Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector – Image Quality4 Posted on December 8, 2008 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector Review - Home Cinema 6500UB Projector Highlights - Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector Overview2. Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector Review-23. Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector Review-3 - Long Lamp Life4. Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector Review-4 - Contrast Enhancement - Full HDMI 1.3b support5. Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB – Physical Tour - Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB Physical Appearance - Control Panel - Input/Output - Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB Menus6. Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB – Physical Tour-2 - Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB Remote Control7. Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB – Physical Tour-3 - Home Cinema 6500 UB Lens Throw - Home Cinema 6500UB Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens8. Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector – Image Quality - Home Cinema 6500UB Out of the Box Picture Quality - Flesh Tones9. Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector – Image Quality-210. 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Epson Home Cinema 6500UB – Competitors-5 - Epson Home Cinema 6500UB vs. JVC DLA-RS1 and RS2, RS10 and RS2028. Epson Home Cinema 6500UB vs. Sony VPL-HW10 - Epson Home Cinema 6500UB vs. Sony VPL-HW1029. Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB Projector – Warranty - Epson Home Cinema 6500 UB Projector - Warranty30. Epson Home Cinema 6500UB – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector - The Bottom Line - Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities31. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 6500UB Projector Specifications32. Epson Home Cinema 6500UB – Review Summary-2 - Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector: Pros - Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector: Cons - Epson Home Cinema 6500UB Projector: Typical Capabilities The Epson does a good job on revealing details in the window shades, but more than makes up for some slight loss of darkest detail, with it’s darker black levels. The slight redish background shift along the top, mostly the right side, on the Epson is visible here, but is significantly exaggerated. As we have reported before, the long time exposures for very dark scenes tend to make color shifts far more visible than in real life, which is why we also say not to be concerned about skin tones in these shots. The difference in black level performance between the Epson and the Sanyo Z3000 immediately below it, is very dramatic. The differnce between the Epson and the Mitsubishi HC7000 and Panasonic PT-AE3000 is also visible, though less significant. Consider four additional images which are good ones for considering black levels. Look for the richness in the black part of some of the buildings and, also, the sky, in the second image. Both of these first two, are digital hi-def images from the DVE-HD calibration disc. 1. 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