Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8500 UB Product Brochure - 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 TN Mode: Normally Translucent VA Mode: Normally Opaque (black) Transmittance Transmittance A conventional TN (Twisted Nematic) LCD chip can't achieve a true opaque (black) condition. VA D7 LCD chips are naturally opaque (black). Signal voltage is applied to increase translucency (transmittance). Applied Voltage Applied Voltage "black levels" simulated 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 C2Fine 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 output2 • 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 Original picture Without HQV Reon-VX With HQV Reon-VX Images simulated to show block noise reduction