I understand, historically how close the HC and PC have to be, so I dropped our “best” 4K HDR/P3 calibration settings from the HC5050UB’s review, and put them in user savable memory 1 (of 10).īTW the Cinema filter in these projectors is one reason why we do two 4K HDR calibrations – Digital Cinema for 4K/HDR with P3 color, and Natural for 4K/HDR, but only REC709 color. Note, we did not calibrate this Pro Cinema 6050UB.
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That filter, when engaged (Digital Cinema mode), further improves color, allowing these lamp-based projectors to get very, very close to achieving P3 color – which means rivaling the color quality of a commercial movie theater! Engaging the filter does take a toll in brightness as there is a 40% drop going from Bright Cinema to Digital Cinema modes. The UB series and also Epson’s HC4010, and PC4050 have a cinema filter built in. Natural is down about 30% in brightness, Bright Cinema not far behind, but both Natural and Bright Cinema combine that brightness with some really good color, even with no adjustments. More significantly, several modes are reasonably close (brightness wise) to Dynamic. That out of the box color – is at least, really good! Like with the HC5050UB, the brightest mode – Dynamic – is a bit strong on greens, but not nearly as bad as most projectors in their equivalent brightest modes. Any differences are more likely due to different numbers of hours on the lamps, and the usual slight color temp differences from one lamp to the next. The two projectors have almost identical color right out of the box. I expect the same from the Epson PC6050UB vs HC5050UB. Back then I got to test the two JVC’s side by side, and the differences were there – not great, but there. JVC, I might note, has long offered a higher performance/lower performance projector pair at different price points, much as Epson is doing here.
Unfortunately doing the reviews months apart, I can’t really substantiate Epson’s claim that the best quality controlled lenses (and other components) end up in the PC6050UB, with the rest going to the HC5050UB, HC4010, and PC4050 projectors. As I have mentioned, in most ways this 6050UB is identical to the HC5050UB.
The Epson Pro Cinema 6050UB is Epson’s new flagship when it comes to picture quality.
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