The next projector we're going to compare
is the Epson Pro Cinema 10500.
This projector features 3 reflective LCD chips
and has extremely good blacks, very accurate
color, and great contrast.
So it's going to be interesting to see how
this compares against the Optoma, Ishould
mention that the Optoma is coming in street
price at under $2,500, the Epson 10500 is
right at $7,999, so just under $8,000.
So let's see how they compare.
Here is our contrast adjustment being able
to set the white clip or the white on the
white - just before it disappears - that gives
us the maximum intensity out of our display.
And if I open this iris up, you'll begin to
see the pluge pattern, which are vertical
bars on both sides of the gray scale.
And those are set so that the very last bar
just disappears.
But if I expose it so you can see the square,
those bars disappear.
But to the eye, you can see both at the same
time.
So, you can also see that using the settings
inside the projector without using calibrated
instruments, we can get the white balance
fairly close so that they're both in the same
ballpark.
They're both as close as I can get them without
instruments to D 6500.
Here is a comparison of color bars, which
are primary and secondary colors which allow
us to look at the coloremitry of each of the
projectors - the single DLP on the right and
the 3-chip reflective Epson 10500 on the left.
The Epson would have, as we've looked at the
other images, the same advantage in that the
yellows are a little richer, the reds are
deeper, the greens are a little bit different
- but both are very good greens.
If anything, the Epson may have a little too
much green.
I would say that the Optoma is closer to rec
709, which is the HDTV standard for color.
Whereas the Epson, on the left is approaching,
the p93 or the digital cinema - which is an
expanded color range.
But again, on the images, they are both spectacular
in terms of their color performance.
Here we have some side-by-side scenes with
again, the Epson 10500 laser on the left and
the Optoma UHD65 on the right.
The viewing experience in person is extremely
good.
Both of these have very, very accurate color,
good contrast.
The Epson has better blacks, but on the other
hand, the Optoma definitely has the upper
hand when it comes to fine detail, which on
a scene like that, even here at viewing distance,
it does come across.
I think it's part of the native contrast,
I think it's part of the native 4K.
But it definitely, and there the fur on the
little squirrel or chipmunk is definitely
a little more detailed on the right.
The detail there on the rocks, I'm going to
try to zoom in a little bit to see if you
might be able to see some of this on the video.
But, extremely extremely good images on both
sides, but I would have to say your eye would
go to the right just because the detail is
a little bit more pronounced and fine - there's
no artifacts.
It's just like someone slightly focused just
one step further.
With it's better, native blacks, because of
it's reflective chips in the light engine,
in the Epson has in the 10500 which is on
the left, we're going to compare the same
star field high contrast scene which tests
both the 4K detail in the star field and it
tests the dynamic range, or the contrast range
of the projector - both in the blacks and
the highlights at the same time.
So let's roll this and we're going to freeze
it here in just a minute to see if we can
see similar differences to what we saw.
So I'm going to freeze it here, and, hopefully
you'll be able to see on here, there is, yes,
there is a difference.
To the eye, the blacks on the left are, without
question, definitely deeper, darker, more
velvety blacks.
On the right the blacks are not as deep.
But, there is a lot more in terms of the star
field and the brightness - and both of these
are in the high brightness mode so this is
the Epson laser in it's brightest mode and
this is the Optoma 65 in it's brightest mode.
There is a big difference in terms of the
brightness on the Earth and the detail on
the star field.
Now I'm going to show you something that you
can do on the Epson, which is they give you
a lot of control over the Iris, which helps
their dynamic contrast but does not help with
the native contrast.
So I'm going to run this iris down, and as
I do so, you'll see that Earth get brighter
and you don't see a huge difference in terms
of the star field.
So it's even darker, well, it was pretty dark
before, so I'm not sure you're going to see
a big difference there, but the Earth is a
little bit brighter.
So I'm going to pull that back up so you can
see where it is coming out of the box.
We're going to go back into the menu here,
go down to lens iris, and, woops, no, we're
not trying to do a reset, we're trying to
do a lens iris- here we go, we'll take that
lens iris up, and as you do so, you can see
shutting the iris down does darken the image,
but I really like the brightness, and you
do see a little bit more in the star field.
So we're going to put it back to 0.
We're going to turn the iris off, I'm not
a big fan of irises because of the, kind of
the bounce effect, and the Epson has a fast
iris so you don't see it very often, but let's
finish this scene and you can see what the
differences are.
As it pulls in, now, I will adjust a little
bit of the exposure so you can see some of
the differences here.
The reason that the Earth on the right side
is a little more over exposed is because it's
brighter and if I turn this down to expose
it a little bit better, you can still see
the difference in the star field in the back,
but again, they both have very good blacks.
But the true 4K of the Optoma is, again, outperforming
the 4K e-shift.
The last thing to look at comparing the Epson
10500 to the Optoma 65 is this 4K movie clip.
This has a lot of mid-tones so it's very good
for being able to evaluate the image contrast
and color detail of an image.
We'll roll this.
You'll notice, particularly when they pan
around here and you see some of the details
of the city in the background.
And once it quits moving you should be able
to see some differences there.
To the eye, it's just a more detailed image
on the right.
But in the actual scene itself, now I can
see the black space above the Epson is blacker
where it says 4K, then it is on the Optoma,
but when you actually look into the scene,
because the native, or ANSI-type contrast
of the Optoma is actually very high, you cannot
perceive in the image itself that there's
any difference in terms of the contrast ratio,
with the exception that the true 4K does have
more detail in it.
But as far as color contrast they're both
very, very good.
So there you have it.
All four projectors compared.
What do you think?
Each of the projectors has its own advantages
and disadvantages.
But, in the under $5,000 category, the Optoma
UHD65, without question, delivers the finest
detail, very, very good color, and great contrast
- it's a great value.
We're excited about the UHD65.
On the other end, you have the Sony, the VPL-VW365ES,
it has the advantages of better blacks and
higher brightness.
So it still has its place in the market.
It's now, I think street price is around $7999
- which is the same price as the Optoma, excuse
me, as the Epson, the 10500 laser projector.
And that's a touch choice because now you've
got no maintenance essentially with the laser,
but, and very, very good blacks, very comparable
to the Sony, but not quite the full resolution
in terms of true 4K.
And then you have the Epson 4040, which is
a great value and has very, very, very good
color.
And with its contrast enhancement, does a
great job on most scenes.
So we hope you've enjoyed it and look forward
to you in the next video.
