Optoma HD80 1080p Home Theater Projector
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Brand: Optoma Model : HD80 Customer Rating : List Price : $2,999.00
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Optoma HD80 1080p Home Theater Projector Feature
- 1080p DMD DLP by Texas Instruments.
- Native 1080p (1920×1080) resolution.
- 1300 lumens and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio.
- Advanced three stage video processing system offers powerful and personalized adjustment options at each stage
Optoma HD80 1080p Home Theater Projector Overviews
Thje Optoma HD80 is a true 1080p DLP home theater projector with studio-grade resolution and best all-around high-quality display experience for home theater enthusiasts. The HD80 delivers higher brightness and provides truer more vibrant colors to the projected picture, and features BrilliantColor, Texas Instruments’ color processing technology. With an amazing 10,000:1 contrast ratio, the Optoma HD80 delivers great color saturation and subtle color details for the best image quality.
Optoma HD80 1080p Home Theater Projector CustomerReview
First of all, I’m no audio or videophile. In fact I was initially wary of this new fangled technology (my hi-tech abilities end with tin-can telephones). So, I did my homework. I wanted the best picture possible for under 00 for a projector. I was willing to run gold-tipped HDMI cables, use an upconverting DVD player capable of 1080p resolution, and get a high-quality screen (white matte with 1.0 gain…I learned this from Consumer Reports), etc. I read all the reviews for this projector on amazon, and on Google. Then, I researched what size sceeen I’d need, given my 13′ of projection distance (I typed in ‘projection distance’ on Google and found a website that calculates the distance by brand & model name). I found the biggest picture I’d get from 13′ of projection was 92″ (Consumer Reports says that the optimum picture size (diagonally) for this projector is 110″). In order to be 13′ back from the screen, I had to remove some closet doors and hang the projector from the closet ceiling like a bat hanging in a cave. The projector lens peeks out from the upper right-hand corner of the closet entrance (the doorless ‘closet’ is now referred to as the ‘alcove’…lol). In order that the projector didn’t over-heat in the cramped ‘alcove’ ceiling area, I put in an ultra-quiet yet high volume bathroom-type exhaust fan (from Home Depot) in the ceiling just to the left of the projector. And just so my friends’ jaws would drop, I sprung for an electric, wall-mounted, drop down screen.
When everthing was installed and the projector was aligned with the screen, I turned on the satellite TV receiver, found an HD broadcast football game…and died. Right there I died. Never, never, never have I ever seen a picture so clear. I’ve kept that broadcast to use everytime I show this rig to someone new. I laughed when I saw the poor dental hygiene of one of the broadcaster’s lower teeth. I could see individual pores, for heaven’s sake!
The picture quality of this projector is flawless. If you experience anything less it would be because of some other factor.
If you don’t count my mistakes (at first I bought the wrong audio/visual surround sound receiver and the wrong upconverting DVD player, and don’t count the new furniture and blackout blinds (yes, I watch this TV with none or little ambient light in the room)…if I don’t count those mistakes, then I did all of the above for about 00.
I am so pleased with this projector, that I keep looking over my shoulder for something that’s gonna jinx all of this. Two friends of mine are now dedicated to converting their wives so they too can have a theater like mine. I can’t wait to lend them my experience and recently acquired ‘knowledge’. I had so much fun with this project, that I wish I could do it again. Now I have to go clean out the garage…what a drag.
*** Product Information and Prices Stored:Jul 17, 2010 11:15:29
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