Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Image Quality Posted on October 8, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector - Overview2. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector Review-2 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector Highlights - Projector Lamp Life - Doubles as a Widescreen Business Projector - Audio Built In - SD Card Slot No More - USB Input3. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector – Physical Tour - Appearance - Control Panel - Home Cinema 705HD Inputs - Epson Home Cinema 705HD Menus4. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector – Physical Tour-2 - Home Cinema 705HD Remote Control5. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector – Physical Tour - Home Cinema 705HD Lens Throw - Home Cinema 705HD Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Image Quality - Home Cinema 705HD Picture Quality - Out of the Box - Flesh Tones - Home Cinema 705HD Black Levels & Shadow Detail7. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Image Quality-1 - Shadow Detail Performance8. 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Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Competitors-2 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. Sanyo PLV-Z60 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. Optoma HD65 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. Epson Home Cinema 720 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. InFocus X9 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. Optoma HD20, Mitsubishi HC3800 - Mitsubishi HC380020. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Warranty21. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 705HD: Bottom Line22. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Review Summary-2 - Home Cinema 705HD Projector: Pros - Home Cinema 705HD Projector: Cons - Home Cinema 705HD Projector: Typical Capabilities23. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 705HD Projector Specifications Home Cinema 705HD Picture Quality - Out of the BoxThe Epson Home Cinema 705HD performs rather well, right out of the box. Skin tones are actually very good for a low priced projector. Skin tones are very reasonable in Theatre mode – this Epson’s best image mode. Moving to Livingroom and Dynamic, skin tones take a slight hit in Livingroom mode, but still, very watchable. I actually had a bunch of friends watch the first twenty minutes of the Golden Globes, on the 705HD, before switching to my JVC. Mostly teenagers, and one set of parents. Most didn’t notice the change from Epson to JVC, actually, although some time after the switch, one of the more clever ones asked me something like this. “This projector isn’t as bright as the other one, is it?” (Ahh, rocket scientist!). Actually you would think a bunch of people who are more interested in the dresses the women are wearing on the Red Carpet, than who won which award, would notice the subtle difference between the Epson 705HD, and last year’s “best projector under $10,000”. It just goes to demonstrate that while there are hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts, most people are still “turn it on and watch it” folks, who have never adjusted any TV set they’ve ever owned, except to turn it on, and change the channels. Flesh Tones The Epson does have individual color calibration ability, but relies on its selection of pre-defined color temp settings for grayscale balance. As such we did not calibrate the individual colors, and therefore continued to work with out of the box performance. In this case, the pictures tell the story! Not bad, not bad at all! From Lord of the Rings – images of Gandalf, and Arwen (SD-DVD). Almost all screen images in this review can be clicked on for a much larger version. Moving to Blu-ray source material: First, for your consideration, here, we have Daniel Craig as Bond, in Casino Royale, under three different lighting situations. The first image is full sunlight on his face, the second is in an airport, with fluorescent lighting, and the last of the three, is filtered sunlight (shade). These images are here to demonstrate that there really is no single correct skin tone, that lighting plays a key role, in what a skin tone will and should look like: Bottom Line: Skin tone performance is pretty impressive for a true, low cost, entry level projector. I’ve seen less accurate skin tone results from a number of projectors costing a whole lot more. But, then, I did say skin tones were very good. Home Cinema 705HD Black Levels & Shadow DetailEpson_705HD_5thelement_starship_largeEpson_705HD_5thelement_starship_over_largeHome_Cinema_700_5thelement_starship_largeHD71_5thelement_starship_largeHC1600_5thElement_starship_largePreviousNext 1. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector - Overview2. 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