Epson America’s Home Cinema 8500 UB and Pro Cinema 9500 UB projectors have received THX certification.
Designed for custom installers and home entertainment enthusiasts, the native 1080p 3LCD home theater projectors are designed to deliver accurate and exceptional picture quality with THX Movie Mode, a playback setting that lets consumers experience studio color, black levels and clean signal processing right out-of-the-box.
“We are constantly working to develop high-quality products that deliver the optimal balance of image quality, performance, display flexibility and affordability to enable home theater enthusiasts to create unforgettable wide-screen experiences in their homes,” Epson America senior product manager Marge Ang said. “Receiving THX certification clearly demonstrates that these latest Home and Pro Cinema projectors offer the best in their respective price and performance classes.”
THX sets strict performance standards for black levels, resolution, contrast, color gamut, and signal processing. The THX Certified Home Cinema 8500 UB and Pro Cinema 9500 UB feature THX Movie Mode, a playback setting designed to recreate the cinema experience at home by adjusting the projector’s gamma, luminance, color temperature, and other settings to match those used by filmmakers in the studio.
“At THX, we strive to identify and collaborate with innovative companies that share our same passion and commitment for recreating cinematic experiences in the home,” THX director of certification Matthew Chrispen said. “Epson’s latest THX Certified projectors are engineered to do just that, reproducing color and black levels that closely mirror the filmmaker’s mastering studio, and presenting sports and action movies with smooth motion and detail.”
In addition to THX certification, the Home Cinema 8500 UB and Pro Cinema 9500 UB feature the latest D7 chip set with Epson’s C2Fine and UltraBlack technology. The also feature brightness of 1,600 lumens color and white light output and a new dual-layered auto iris technology, and a contrast ratio of up to 200,000:1.
The projectors also include Epson’s new Super-resolution technology for enhanced picture quality and improved FineFrame technology for smoother frame interpolation, sharper video quality and the elimination of judder. The Pro Cinema 9500 UB also adds anamorphic “stretch” picture mode, along with ISF calibration and color management features for a customized home entertainment experience.
