Hi Everyone! So I think this is my first post I've been reading the site for what seems like a long time now. So many great insights and technical as well as moral support on here. Anyways I just received my Epson 3010. I did an unboxing video and put it up on youtube. I listed the link below. Ill have a more in-depth review up most likely tomorrow. I felt like this could be a good way to introduce myself, but for now you'll all have to be a little patient...
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Originally Posted by Jeronimo922 /t/1366241/my-epson-3010-projector-just-arrived/1890#post_22845734
The way I am planing to do this (screen) is with no actual border/frame on the projection face. I want to use the entire wall for the painted screen area and then paint the 90 degree walls on left/right corners and sloping ceiling black.. along with bottom 1/3 of the projection wall. The wall is 9'feet, so that would be 6'feet of screen with 3'feet of black painted below, with the outer walls and ceiling painted back probably about 2 (1/2)' feet each. The wall is built as an alcove with a vaulted ceiling
So before I head over to the DIY section I'd like yours or others feedback on this for the moment .
These are pictures from dead on, to angled to see each sides reflections and slope of ceiling
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Originally Posted by falafala /t/1366241/my-epson-3010-projector-just-arrived/1890#post_22793435
Several months ago, I had great success with LCD alignment when I had my 3010 on a table. Now I mounted it on ceiling and by mistake deleted all my LCD alignment settings and tried to do it again and this time it was a horrible experience as I could not see what the hell was going on with the cross-hairs on both RED and BLUE. Now my LCD is worse off than without alignment
Does anyone have any success with aligning ceiling mounted 3010? I vaguely remember there was some issue with ceiling mounting that was fixed on 5010 with a FW upgrade. If so anyone tried FW upgrade of their 3010 ?
Being too lazy to update the FW, I tried the LCD alignment again with my 3010 ceiling mounted and this time I looked at the opposite side of the screen than what the yellow box would highlight and I was able to see I could align the blue and red again! It was a bit of pain, but got the alignment to work as before.
I really enjoyed Dredd 3D and the I Robot 3D conversion on my 3010. Has anyone tried the Monsters Inc 3D conversion? Or for that matter, the new Top Gun 3D?
I was looking into getting a CIH setup as I was tired of the scope format on my 120" screen. Then quickly dropped that idea as its way too expensive (around 5k). Then I went for a 150" screen with some hesitancy about drop in lumens, but I am glad to report that 3010 beautifully fills up my massive screen and the brightness is just right even with Eco lamp and Cenema mode (if anything on 120" it was too bright). 3D is also bright. Now the scope format looks awesome and I dont crave the CIH setup anymore.
I also found someone came up with less than 150$ option to create a CIH setup....he does not explain exactly what he did but its interesting
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Originally Posted by falafala /t/1366241/my-epson-3010-projector-just-arrived/1920#post_23013884
I was looking into getting a CIH setup as I was tired of the scope format on my 120" screen. Then quickly dropped that idea as its way too expensive (around 5k). Then I went for a 150" screen with some hesitancy about drop in lumens, but I am glad to report that 3010 beautifully fills up my massive screen and the brightness is just right even with Eco lamp and Cenema mode (if anything on 120" it was too bright). 3D is also bright. Now the scope format looks awesome and I dont crave the CIH setup anymore.
I also found someone came up with less than 150$ option to create a CIH setup....he does not explain exactly what he did but its interesting
Expect some image distortion with an inexpensive wide angle lens, I have seen one in use, they are not really designed for projection use but they do get the job done if your goal is to do it cheaply.
Expect some image distortion with an inexpensive wide angle lens, I have seen one in use, they are not really designed for projection use but they do get the job done if your goal is to do it cheaply.
What's not obvious to me is what exactly is this lens doing? It certainly not an anamorphic lens as 3010 does not support this format. So is it just giving extra zoom that looks good for scope?
Complete waste of time fitting an nd filter as all you are doing is reducing the light output so you are doing nothing for the perceived contrast ratio.
Far better results can be had with a grey screen as this not only improves the blacks but it also reduces ambient light reflecting off the screen improving things further. And tbh you wouldn't even know you was using a grey screen as whites still look white.
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Originally Posted by ashyt16 /t/1366241/my-epson-3010-projector-just-arrived/1920#post_23026349
Complete waste of time fitting an nd filter as all you are doing is reducing the light output so you are doing nothing for the perceived contrast ratio.
Far better results can be had with a grey screen as this not only improves the blacks but it also reduces ambient light reflecting off the screen improving things further. And tbh you wouldn't even know you was using a grey screen as whites still look white.
I already have a Da-Lite high gain screen. When I first got the projector I saw that post where someone tried out the ND filter earlier in this thread and posted shots of the results. It looked pretty good. I figured I would just use the projector as is and maybe down the road try out the filter. I was watching something the other night with and a nighttime scene kinda made me think about the filter thing.
Joining the group of proud epson 3010 owners. I found it for $540 on bestbuy (open box, 400hrs on bulb and missing 3d glasses), and $129 for 2 yr warranty with bulb replacement.
My throw distance is about 17 feet, and just ordered 125 inch elite screen from amazon.
Projection on the wall of about 150 inch is wonderful...so I am sure 125 would be great.
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Originally Posted by drriddhish /t/1366241/my-epson-3010-projector-just-arrived/1920#post_23039757
Joining the group of proud epson 3010 owners. I found it for $540 on bestbuy (open box, 400hrs on bulb and missing 3d glasses), and $129 for 2 yr warranty with bulb replacement.
My throw distance is about 17 feet, and just ordered 125 inch elite screen from amazon.
Projection on the wall of about 150 inch is wonderful...so I am sure 125 would be great.
Anyone found a good way to have OTA ATSC tuner to connect with epson 3010? I was looking at channel master, boxee, tivo etc, and they are either very expensive or most of the unit seems to be unreliable or burn out in 2-4 years. Thanks in advance..
and how well does vudu 3d works on the epson 3010?
have been an owner for 1yr, now both lamp and temp leds flashing red, the manual says it's internal error, contact customer service.
just curious anyone has idea what it could be?
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