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An @EpsonUK LS10000 Laser Projector Update - Close out deal + Rec.2020 compatability

11 October 2016

The @EpsonUK LS10000 has been the most used demo projector we have ever had at Kalibrate (based on hours used), but the time is getting close for this to be replaced with the incoming @EpsonUK LS10500, but we have not stopped trying to push this projectors to it's limits.



The LS10000 works very well with 1080p, but there are some limitations with regard to 4K. We have over the last few months (since the launch of 4K UHD Bluray) to see how far we can push the LS10000, and over the last few weeks we are getting to the maximum potential with the help of the HD Fury Linker scaler or Lumagen Radiance Pro units.

The LS10000 performs very well with a DCI-P3 wide colour gamut, but does not natively support HDR or Rec.2020 colour gamut metadata from UHD 4K, meaning that the source would defaukt back to SDR Rec.709. The LS10000 does understand the raw data from the 4K UHD source though, so we can either use:


  • Lumagen Radiance Pro units take in the UHD information, decodes the HDR and UHD source information, and then feeds out the raw data to the LS10000 to reproduce the image

  • The HD Fury Linker (also HD Fury Integral *1) can be used to trick the UHD Bluray source (we currently recommend the Panasonic UB900 - but this will likely change to the OPPO UDP203 once released) into outputting Rec.2020 data at 4K. We could also force HDR, but are not doing thiis, at this time.


Leaving to the side for the moment the Lumagen Radiance Pro units, as these will clearly give the best results, we looked to maximize the potential of the projector within minimal cost, so we looked to the HD Fury Linker for this. With the HD Fury Linker, we can force the Panasonic UB900 to output 4k24p SDR/BT.2020 4:2:2 12bit, or convert to 1080p24 SDR/BT.2020 4:4:4 12bit.

Now that we can force BT.2020 into the projector, we need to look to calibrate the LS10000 for the Rec.2020 colours and saturations. Carefully selecting the correct profile and using the internal CMS we managed to get tracking comparable to the LS10000's peers, and in some respects better as it achieves over 75% of Rec.2020:





The main limitation is that the HDMI Chip used by the LS10000 was never designed for this purpose, and thus is not able to accept 10bit/12bit at 4K, therefore the colours are being introduced at 8bit, although as the LS10000 processes at 10bit, I was not able to detect and obvious banding etc.

We will be working with our customers to extend this availability to a wider market for testing. This is just one service we offer to our customers to make sure we get the maximum from the equipment we sell.

Close Out deal

We believe that the LS10000 still offers competitive performance against the competition, and thus we agreed a deal to bring some of the final new units in from Epson UK, and offer them at a special price. Please email us for more information. Please note these are strictly limited in quantity.


*1 We recommend the HD Fury Linker over the HD Fury Integral for the LS10000 as the scaling within it means we can get the maximum for 4k Sources, and even convert 4k to 1080p so that we can manually adjust the image enhancement within the LS10000 (you can not do this for a 4K source).



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