Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Physical Tour-3 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 – 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 Home Cinema 710HD Lens ThrowThe Home Cinema 710HD is graced with a basic zoom lens with a 1.2:1 zoom ratio. That gives you limited placement flexibility (actually typical of DLP home projectors rather than 3LCD) like the Home Cinema 710HD). Epson expects most owners will place this projector on a (low) table, such as a coffee table, though some will ceiling mount. To fill a 100″ diagonal 16:9 screen the front of the projector can be placed as close as 10 feet 10 inches or as far back as 13 feet. These numbers are taken directly from the Home Cinema 710HD’s user manual. Click Image to EnlargeIt should be noted, that the Home Cinema 710HD’s LCD panels project a 1280×800 image, not the standard 1280×720 which is 720p. It is the only stand alone 3LCD projector I am aware of, that uses the 16:10 1280×800. So that you understand, 1280×800 is referred to as WXGA (not 720p), and is the standard for most widescreen laptop computers. This goes back to the Home Cinema 710HD’s roots as a crossover projector, sharing the same LCD panels as the virtually identical Epson Powerlite W7 projector, which is marketed as a business and education projector. All considered, the Home Cinema 710HD is a “crossover” projector, one suitable for typical business presentations but one with sufficient image quality to double as an entry level home projector as well. Those of you buying a home screen for the Epson should understand that there will be just a bit of overshoot above and below the screen, due to the extra 80 pixels of vertical height. That means you will have (for a 100″ screen) a little less than 2.5 inches of letterboxing that is “off the screen”. Most or all of that would hit the black border of the screen frame, depending on the screen. The overshoot will be the “blackest black” – in reality dark gray light. It is the same dark gray as the letterboxing you would have above and below a typical movie (2.35:1) when shown on a standard 16:9 screen. OK, I got carried away. It really shouldn’t be a concern, and there are, for those curious, a number of other low cost home theater projectors using 1280×800 chips, both LCD and DLP. Home Cinema 710HD Lens ShiftThe Home Cinema 710HD does not have lens shift. Adding lens shift would increase the price. If you are interested in an Epson projector with greater placement flexibility, there’s the Home Cinema 720, a projector for the more serious enthusiast, which is only a few hundred dollars more. Other 720p projectors with lens shift include the Panasonic PT-AX200U and the Sanyo PLV-Z60. The projector has a small amount of offset. For that same 100″ diagonal 16:9 screen, the center of the projector’s lens would sit 2.7 inches below the bottom of the screen surface. Or, if you are ceiling mounting, the projector mounts inverted, and would have its lens 2.7 inches above the top of the screen surface. All these numbers are from the Epson manual. 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 – Physical Tour-2 Epson Home Cinema 710HD Projector – Image Quality