Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance-5 Posted on October 15, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Review - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Review - Overview2. Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Review 23. HC5000BL Physical Tour - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Physical Tour4. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review - Image Quality - Sharpness Comparision5. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-2 - comparision6. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-37. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-4 - Mitsubishi HC5000BL home theater projector - Handling of Flesh tones - HC5000BL Black Levels, Contrast and Shadow Detail8. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-59. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-6 - HC5000BL Color Handling10. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Menus11. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance-2 - The Mitsubishi HC5000BL Remote Control - Mitsubishi HC5000 Lens Throw and Lens Shift12. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance-3 - Screen Door Effect and Rainbow Effect - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Light Leakage - Audible Noise Levels - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Brightness13. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance-4 - HC5000BL Lamp Life and Replacement - Projector Screen Recommendations14. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance-5 - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Calibration - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Image noise - HC5000BL and HDTV in my theater15. HC5000 Projector Review – Warranty16. Mitsubishi HC5000 Projector Reviews: Summary, Pros, Cons17. Mitsubishi HC5000 Projector Reviews: Summary, Pros, Cons-218. Mitsubishi HC5000 Projector Reviews: Summary, Pros, Cons-3 - HC5000BL Pros19. Mitsubishi HC5000 Projector Reviews: Summary, Pros, Cons-4 - HC5000BL Cons - HC5000BL - Typical Performance - Review continues below this advertisement. - Mitsubishi HC5000 Projector - The Bottom Line20. Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector SpecificationsMitsubishi HC5000BL CalibrationI found in measuring the HC5000BL, that the warm setting was a bit too warm (red),.measuring (depending on the level of grays/white) between about 5900 and 6200. Conversely, the medium temp setting was a bit cool, but overall better, with white at 6730, 80 ire at 6734, 50 ire at 6938, and 30 ire at 6996. Of the two, I preferred watching movies at the Medium temp setting.The real solution though is to calibrate – adjust the grayscale temperature. So I do recommend, at least getting a basic calibration disk (they have good tutorials, you can handle it), such as the AVIA disk.Bottom line, I did a basic calibration, adjusting the R,G,B Brightness and Contrast, in the Color Temp User area. ContrastR=0G=5B=-4BrightnessR=0G=-1B=-2Note, no two projectors will end up with the same settings working best, as there is too much variation from lamp to lamp. Still, if you run out and buy an HC5000BL (and it is worthy!), you might try those settings, and see how they compare to the Warm and Medium settings.100 IRE (white)655280 IRE (light gray)648850 IRE (med. gray)662130 IRE (dark gray)6521Now, I got lucky! (Calibration, is to some degree a trial and error process). That’s about as close as one can possibly get to hitting the 6500K on the button. Note, there is only a 137K difference between them all. As expected, the end result looked great. Mind you, the Medium setting was pretty good, but though subtle, the user settings produced beautiful fleshtones, and color overall. By the way, those numbers are very similar to the “right out of the box” Samsung SP-H710AE I just reviewed, which is essentially pre-calibrated.When measuring the brightest mode, that 886 lumens was at a color temperature around 8400 (on white), just a bit too cool (high) a temperature for HDTV, and well above optimum movie watching (6500K). I did try the user settings I created for movies, and was able to get the color temp down to 7053 (for white), while Gamma was still set for Sports. I didn’t measure the brightness with those user settings, but I would suspect that the lumens dropped down under 600.Mitsubishi HC5000BL Image noiseThe HC5000BL uses Silicon Optix HQV processing, highly touted as one of the best. I have Silicon Optix test disk which looks at jaggies, noise, cadence, and motion artifacts. Not surprising, the HC5000BL passed all of the tests easily. Overall though, there is the usual amount of background noise. I would say it’s a bit better than the typical DLP projector (often LCD’s are better in this area), and not objectionable. Could it be a bit better? Yes. Will you care? Not likely. Not an issue for all but the true perfectionists. I certainly had no problem with its image noise at any time while watching, and I do sit very close.HC5000BL and HDTV in my theaterOne technical problem I encountered, not mentioned previously. I had a problem trying to get the HC5000BL to work with the HDMI output from my cable box. I spoke with the Mitsubishi product manager, however, and I have concluded, that most likely the problem may be tied to the fact that this is a pre-production sample, and that I have on occasion suffered difficulty in my theater with other projectors, and none of them have been reported to have a problem overall. So, I attribute it to my own gear and wiring scheme, and possibly the pre-production aspect of this particular HC5000BL. I was also told that other reviewers have NOT reported any problems with HDTV feeds. I therefore believe you can dismiss this as an issue. Mitsubishi will be sending me another unit in the near future, just to confirm, and I will update when I get it. (That is why there are no HDTV images such as football or Jay Leno in this review). 1. Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Review - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Review - Overview2. Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Review 23. HC5000BL Physical Tour - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Physical Tour4. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review - Image Quality - Sharpness Comparision5. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-2 - comparision6. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-37. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-4 - Mitsubishi HC5000BL home theater projector - Handling of Flesh tones - HC5000BL Black Levels, Contrast and Shadow Detail8. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-59. HC5000BL Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality-6 - HC5000BL Color Handling10. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Menus11. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance-2 - The Mitsubishi HC5000BL Remote Control - Mitsubishi HC5000 Lens Throw and Lens Shift12. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance-3 - Screen Door Effect and Rainbow Effect - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Light Leakage - Audible Noise Levels - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Projector Brightness13. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance-4 - HC5000BL Lamp Life and Replacement - Projector Screen Recommendations14. Mitsubishi HC-5000BL Projector Review – General Performance-5 - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Calibration - Mitsubishi HC5000BL Image noise - HC5000BL and HDTV in my theater15. HC5000 Projector Review – Warranty16. 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