Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance 2 Posted on July 16, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Review - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Highlights - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Overview2. Viewsonic Pro8200 Special Features3. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Physical Tour - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - Appearance - Pro8200 Control Panel - Pro8200 Projector - Input/Output4. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Pro8200 Menus - Viewsonic Pro8200 Remote Control - Viewsonic Pro8200 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens5. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Image Quality - Viewsonic Pro8200 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - Flesh Tones6. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Image Quality 2 - Viewsonic Pro8200 - Overall Color & Picture Quality7. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance - Viewsonic Pro8200 Brightness8. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance 2 - Viewsonic Pro8200 Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise9. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings - Viewsonic Pro8200 Color Temperature - Viewsonic Pro8200 Basic Settings10. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - RGB Settings11. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Projector Screens - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Screen Recommendations12. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Competitors13. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Warranty14. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Review Summary - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - The Bottom Line - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Pros - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Cons - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Typical Capabilities15. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Full Specifications Viewsonic Pro8200 Sharpnesshe Pro8200 comes across as nice and sharp. This is typical of single chip DLP projectors in general, and this Viewsonic projector is no exception. It appears, for example, to be just slightly sharper than the Epson Home Cinema 8350 – a top performing under $1500 3LCD projector. For your consideration, our usual close up images: Top left: Pro8200, Top Left Center – LG CF181D, Top Right Center – JVC RS25, Top right – Mitsubishi HC4000. 2nd row left: Panasonic PT-AE4000, left center: Epson Home Cinema 8500UB, right center:Optoma HD8200, right: BenQ W6000. Please note, we are slowly switching to using the Playstation video logo as our sharpness example, instead of the old dts-hd logo. The original sample test disc from dts died, and they can’t find me another. Pro8200LG CF181DJVC RS25Mitsubishi HC4000Panasonic PT-AE4000Epson Home Cinema 8500UBOptoma HD8200BenQ W6000PreviousNext Close up of a computer monitor, from Space Cowboys (Blu-ray), left to right: Pro8200, Optoma HD20, BenQ W6000, and Sharp XV-Z15000. Viewsonic Pro8200: Bottom Line Sharpness When you consider that the Viewsonic’s image is everybit as sharp, overall, as most 3LCD and LCoS projectors selling for several times the price, my suggestion is simply not to give the Viewsonic’s sharpness any additional thought (except to catalogue sharpness as a strength.) Pro8200Optoma HD20BenQ W6000Sharp XV-Z15000PreviousNext Light LeakageThe Viewsonic Pro8200 does leak light out through the lens. In fact, there is a reasonable amount of it. Not as much, as say the Mitsubishi HC4000, but enough that you are able to notice some leakage, mostly above the projected image (if you are table based – below, if ceiling mounted), if you have a light colored wall around the screen, and the scene is very dark. For a home entertainment projector – family rooms, etc., this is another minor issue that you don’t need to be concerned with. Image NoiseI see no issues with Viewsonic’s image processing. which is provided primarily by Pixelworks, a well respected image processing provider to a lot of projector and LCDTV manufacturers. In fact, considering the entry level nature of the Pro8200 projector, we can completely dismiss the Viewsonic’s image noise abilities as something we don’t need to be concerned with. Audible NoiseOK, now you can be concerned. The Viewsonic Pro8200 isn’t exactly quiet. It’s a single chip DLP projector, and as a class, they tend to be a bit noisey. Viewsonic claims 31 db at full power, and 27 in eco-mode. My take is that their eco-mode estimate might be a bit high, it seems quieter than that, but, in full power, the 31 db is probably accurate or a touch optomistic. This projector does make some noise – though nothing unusual for a single chip DLP, especially in the low price ranges. In the somewhat noiseyr family environment, no one is likely to notice. 1. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Review - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Highlights - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Overview2. Viewsonic Pro8200 Special Features3. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Physical Tour - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - Appearance - Pro8200 Control Panel - Pro8200 Projector - Input/Output4. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Physical Tour 2 - Pro8200 Menus - Viewsonic Pro8200 Remote Control - Viewsonic Pro8200 Lens Throw - Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens5. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Image Quality - Viewsonic Pro8200 Out of the Box Picture Quality - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - Flesh Tones6. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Image Quality 2 - Viewsonic Pro8200 - Overall Color & Picture Quality7. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance - Viewsonic Pro8200 Brightness8. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance 2 - Viewsonic Pro8200 Sharpness - Light Leakage - Image Noise - Audible Noise9. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings - Viewsonic Pro8200 Color Temperature - Viewsonic Pro8200 Basic Settings10. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings 2 - RGB Settings11. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Projector Screens - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Screen Recommendations12. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Competitors13. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Warranty14. Viewsonic Pro8200 – Review Summary - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector - The Bottom Line - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Pros - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Cons - Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector: Typical Capabilities15. Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Full Specifications Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector – Performance Viewsonic Pro8200 Projector Calibration and Settings