Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Hardware Tour Posted on November 19, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Review - Overview: Pro Cinema 4030 - The Pro Cinema 4030 Earns Hot Product Award - Pro Cinema 4030 Highlights2. Pro Cinema 4030 Special Features - Super-Resolution - Dynamic Iris and Contrast - Picture In Picture - HDMI-Link3. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Special Features 2 - Black and White Cinema Mode - Full Color Management System - 3D and 3D Glasses - Epson Panel Alignment - Lamp Life4. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Hardware Tour - Appearance - Control Panel - Lens Controls - Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Pro Cinema 4030 - Overall Placement Flexibility5. Pro Cinema 4030 Hardware Tour 2 - Inputs and Outputs - Pro Cinema 4030 Menus - Lamp Door - Remote Control6. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Image Quality - Pro Cinema 4030 - Out of the Box Picture Quality - Pro Cinema 4030 Skin Tones - 4030 Black Level and Shadow Detail - Black Level Performance - Projectors Side by Side7. Pro Cinema 4030 – Image Quality 2 - Black Level Performance - Black Levels: Pro Cinema 4030 vs. Competition - Shadow Detail - Overall Picture Quality - HDTV and Sports8. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector Performance - Pro Cinema 4030 Brightness in Different Image Preset modes - Full Power vs. Eco Mode - Affect of Zoom Lens position on Brightness - Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector - Calibrated - Brightest Mode - Quick-Cal For better Viewing Experience - Quick-Cal of Dynamic Mode: Measurements9. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector Performance 2 - Pre Calibration Color Temp: Natural Mode - Pro Cinema 4030 Color Temperature Post Calibration - Pro Cinema 4030 - 3D Brightness10. Pro Cinema 4030 Performance 3 - Epson PC4030 Projector - Sharpness - Bottom Line Sharpness11. Pro Cinema 4030 Performance 4 - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise12. Pro Cinema 4030 – Warranty and Support - Epson Provides Three Years of Warranty and Replacement Program13. Pro Cinema 4030 Calibration - General Calibration Settings - Before After Color Temperature Comparison - Comments about the Calibration - Additional Calibration Information for our members14. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 – Advanced Calibration Information - Color Management Settings (CMS) - Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)15. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector: Competitors - Epson Pro Cinema 4030 vs. Panasonic PT-AE8000U - Pro Cinema 4030 vs. Home Cinema 5020UB - Pro Cinema 4030 vs Pro Cinema 603016. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Summary - Let's Talk Picture Quality - Fitting in Your Room17. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector: Summary 2 - 3D Performance - Pro Cinema 4030 - Great Warranty and Support - Taking On The Competition 18. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector: The Bottom Line - A Few Final Thoughts19. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector Full Specifications PROJECTOR HARDWARE AppearanceAll Epson Pro Cinema Projectors, including the 4030, are finished in a flat black finish. This Epson projector is medium sized, still reasonably smaller than than most of the LCoS projectors, but larger than the DLP projectors that are around the price or lower. The 2.1:1 Fujinon manual zoom lens is centered on the front. Power and Control panel are on the side – with the Pro Cinema 4030’s control panel hidden behind a small door. Nothing on the top of the projector but lens controls and the Epson name and some decals. Well, that’s not quite true, the lamp door is on the top but wraps around one side a bit. All the inputs are in the back, the air intake/exhaust in the front. The zoom and focus rings are just back from the front, in line with the lens. They are recessed. Also nearby are the vertical and horizontal lens shift dials. The back of the 4030 projector has all the inputs and connectors. On the bottom are the screw thread adjustable front feet, rear feet and the usual holes for a universal ceiling mount. Click Image to EnlargeControl PanelFor aesthetic purposes, Epson has two almost invisible switches on the right side (if you are facing the projector), and blue LED indicator lights (can be turned off from the menus when projector is in use). Right next to the Power and Source select buttons there, is the small door that reveals the rest of the control panel. The panel consists of the “usual” controls. Upper left is the Menu button while lower left is the Enter. There are four arrow keys in a diamond configuration and the Escape button, which takes you back up a level in the menus, is in the lower right. That folks is it. Might be a touch frustrating for folks with huge hands, but hey, other than we reviewers and installers, most everyone relies on the provided remote control. More on that in this section. Click Image to EnlargeLens ControlsAs mentioned, the lens is center mounted. On the top behind the lens, are the recessed area for the zoom and focus, and the two smaller rings for vertical and horizontal lens shift. More details about the lens shift and zoom on the next page. The Pro Cinema 4030’s 2.1:1 zoom has more range than found on any competing projector (except other Epsons with the same lens). Click Image to