Epson EMP-TW500 Basic Image Quality Adjustments

Basic Image Quality Adjustments

Press and select the colour mode from the six available modes in the selection menu depending on the place where the projector is being used.

Setting is also possible using the configuration menu.

Dynamic

Living Room

Natural

: Ideal for using in bright rooms.	Theatre
: Ideal for using in rooms in which the
	Theatre Black
curtains are closed.
: Ideal for using in dark rooms. It is	sRGB
recommended that you start in this mode
when making colour adjustments.

:Ideal for using in dark rooms.

:Ideal for using in rooms blocking light completely.

:If the connected signal source has an sRGBmode, set both the projector and the connected signal source to sRGB. (Ideal for viewing computer images.)

If "Natural", "Theatre", "Theatre Black" or "sRGB" is selected, the Epson Cinema Filter will be applied automatically. This increases contrast and makes flesh tones appear more natural. In addition, if "Dynamic" or "Living Room" is selected, the Black-White Stretch function will operate to produce images with greater contrast between lighter and darker shades.

Press and select the aspect mode from the selection menu.

		Images from normal		Images recorded by a			Images from normal
	Input	TV broadcasts					TV broadcasts
				video camera or DVD		Letterbox images
		Images with standard					Images with standard
	signal			software in squeeze
		aspect ratio (4:3)					aspect ratio (4:3)
				mode
		Computer images
Recommended
			Normal		Squeeze	Zoom		Wide
	aspect mode

Result	Black bands will		Input signals will be		Input signals will be	Input signals will be
	appear at the left and		projected at the same		projected at the same	projected at the same
	right of the images.		width as the projector's		height as the projector's	height as the projector's
			panel resolution.		panel resolution.	panel resolution. At this
						time, the image
					When 4:3 images are	enlargement ratio will be
						smaller near the middle of
					projected, the top and
						the images but become
					bottom of the images
						larger towards the left and
					will be truncated.
	When HDTV images		When 4:3 images are
						right edges of the images.
					When images with
	are projected, the		projected, the images
					subtitles are projected
	images appear in 16:9		will be elongated			This is useful for when 4:3
					and the subtitles are
	size.		horizontally.			images are projected onto a
					truncated, use the
	When the input signal resolution is 1280 ⋅ 720 or					wide ascreen. Because there is
					"Zoom Caption" menu
						almost no distortion due to
	less and "Through" or "Squeeze Through" is				command to adjust.
						enlargement in the middle of
	selected, the images are projected onto the screen				p.19
Remarks						the images, the images appear
	with the input signal resolution unchanged, and so
	clearer images are projected.					close to what they would be at
						their original size. And because
				Squeeze
						both ends of the images are
		Through
				Through		enlarged, movement at the
						edges of the images appears
						faster and gives an impression
						of greater speed, making it ideal
						for viewing sporting events.
	To project images so that they fill the whole of the					*"Wide" cannot be selected if
	screen, use the zoom adjustment or move the					keystone correction has been
	projector further away from the screen.					carried out.

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Basic Image Quality Adjustments