Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Performance Posted on June 25, 2012 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Home Cinema 710 HD Home Theater Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 710 HD Home Theater Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 710 Projector Highlights2. Epson Home Cinema 710 HD Home Theater Projector Review-2 - Epson Home Cinema 710 Special Features - Audio on Board - USB Display and Photos... - Dynamic Iris - Home Cinema 710 Long Lamp Life - Cost of Operation - Electrical3. Epson Home Cinema 710 HD Home Theater Projector Review-3 - Digital zoom - Color Controls - Home Cinema 710 Gaming Abilities - Overscan - HDMI Input4. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Physical Tour - Epson HC710 Appearance - Control Panel - Home Cinema 710HD Inputs5. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Physical Tour-2 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Menus - Home Cinema 710HD Remote Control6. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Physical Tour-3 - Home Cinema 710HD Lens Throw - Home Cinema 710HD Lens Shift7. 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Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Performance - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Brightness - Lumen Output at various modes at 100 IRE: - Effect of zoom on lumen output: - Effect of Zoom on Lumen Output (Dynamic Mode): - HC 710HD Eco-Mode vs. Full Power - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Color Balance - Theatre Mode (Lamp high, Auto Iris off)13. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Performance-2 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Sharpness14. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Performance-3 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise15. Epson Home Cinema 710HD – Projector Screen Recommendations - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector Screen Recommendations - Epson Home Cinema 710HD - projector screen - Family room - Bottom line16. Epson Home Cinema 710HD – Competitors - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. Mitsubishi HC4000 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. HD33 Projector - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. Acer H9500BD17. Epson Home Cinema 710HD – Competitors-2 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. Epson Home Cinema 3010 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. Epson Home Cinema 8350 - The Panny Compared to the Optoma HD20, Vivitek H1080D, and BenQ W120018. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Warranty - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector - Warranty19. Epson Home Cinema 710HD – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector - The Bottom Line - The Very Bottom Line on the HC 710HD projector:20. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector: Pros - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector: Cons21. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 710HD Projector Specifications Epson Home Cinema 710HD BrightnessAs is normally the case, I spent only a brief time with the Epson Home Cinema 710HD projector before Mike picked it up to measure and calibrate it. When it comes to brightness, the 710HD definitely performs being one of the brightest home projectors we’ve played with in the last year. HC 710HD Lumen Output at 100 IRE (center position on zoom): Lumen Output at various modes at 100 IRE: Dynamic 2513@6898 Living Room 1767@8856 Theatre 1698@7205 Game 1781@8813 1781@8813 There’s not a whole lot of difference in brightness between three of the modes, and by any home projector measure, even the dimmest -Theater is more lumens than all but a few projectors can output in their brightest modes. That is, we have a genuine light canon here, one that is geared to be a great match for less than ideal rooms – like that livingroom or bonus room, or maybe even a spare bedroom. I’m talking rooms not optimized like a “home theater” cave would be. Of particular note, relating especially to all the images I’ve dropped into this review, is that we did most of the photos with ambient light coming in through my room’s mostly opened shutters, with the Home Cinema 710 HD set to Livingroom. It’s not that it’s brighter than Theatre mode, as it is not significantly so. The warmer 8,000+ range color balance tends to cut through the ambient light a lot better than the warmer Theater mode. Images in the review are mostly shot in one or the other. We did also do a number of Dyanmic mode images, and will typically indicate which those are. Effect of zoom on lumen output:Since the HC 710HD has only a 1.2:1 zoom – that is, only a 20% difference in image size from wide angle to zoom, we measureat mid-point on the zoom, which in this case, due to the limited zoom range, means only a slight difference in brightness: Effect of Zoom on Lumen Output (Dynamic Mode): Zoom out (wide) 2553 Mid-zoom 2513 Zoom in (tele 2435 As you can see, the drop in brightness from widest angle (projector closest to the screen) to telephoto, is less than 4%, which is essentially, barely detectable. All else being equal, if someone was showing your 2553 lumens on the screen, and you closed your eyes for 5 seconds, and when you reopened them, if the brightness was down to 2435 lumens, there is virtually 0 chance you would notice any change at all. HC 710HD Eco-Mode vs. Full PowerLumen Output of ECO Lamp setting (Dynamic Mode): 1960 lumens Dropping to Eco-mode costs you about 22% of brightness. The trade off, for when you don’t need every last lumen, should translate into two benefits. The first, is a much quieter projector, going from louder than most at full power, to quieter than many far more expensive dedicated home theater projectors, when they are running at full power. The other benefit, besides a quieter projector is an expected extra 1000 hours of lamp life for running in the “Eco” – low power mode. