Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-10 Posted on August 9, 2008 By Art Feierman 1. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: - Overview - Mitsubishi HC5500 Highlights2. Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Physical Tour3. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - Skin Tone Handling4. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-2 - Black Level and Shadow Detail - Black Level Performance5. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-3 - Shadow Detail Performance6. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-4 - Shadow Detail Performance 2 - comparision7. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality 5 - Shadow Detail Performance 3 - comparision8. Shadow Detail Performance 49. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-6 - Mitsubishi HC5500 projector - comparision10. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-7 - Mitsubishi HC5500 projector 211. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-812. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-9 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Image Sharpness 2 - comparision - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports13. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-10 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Overall Image Quality14. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Menus - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: User Memory Settings - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Remote Control15. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-2 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Lens Throw and Lens Shift - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Brightness 16. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-3 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Audible Noise Levels - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Screen Recommendations17. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-4 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Measurements and Calibration - calibration, settings - movie watching - Contrast - Brightness - HC5500 Image Noise 18. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Warranty19. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Typical Capabilities - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Competitive Aspects20. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-2 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Sanyo PLV-Z2000 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Panasonic PT-AE2000U - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Epson Home Cinema 1080UB - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs Viewsonic Pro810021. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-3 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Optoma HD80 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. BenQ W500022. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Bottom Line23. Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector Specifications Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Overall Image QualityAs stated previously, the out of the box color isn’t bad, but treat yourself to a calibration disc, like the AVIA, or the DVE-HD calibration disc (Blu-ray), which we recently reviewed. All the images shown below, were after calibration. The HC5500 you will note, does a really good job on the colors of the U.S. flag. (BTW, the flag, and several other images below (including the picture with balloons), and also the “riot of flowers – the last picture on the Summary page, are from the DVE-HD disc). he projector really is well balanced, with no particular weaknesses. Skin tones are very good, black levels average for today’s 1080p projectors (which isn’t a bad thing), and sharpness is exceptional. Add to that, more brightness in best mode than many other 3LCD projectors, and you have a very good, affordable 1080p projector. 1. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: - Overview - Mitsubishi HC5500 Highlights2. Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Physical Tour3. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - Skin Tone Handling4. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-2 - Black Level and Shadow Detail - Black Level Performance5. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-3 - Shadow Detail Performance6. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-4 - Shadow Detail Performance 2 - comparision7. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality 5 - Shadow Detail Performance 3 - comparision8. Shadow Detail Performance 49. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-6 - Mitsubishi HC5500 projector - comparision10. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-7 - Mitsubishi HC5500 projector 211. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-812. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-9 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Image Sharpness 2 - comparision - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports13. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-10 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Overall Image Quality14. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Menus - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: User Memory Settings - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Remote Control15. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-2 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Lens Throw and Lens Shift - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Brightness 16. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-3 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Audible Noise Levels - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Screen Recommendations17. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-4 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Measurements and Calibration - calibration, settings - movie watching - Contrast - Brightness - HC5500 Image Noise 18. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Warranty19. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Typical Capabilities - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Competitive Aspects20. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-2 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Sanyo PLV-Z2000 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Panasonic PT-AE2000U - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Epson Home Cinema 1080UB - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs Viewsonic Pro810021. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-3 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Optoma HD80 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. BenQ W500022. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Bottom Line23. Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector Specifications Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-9 Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-1