Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-4 Posted on August 9, 2008 By Art Feierman 1. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: - Overview - Mitsubishi HC5500 Highlights2. Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Physical Tour3. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - Skin Tone Handling4. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-2 - Black Level and Shadow Detail - Black Level Performance5. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-3 - Shadow Detail Performance6. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-4 - Shadow Detail Performance 2 - comparision7. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality 5 - Shadow Detail Performance 3 - comparision8. Shadow Detail Performance 49. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-6 - Mitsubishi HC5500 projector - comparision10. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-7 - Mitsubishi HC5500 projector 211. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-812. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-9 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Image Sharpness 2 - comparision - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports13. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-10 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Overall Image Quality14. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Menus - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: User Memory Settings - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Remote Control15. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-2 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Lens Throw and Lens Shift - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Brightness 16. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-3 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Audible Noise Levels - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Screen Recommendations17. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-4 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Measurements and Calibration - calibration, settings - movie watching - Contrast - Brightness - HC5500 Image Noise 18. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Warranty19. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Typical Capabilities - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Competitive Aspects20. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-2 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Sanyo PLV-Z2000 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Panasonic PT-AE2000U - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Epson Home Cinema 1080UB - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs Viewsonic Pro810021. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-3 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Optoma HD80 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. BenQ W500022. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Bottom Line23. Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector Specifications Shadow Detail Performance 2Next is one of the toughest tests. This scene with Clint Eastwood, from Space Cowboys on Blu-ray, is extremely dark. The photos are heavily overexposed. Look for the blacks in the shades, and the details in those shades in the form of the white trim. (At this level of overexposure, don’t even worry about the skin tones, as in these type of photos they always look terrible, and way oversaturated). comparisionViewsonic Pro8100Sony VW60Sanyo PLV-Z2000 older HC4900Epson Home Cinema 1080 UBPreviousNext Note in particular the HC4900 vs. the HC5500, even though the HC4900 isn’t as bright a image, its blacks are far lighter, and the the image looks washed out by comparison. Below we have six “thumbnails” of this cropped HD scene from Space Cowboys. Click on each for an overexposed version. Look to the satellite on the left for dark shadow details. By row, starting top left: 1. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p 3LCD Home Theater Projector Review: - Overview - Mitsubishi HC5500 Highlights2. Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Physical Tour3. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Out of the Box Picture Quality - Skin Tone Handling4. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-2 - Black Level and Shadow Detail - Black Level Performance5. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-3 - Shadow Detail Performance6. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-4 - Shadow Detail Performance 2 - comparision7. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality 5 - Shadow Detail Performance 3 - comparision8. Shadow Detail Performance 49. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-6 - Mitsubishi HC5500 projector - comparision10. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-7 - Mitsubishi HC5500 projector 211. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-812. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-9 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Image Sharpness 2 - comparision - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Performance, HDTV and Sports13. Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-10 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Overall Image Quality14. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Menus - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: User Memory Settings - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Remote Control15. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-2 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Lens Throw and Lens Shift - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Brightness 16. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-3 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Audible Noise Levels - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Screen Recommendations17. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector Review: General Performance-4 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Measurements and Calibration - calibration, settings - movie watching - Contrast - Brightness - HC5500 Image Noise 18. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Warranty19. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-1 - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Typical Capabilities - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Competitive Aspects20. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-2 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Sanyo PLV-Z2000 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Panasonic PT-AE2000U - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Epson Home Cinema 1080UB - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs Viewsonic Pro810021. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary, Competition, Pros and Cons-3 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. Optoma HD80 - Mitsubishi HC5500 vs. BenQ W500022. Mitsubishi HC5500 Home Theater Projector: Summary - Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector: Bottom Line23. Mitsubishi HC5500 Projector Specifications Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality-3 Mitsubishi HC5500 1080p Home Projector Review: Image Quality 5
