Guide to the 2010 Home Theater Projector Comparison Report2

Physical Tour

Image Quality Page

This page covers:

• Out of the Box Picture Quality
• Skin (Flesh) Tones
• Black Levels and Shadow Detail
• Color and Picture Quality (post-calibration)
• HDTV (how well a projector is at handling general HDTV, and TV programming, and sports)

Performance Page

This page covers:

• Brightness
• Sharpness
• Audible Noise

Calibration Page

This page:

Discusses calibration (detailed information on our calibration and the resulting settings and results are found in the individual reviews)

Projector Screen Recommendations Page

This page:

Discusses some basics regarding matching projector to screen to room. It summarizes some things appearing in our multiple Projector Screen articles. For specific screen recommendations for a particular projector, visit that projector’s review.

Compare Projectors Page

This page:

Provides an overview for comparing projectors, and for using the many individual head-to-head projector comparisons. The Compare Projectors page navigates differently than the rest of the pages found in the outline.

Warranty Page

This page:

Talks about typical warranties, shows the projectors listed by price class, discusses replacement programs briefly, and indicates the warranty of each projector.

Summary Page

One of the shortest pages – just a brief wrap up, and final thoughts – it is written last, and may touch on some things overlooked elsewhere.