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Color BalanceEven in theatre mode, the Epson 710HD projector is just a bit cool, that is, a little thin on reds, but it is slight. Calibrating the Epson projector gets you about half way from this starting point, to where you want to be – which is all numbers around 6500K. All considered, Theatre mode produces a very nice, and reasonably well balanced grayscale balance (color balance). That is, Red, Green, and Blue are all in the right proportions for the most part, without any glaring issues such as too strong greens. Calibrated, this projector is even better when it comes to color. Theatre Mode (Lamp high, Auto Iris off) 30 IRE 7646 50 IRE 7262 80 IRE 6948 100 IRE 7205 1. Epson Home Cinema 710 HD Home Theater Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 710 HD Home Theater Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 710 Projector Highlights2. Epson Home Cinema 710 HD Home Theater Projector Review-2 - Epson Home Cinema 710 Special Features - Audio on Board - USB Display and Photos... - Dynamic Iris - Home Cinema 710 Long Lamp Life - Cost of Operation - Electrical3. Epson Home Cinema 710 HD Home Theater Projector Review-3 - Digital zoom - Color Controls - Home Cinema 710 Gaming Abilities - Overscan - HDMI Input4. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Physical Tour - Epson HC710 Appearance - Control Panel - Home Cinema 710HD Inputs5. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Physical Tour-2 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Menus - Home Cinema 710HD Remote Control6. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Physical Tour-3 - Home Cinema 710HD Lens Throw - Home Cinema 710HD Lens Shift7. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Image Quality - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Out of the Box Picture Quality - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector - Flesh Tones8. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Image Quality-2 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Black Levels & Shadow Detail9. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Image Quality-3 - Shadow Detail Performance - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: HC 710HD Projector - Bottom Line - Epson Home Cinema 710HD - Overall Color & Picture Quality10. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Image Quality-4 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports, including 3D11. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Image Quality-512. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Performance - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Brightness - Lumen Output at various modes at 100 IRE: - Effect of zoom on lumen output: - Effect of Zoom on Lumen Output (Dynamic Mode): - HC 710HD Eco-Mode vs. Full Power - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Color Balance - Theatre Mode (Lamp high, Auto Iris off)13. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Performance-2 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Sharpness14. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Performance-3 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise15. Epson Home Cinema 710HD – Projector Screen Recommendations - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector Screen Recommendations - Epson Home Cinema 710HD - projector screen - Family room - Bottom line16. Epson Home Cinema 710HD – Competitors - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. Mitsubishi HC4000 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. HD33 Projector - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. Acer H9500BD17. Epson Home Cinema 710HD – Competitors-2 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. Epson Home Cinema 3010 - Epson Home Cinema 710HD vs. Epson Home Cinema 8350 - The Panny Compared to the Optoma HD20, Vivitek H1080D, and BenQ W120018. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Warranty - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector - Warranty19. Epson Home Cinema 710HD – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector - The Bottom Line - The Very Bottom Line on the HC 710HD projector:20. Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector: Pros and Cons - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector: Pros - Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector: Cons21. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 710HD Projector Specifications Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Image Quality-5 Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Performance-2