Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality 4 Posted on July 15, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Mitsubishi HC8000D Home Theater Projector Review - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Highlights - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Overview2. Mitsubishi HC8000D Special Features - Adding 3D to the HC8000D - 3D Gaming with the Mitsubishi HC8000D: Lag Times! - HC8000 6X Color Wheel vs. Rainbow Effect - HC8000D Lamp Life3. Mitsubishi HC8000D Special Features Part 2 - 1.5:1 Zoom Lens - HC8000D Projector - 3D Performance4. Mitsubishi HC8000D Special Features Part 3 - Mitsubishi HC8000 Projector: 2D to 3D conversion - HC8000D Creative Frame Interpolation - CFI - smooth motion5. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Physical Tour - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector - Appearance - HC8000D Control Panel - HC8000D Projector - Input/Output6. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Physical Tour Part 2 - HC8000D Menus - Mitsubishi HC8000D Remote Control - Mitsubishi HC8000D Lens Throw - Mitsubishi HC8000 Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen7. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality - Mitsubishi HC8000D Out of the Box Picture Quality - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector - Flesh Tones - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector - Flesh Tones8. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality 2 - Mitsubishi HC8000D Black Levels & Shadow Detail - Black Levels Comparison - Shadow Detail Performance - Shadow Detail Comparison - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: HC8000 Projector - Bottom Line9. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality 3 - Mitsubishi HC8000D - Overall Color & Picture Quality10. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality 4 - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content11. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Performance - Mitsubishi HC8000D Brightness - HC7900DW - Post Calibration: User "best" mode (placed in User AV Memory 1) = 465 lumens12. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Performance 2 - HC8000 D in Eco-mode vs. Full power - Mitsubishi HC8000D Pre-Calibration Color temp, Cinema Mode - Post calibration: AV Memory 1 Mode HC8000D Color Temp over IRE Range - Mitsubishi HC8000D13. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Performance 3 - Mitsubishi HC8000D Sharpness - Sharpness Comparison Images - Mitsubishi HC8000D: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise14. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Calibration and Settings - Color Temp over IRE Range, Best Mode - Lumen Output and Color Temp for various Picture modes at 100 IRE - Mitsubishi HC8000D Basic Settings15. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - Mitsubishi HC8000D Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - HC8000D RGB Settings - Calibration settings16. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Advanced Calibration Information - Color Management Settings - CMS Calibration Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)17. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Screen Recommendations18. Mitsubishi HC8000D – Competitors - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. Epson Pro Cinema 6020 UB and Home Cinema 5020 UB - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. Sony VPL-HW50ES - HC8000D vs. Sharp XV-Z3000019. Mitsubishi HC8000D – Competitors 2 - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. Optoma HD8200, HD8300 - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. Viewsonic Pro 9000 - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. PT-AE800020. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Warranty21. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Review Summary - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector - The Bottom Line22. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Review Summary 2 - HC8000D Color and Overall Picture Quality23. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Review Summary 3 - HC8000 DW Projector - Brightness for 2D viewing - HC8000 Projector - 3D Brightness - The Very Bottom Line on the HC8000D projector24. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Review Summary 4 - BenQ W1070 Projector: Pros and Cons - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Pros - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Cons25. Mitsubishi HC8000D Full Specifications Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports I did my sports viewing using AV Memory 2. I turned on CFI, and more significantly, Brilliant Color is engaged. With BC on, the result is a slightly cooler image – a touch thin on reds, but that’s not likely to be anyone’s issue while watching sports. First a couple of room images. I had to shoot them on a hazy/cloudy day, the sun wouldn’t cooperate, so the partially open shades aren’t doing quite as much damage, as is usual. Brilliant Color pumps up the image – lots of pop, but also just slightly over the top. You start running out of shades, such as you can detect in a closeup of a face. Of course, even with a perfect projector, you’d still have a good deal of that due to the compressed satellite or cable signal. (Consider the blonde Victoria Secret image we use on the next section for comparing modes, that redish forehead area is a great example of sacrifices to image quality, in exchange for a smaller file). This isn’t anything the average LCDTV viewer isn’t used to, but we projector folks mostly are a bit more finicky. Thus, Brilliant Color is fine for sports, for sitcoms, anytime you really don’t “need” your absolute best picture. I found it to be a good compromise – extra brightness in exchange for a very modest degradation of the picture quality. Check out the sports and other HDTV photos. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content Only one complaint in 2D. I could have used more lumens. I’ve been spoiled. For sports, I run about a 98 inch diagonal image. In my dedicated theater with all dark surfaces, and full lighting control, it’s just dandy, but, should I turn my lights on and let in a little daylight, the HC8000D runs out of lumens very quickly. In situations where I’ve got enough light for a sports gathering of friends, the Mitsubishi starts running out, when a Panasonic or Epson would still have plenty more brightness to compensate. 3D sports (off of DVR), was never quite bright enough for me filling that 98 inch diagonal. With the glasses on, there’s not a spare lumen to be found. As long as your screen is reasonably smaller, and you don’t have too much uncontrollable ambient light, the HC8000 will prove to be a very good projector for sports and other HDTV. At the 100″ screen size it does just fine. Even though this projector can go up to about a 125″ diagonal in 2D in a proper room, in brightest mode, that’s without ambient light, such as intentional lights on when viewing sports or HDTV with friends. My Sunday fix of football was perfectly enjoyable with this Mitsubishi projector, filling just about 100″ diagonal. Even filling the 124″ diagonal for my expanded Game Mix, was reasonable, but because it’s a dedicated theater setup, but I’ve got great lighting control. 1. Mitsubishi HC8000D Home Theater Projector Review - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Highlights - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Overview2. Mitsubishi HC8000D Special Features - Adding 3D to the HC8000D - 3D Gaming with the Mitsubishi HC8000D: Lag Times! - HC8000 6X Color Wheel vs. Rainbow Effect - HC8000D Lamp Life3. Mitsubishi HC8000D Special Features Part 2 - 1.5:1 Zoom Lens - HC8000D Projector - 3D Performance4. Mitsubishi HC8000D Special Features Part 3 - Mitsubishi HC8000 Projector: 2D to 3D conversion - HC8000D Creative Frame Interpolation - CFI - smooth motion5. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Physical Tour - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector - Appearance - HC8000D Control Panel - HC8000D Projector - Input/Output6. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Physical Tour Part 2 - HC8000D Menus - Mitsubishi HC8000D Remote Control - Mitsubishi HC8000D Lens Throw - Mitsubishi HC8000 Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens - Wide Screen7. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality - Mitsubishi HC8000D Out of the Box Picture Quality - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector - Flesh Tones - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector - Flesh Tones8. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality 2 - Mitsubishi HC8000D Black Levels & Shadow Detail - Black Levels Comparison - Shadow Detail Performance - Shadow Detail Comparison - Black Level and Shadow Detail Performance: HC8000 Projector - Bottom Line9. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality 3 - Mitsubishi HC8000D - Overall Color & Picture Quality10. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality 4 - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Bottom Line on HDTV Sports, and also 3D HDTV content11. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Performance - Mitsubishi HC8000D Brightness - HC7900DW - Post Calibration: User "best" mode (placed in User AV Memory 1) = 465 lumens12. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Performance 2 - HC8000 D in Eco-mode vs. Full power - Mitsubishi HC8000D Pre-Calibration Color temp, Cinema Mode - Post calibration: AV Memory 1 Mode HC8000D Color Temp over IRE Range - Mitsubishi HC8000D13. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Performance 3 - Mitsubishi HC8000D Sharpness - Sharpness Comparison Images - Mitsubishi HC8000D: Bottom Line Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise14. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Calibration and Settings - Color Temp over IRE Range, Best Mode - Lumen Output and Color Temp for various Picture modes at 100 IRE - Mitsubishi HC8000D Basic Settings15. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - Mitsubishi HC8000D Post Calibration Grayscale: User Mode - HC8000D RGB Settings - Calibration settings16. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Advanced Calibration Information - Color Management Settings - CMS Calibration Notes - Calibration Charts (Before and After)17. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector Screen Recommendations18. Mitsubishi HC8000D – Competitors - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. Epson Pro Cinema 6020 UB and Home Cinema 5020 UB - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. Sony VPL-HW50ES - HC8000D vs. Sharp XV-Z3000019. Mitsubishi HC8000D – Competitors 2 - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. Optoma HD8200, HD8300 - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. Viewsonic Pro 9000 - Mitsubishi HC8000D vs. PT-AE800020. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Warranty21. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Review Summary - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector - The Bottom Line22. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Review Summary 2 - HC8000D Color and Overall Picture Quality23. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Review Summary 3 - HC8000 DW Projector - Brightness for 2D viewing - HC8000 Projector - 3D Brightness - The Very Bottom Line on the HC8000D projector24. Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Review Summary 4 - BenQ W1070 Projector: Pros and Cons - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Pros - Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector: Cons25. Mitsubishi HC8000D Full Specifications Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Image Quality 3 Mitsubishi HC8000D Projector – Performance