EnlargeLens ThrowEpson’s Fujinon lens, updated this year, offers tremendous front to back placement flexibility. Here are the closest and furthest the projector can be placed from a 100″ diagonal, 16:9 screen. Measured from the front of the lens, the closest placement is 9.8 feet, the furthest away (for example, if shelf mounting) is 20.9 feet. If your screen is larger or smaller, just figure out the percentage difference and adjust. The closest distance for example, would be 20% greater if you have a 120″ screen… Lens ShiftThere’s plenty of lens shift adjustment range. The Pro Cinema 4030 projector can be placed, either normal or inverted anywhere from 22.7 inches above the top of a 100″ screen’s surface, all the way down to 22.7 inches below the bottom of the screen surface. Measurements are calculated by measuring from 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). It’s impressive! The wide range zoom lens plus the excellent lens shift, makes ceiling mounting, or shelf mounting the Home Cinema 4030 possible in almost any room. Pro Cinema 4030 - Overall Placement FlexibilityThe Epson gets a pretty close to outstanding. With only one real limitation. That’s typical of the higher end Epson projectors, thanks to the 2.1:1 zoom, which has the most range of any, although there are a number of 2:1 zooms, notably from JVC and Panasonic. Most others have less, many, far less, such as 1.2:1 or 1.3:1 zooms. Lens shift is also extensive. It’s not quite the best, but there are few projectors that can offer more vertical or horizontal shift. To have much more flexibility, you would really need to have interchangeable lenses, so you could have the option to mount the projector extremely close or far, far, away, as well as in the normal ranges. But there is something else, and that’s the only real limitation – to very few people. The Pro Cinema 4030 projector does not support using an anamorphic lens (to use wider, 2.35:1 screens, than the standard 16:9 HDTV screens). Epson reserves that for the Pro Cinema 6030 UB. That’s fair. Cinemascope shaped wide screens are most common in much high end installations, not surprising with anamorphic lenses priced from $1500 to the stratosphere. So, overall, consider the Pro Cinema 4030 to have excellent placement flexibility. 1. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Review - Overview: Pro Cinema 4030 - The Pro Cinema 4030 Earns Hot Product Award - Pro Cinema 4030 Highlights2. Pro Cinema 4030 Special Features - Super-Resolution - Dynamic Iris and Contrast - Picture In Picture - HDMI-Link3. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Special Features 2 - Black and White Cinema Mode - Full Color Management System - 3D and 3D Glasses - Epson Panel Alignment - Lamp Life4. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Hardware Tour - Appearance - Control Panel - Lens Controls - Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Pro Cinema 4030 - Overall Placement Flexibility5. Pro Cinema 4030 Hardware Tour 2 - Inputs and Outputs - Pro Cinema 4030 Menus - Lamp Door - Remote Control6. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Image Quality - Pro Cinema 4030 - Out of the Box Picture Quality - Pro Cinema 4030 Skin Tones - 4030 Black Level and Shadow Detail - Black Level Performance - Projectors Side by Side7. Pro Cinema 4030 – Image Quality 2 - Black Level Performance - Black Levels: Pro Cinema 4030 vs. Competition - Shadow Detail - Overall Picture Quality - HDTV and Sports8. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector Performance - Pro Cinema 4030 Brightness in Different Image Preset modes - Full Power vs. Eco Mode - Affect of Zoom Lens position on Brightness - Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector - Calibrated - Brightest Mode - Quick-Cal For better Viewing Experience - Quick-Cal of Dynamic Mode: Measurements9. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector Performance 2 - Pre Calibration Color Temp: Natural Mode - Pro Cinema 4030 Color Temperature Post Calibration - Pro Cinema 4030 - 3D Brightness10. Pro Cinema 4030 Performance 3 - Epson PC4030 Projector - Sharpness - Bottom Line Sharpness11. Pro Cinema 4030 Performance 4 - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise12. Pro Cinema 4030 – Warranty and Support - Epson Provides Three Years of Warranty and Replacement Program13. Pro Cinema 4030 Calibration - General Calibration Settings - Before After Color Temperature Comparison - Comments about the Calibration - Additional Calibration Information for our members14. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 – Advanced Calibration Information - Color Management Settings (CMS) - Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)15. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector: Competitors - Epson Pro Cinema 4030 vs. Panasonic PT-AE8000U - Pro Cinema 4030 vs. Home Cinema 5020UB - Pro Cinema 4030 vs Pro Cinema 603016. Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Summary - Let's Talk Picture Quality - Fitting in Your Room17. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector: Summary 2 - 3D Performance - Pro Cinema 4030 - Great Warranty and Support - Taking On The Competition 18. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector: The Bottom Line - A Few Final Thoughts19. Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector Full Specifications Epson Pro Cinema 4030 Projector – Special Features 2 Pro Cinema 4030 Hardware Tour 2