Many who buy this projector will be opting for Cinema mode. When you light up the HT3050 and open the menu, you will find four preset operating modes - Bright, Vivid, Cinema, and Game. You can assume they apply also to the HT2050 except where noted. Since the HT3050 is the more substantial of the two models, we'll focus on the 3050 in the following comments. If this is your intention, then you might want to go with the HT2050 instead.
(By the way, for the same reason, you should never assume that anyone's home grown calibrations posted on the Internet will optimize your particular unit.) The only way to get your projector tuned to perfection is by having it done by a pro calibration technician. That is because there is no such thing as a "one size fits all" factory calibration that perfectly optimizes every unit coming off the production line. Having said that, it should be noted that IF you buy the HT2050 and spend the $300 to have that individual unit professionally calibrated, it is likely that the results will exceed that of the HT3050's factory Rec 709 calibration. We suspect most viewers would say that the incremental image quality is worth the additional $200. But if prospective buyers were shown these two units side by side (in their factory default calibrations) without being told anything about them, they would invariably choose the HT3050 as having the preferred image. It puts out an attractive and engaging image on its own if you had nothing to compare it to. This is not to say that the HT2050 is bad. For most users, this will save the time and money involved with having it professionally calibrated. The big question of course is what differences there may be in image quality? When both projectors are put into the factory default settings in Cinema mode, the HT3050 produces a more refined picture with much closer to accurate color tones, simply because it has been more carefully calibrated at the factory.
These are both solid and attractive projectors for the money, but they are designed to address the needs of different types of buyers. We measure 49.7 ms input lag on the HT3050 and 33.1 ms on the HT2050.Īs you consider this list of differences, you may see reasons to spend the extra $200, or you may not. the HT3050's 2000 lumens, a difference of no practical consequence.Ĩ. The 3050 has a brushed gold front bezel, and the 2050 is brushed silver.ħ. The 3050 has horizontal and vertical digital keystone adjustments, the 2050 has vertical keystone only.ĥ. The 3050 has dual 10W speakers for much more robust onboard stereo audio the 2050 has only one mono 10W speaker.Ĥ. The wireless module will be available for $399 beginning in January, 2016.ģ. The HT3050 also has the option to add a wireless module that uses a third HDMI port inside the case. On the HT3050, one of the HDMI ports is MHL enabled.
The HT3050 Cinema mode is more carefully calibrated to target Rec 709 standards while the HT2050's Cinema mode is not.Ģ. The HT3050 and HT2050 are built on the same platform, but they each have unique characteristics, as follows:ġ.