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HC5000 Benchtesting and Performance

by Clint DeBoer last modified June 27, 2007
Perfect SD Score is 130

Perfect HD Score is 100
Mitsubishi HC5000 Benchmark SD Score: 105
(you are going to get an excellent picture)
Mitsubishi HC5000 Benchmark HD Score: 95 (you are going to get an excellent picture)

SD Test

Max
Points

Results

Pass/Fail

Color Bar

10

10

Pass

Jaggies #1

5

5

Pass

Jaggies #2

5

5

Pass

Flag

10

10

Pass

Detail

10

10

Pass

Noise

10

10

Pass

Motion adaptive Noise Reduction

10

10

Pass

Film Detail

10

10

Pass

Cadence 2:2 Video

5

5

Pass

Cadence 2:2:2:4 DV Cam

5

0

Fail

Cadence 2:3:3:2 DV Cam

5

0

Fail

Cadence 3:2:3:2:2 Vari-speed

5

5

Pass

Cadence 5:5 Animation

5

0

Fail

Cadence 6:4 Animation

5

0

Fail

Cadence 8:7 animation

5

0

Fail

Cadence 3:2 24fps film

5

5

Pass

Scrolling Horizontal

10

10

Pass

Scrolling Rolling

10

10

Pass

Total Points

130

105


The HC5000 was sent 480i via HDMI from a Denon DVD-3930CI. We also confirmed results with 1080i upconversion.

HD Test

Max
Points

Results

Pass/Fail

HD Noise Reduction A & B

25

20

Pass

HD Video Resolution Loss

20

20

Pass

Jaggies A & B

20

20

Pass

Film Resolution Loss

25

25

Pass

Film Resolution Loss Stadium

10

10

Pass

Total Points

100

95


The HC5000 was sent 1080i via HDMI from a Toshiba HD-XA2 HD DVD Player.

Comments on Bench Testing

The Silicon Image HQV Reon-VX chip is an excellent product. If it shaves $100 or so off the price of a product I'd take it over the Realta any day - the differences simply aren't noticeable in day to day use. Deinterlacing was rock solid and quick. Scaling was impressive, but make sure you rest the default Overscan setting to 100% for best results. Sharpness is initially set at around 6. I tried every setting and it appears, for the most part, to be a "dummy" control, having little effect on picture clarity. I could wax philosophical about how much better the picture looks when you set it here or there, but honestly it doesn't appear to make a lick of difference. I set it to -10 just for fun. Image clarity is among the best I've seen, with very fine detail coming through in a way that reveals a lot of picture depth. The Mitsubishi also produces amazing noise reduction which surpasses much of what I've seen to-date in non-HQV systems. If you overdrive the noise reduction, especially the MPEG-2 variety, you can attain a blotchy picture that loses all manner of detail, but when used properly, and especially with HD material, the noise reduction circuitry is impeccable.

As both HD and standard definition tests passed with flying colors, you can be sure that the HC5000's processing is ready for just about anything you can throw at it - and all without the use of an external video processor - not a bad deal. The more I used this projector, the more I liked it - well, except for the misfiring remote…

 
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