in the Epson line up that does, is the Pro Cinema 6020, a projector that’s about twice the price. 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. 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