Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Physical Tour 2 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 Remote ControlClick to Enlarge.So close I’m very pleased with this Epson remote. It’s rather familiar, it’s the same one as Epson has been using for several projectors we’ve reviewed the last 2+ years. One of the best things about the Epson remote control is that the range of the remote is very good. In my larger home theater, this remote has no problem bouncing off the screen to work, which is about a 26 foot range. Believe it or not, over half the projectors I review can’t handle that much of a distance with a bounce off of screen or wall, forcing me to point the remote behind me. Thank you Epson. From the top: On the left side is a large round power button, and to its right, a small button for turning on the backlight. Next comes three rows of two buttons, one for each of the six sources. Below them, are the menu controls the four arrow keys in a circular layout, with an Enter button in the center. Above to the left and right are the Default and the Escape buttons. Directly below the arrow keys a large Menu button, all by itself. That takes you to the bottom four rows of two buttons provide direct access to popular menus including user Memory, color controls, Gamma, Color Mode, Aspec ratio, and Sharpness. There’s also a test pattern button and one to blank the screen. Which they made the only darker button, I guess, to make its function obvious. Click Image to EnlargeEpson Home Cinema 8350 Lens ThrowEpson’s 2.1:1 zoom ratio is the same as the older Home Cinema 6100 and the 6500UB. That’s a little more than most LCD and LCoS projectors, and a lot more than the under $5000 DLP projectors. The Epson’s zoom range is 2.1:1 – a lot more than most projectors and even those closest, with 2:1 zooms can’t quite match it, so it can be placed closer than just about any other projector, and it can be placed further away (slightly) as well. For filling a 100 inch diagonal, 16:9 aspect ratio screen, the projector – measured from the front of the lens to the screen – can be as close as 9.8 feet or as far back as 20.9 feet. You can calculate distances for other screen sizes, by starting with those numbers. Lens ShiftThis Epson has plenty of lens shift too! For that same 100 inch screen, the Epson can be placed, (normal or inverted), anywhere from 22.7 inches above the top of the screen surface, all the way down to 22.7 inches below the bottom of the screen surface. That is measured from the center of the lens. There is also a good amount of horizontal lens shift. Using horizontal lens shift will partially limit the range of the vertical lens shift (and vice versa). The combination of the wide range zoom lens, and excellent lens shift, makes ceiling mounting, or shelf mounting practical, in almost any room situattion. Anamorphic LensThe Epson Home Cinema 8350 does not support an anamorphic lens. Epson reserves that feature for the more expensive Pro Cinema 9350, and the Home Cinema 8700UB. The Home Cinema 8700UB has only one anamorphic mode. That means a sled is needed to move the lens in and out of the light path. There’s also the Pro Cinema 9700UB, which does not need a sled to work with the anamorphic lens, as it has a “squeeze” anamorphic mode, saving the hefty cost of a motorized sled. 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 – Physical Tour-1 Epson Home Cinema 8350 Projector – Image Quality