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If you disregard the auto iris on the 9300 then an X3 will certainly have darker blacks for a given lamp level than the Epson. Native contrast on the TW9300 is measured at only 7000:1 or so. I measure my X30 at 20000:1 in my room, and the X3 is very similar.