Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 6 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. 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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 Shadow Detail PerformanceOur main comparison uses the night train scene from Casino Royale. Look to the trees and shrubs on the right, especially just above the tracks. The first image is the Epson 8350, followed by the Mitsubishi HC4000, the BenQ W6000, then Sony VPL-HW15, the Sharp XV-Z15000. I was very impressed with the shadow detail. I’ve never considered dark shadow detail a strength of the Epson projectors. As a result, I was most pleasantly surprised. The Home Cinema 8350 does reveal about as much detail as anything else out there. Epson Home Cinema 8350 Comparisonhome-cinema-8350HC4000W6000VPL-HW15XV-Z15000PreviousNext Bottom line: The Epson reveals lots of the darkest shadow detail, more than I’ve seen in the past from Epson. I should note that the the UB’s, to date, haven’t done this well, so I’ll be interested to see how the 8700UB does when it arrives for review. Be careful in the low range if you are customizing gammas, or you could lose some detail. Epson Home Cinema 8350 - Overall Color & Picture Quality OK time to wrap this long image section up (except for HDTV and sports). Picture quality is very good. The color on this Home Cinema 8350 looks just great. Mike did a great job of calibrating it, but, the bottom line is that it almost always looks good. The Epson isn’t quite as forgiving of poor quality content as some others, but I’m not talking great differences. On HDTV and Blu-ray, it impresses. Skin tones are really pretty good too, with red-magenta seeming to be a tad overdriven. 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 5 Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality 7