Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 3 Posted on October 6, 2010 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Overview - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Highlights - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Special Features2. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Review-2 - Black Level Performance - C2Fine LCD Panels - Home Cinema 8350 Lamp Life - Zoom Lens3. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Physical Tour - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector - Appearance - Home Cinema 8350 Control Panel - Input/Output - Home Cinema 8350 Menus - menu4. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Physical Tour-15. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Remote Control - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector - Flesh Tones - What is all this fuss about black levels7. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality-2 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Black Levels & Shadow Detail - What is all this fuss about black levels8. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 3 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision9. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 4 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision10. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 511. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 6 - Shadow Detail Performance - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparison - Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Overall Color & Picture Quality12. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 7 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparison13. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 8 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports14. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Performance - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Brightness - Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode): - Cinema mode (calibrated): - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Sharpness15. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Performance16. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Performance 1 - Sharpness - comparison - Epson Home Cinema 8350: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise17. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Calibration and Settings - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Calibration and Settings - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Color Temperature - Color Temp over IRE Range (Pre calibration): - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Basic Settings - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Post Calibration Grayscale18. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Calibration and Settings-2 - RGB Settings - Brightest Mode19. Epson Home Cinema 8350 – Projector Screens & Competitors - Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Projector Screens - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Screen Recommendations - Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Competitors20. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Warranty21. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector - The Bottom Line - The Very Bottom Line on the Home Cinema 8350 projector: - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Cons - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Typical Capabilities22. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8350 Projector Specifications Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparisioncinema-8350Mitsubishi HC4000BenQ W6000 (DLP, with dynamic iris, almost 2x the price)Optoma HD20Epson Home Cinema 8100 PreviousNext Next, is the starship image from The Fifth Element. Again, we start of with a close to normal exposure, and one overexposed. That’s followed by the same frame on a number of additional projectors. This time it’s the Epson that’s a bit more overexposed than most of the others. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparisionhome cinema 8350home cinema 8350 over_largeMitsubishi HC4000Sony VPL-HW15Vivitek H1080FD BenQ W6000Optoma HD20PreviousNext Consider two additional (digital) images which are good ones for observing black levels. Next are some side by side comparison images. Since I’ve been talking about ultra high contrast projectors, we’ll start with the 8350 going against last year’s Epson Pro Cinema 9500UB (essentially the same as the Home Cinema 8500UB). The 8350 is on the left – sorry, this first pair could have been more overexposed so you could see the different black levels: Epson Home Cinema 8350 ComparisionHome Cinema 8350hc-8350 vs pt ae4000hc-8350 vs z4000PreviousNext Epson Home Cinema 8350 ComparisionEpson Home Cinema 8350PT-AE4000Sanyo PLV-Z4000PreviousNext Here are a couple of other side by side shots I did with the Panasonic: 1. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Overview - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Highlights - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Special Features2. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Review-2 - Black Level Performance - C2Fine LCD Panels - Home Cinema 8350 Lamp Life - Zoom Lens3. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Physical Tour - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector - Appearance - Home Cinema 8350 Control Panel - Input/Output - Home Cinema 8350 Menus - menu4. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Physical Tour-15. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Remote Control - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector - Flesh Tones - What is all this fuss about black levels7. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality-2 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Black Levels & Shadow Detail - What is all this fuss about black levels8. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 3 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision9. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 4 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparision10. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 511. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 6 - Shadow Detail Performance - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparison - Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Overall Color & Picture Quality12. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 7 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparison13. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 8 - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports14. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Performance - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Brightness - Effect of zoom on lumen output (Dynamic mode): - Cinema mode (calibrated): - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Sharpness15. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Performance16. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Performance 1 - Sharpness - comparison - Epson Home Cinema 8350: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise17. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Calibration and Settings - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Calibration and Settings - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Color Temperature - Color Temp over IRE Range (Pre calibration): - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Basic Settings - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Post Calibration Grayscale18. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Calibration and Settings-2 - RGB Settings - Brightest Mode19. Epson Home Cinema 8350 – Projector Screens & Competitors - Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Projector Screens - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector Screen Recommendations - Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Competitors20. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Warranty21. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector - The Bottom Line - The Very Bottom Line on the Home Cinema 8350 projector: - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Cons - Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector: Typical Capabilities22. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8350 Projector Specifications Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality-2 Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 4