Epson 8500 UB - Manual (Page 3)

Amazing image quality
High performance home entertainment
• 2.1x zoom ratio — offers great positioning flexibility
• Two HDMI 1.3 ports — for flexible connectivity options
• 8x projection — projects images 8x larger than they
would appear on a 40" widescreen TV
• 80" widescreen
— displays an 80" widescreen image from
just 8' away, or a 120" image from just 12' away
THX display certification
Ensures outstanding picture quality —
exceptional performance standards for black levels, resolution,
contrast, color gamut and signal processing
Versatile Movie Mode settings —
a playback setting that lets consumers
experience studio color, black levels
and clean-signal processing with few
calibration adjustments
Incredibly deep blacks with crystal-clear detail
Achieve astounding blacks — with an incredible contrast
ratio of up to 200,000:1, UltraBlack
™ technology and Epson’s
exclusive Vertical Alignment (VA) LCD technology
Dual-layer auto iris
A new dual-layer auto iris system
enables incredibly deep blacks
to be produced by more efficiently
controlling the light reduction rate
that passes through the auto iris
shutter gates.
PowerLite Home Cinema 8500 UB Features
• Advanced video quality — HQV processor,
Super-resolution chip and THX certification
• Rich, vibrant color and reliable performance — 3LCD,
3-chip technology
• High-definition, 1080p home theater experience — D7
chip with C 2 Fine technology delivers
1920 x 1080 resolution
• Sharp, dramatically rich images — revolutionary
Super-resolution technology enhances DVD, SD
and HD content
• Deep, dark blacks; crystal-clear detail — contrast ratio
up to 200,000:1 and UltraBlack technology with new
dual-layer auto iris
• Stunning picture uniformity and clarity — state-of-the-
art lens by Fujinon
• Amazing, true-to-life color — Epson exclusive cinema
filter with an expanded color gamut and new color
reproduction feature
• Brilliant images, anytime, day or night — 1600 lumens
color light output, 1600 lumens white light output 2
• Cutting-edge connectivity — two HDMI 1.3 ports for
maximum flexibility
• Smooth gradations — 12-bit chip driver
• Unobtrusive operation — low fan noise so you can
focus on pure entertainment
• Ideal for fast-action movies, TV shows — advanced,
high-speed auto iris function adjusts light output
up to 60 times per second to match every
entertainment option
Amazing video quality with a built-in Silicon
Optix HQV Reon-VX processor
Reduces block noise and artifacts to restore a more
natural picture
TN Mode: Normally Translucent
Applied Voltage
Transmittance Transmittance
Applied Voltage
VA Mode: Normally Opaque (black)
VA D7 LCD chips are
naturally opaque (black).
Signal voltage is applied
to increase translucency
(transmittance). A conventional TN
(Twisted Nematic) LCD
chip can’t achieve a
true opaque (black)
condition.
“ b l a c k l e v e l s ” s i m u l a t e d
Without HQV
Reon–VX
Original picture With HQV
Reon–VX
I m a g e s s i m u l a t e d t o s h o w b l o c k n o i s e r e d u c t i o n