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Optoma HD65 720p DLP Home Theater Projector
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Optoma HD65 720p DLP Home Theater Projector

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List Price:
$699.99
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Product Info

  • Brand: Optoma
  • EAN: 0047404441008
  • Manufacturer: Optoma Technology

Features

  • Solid brightness with 1600 lumens and a 4000:1 contrast ratio (with ImageAI )
  • Native 720p high-definition resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio
  • Light and color processing technologies for remarkable picture quality and contrast levels
  • Sleek and diminutive form factor at 4 pounds with extensive connectivity options
  • Display Technology: 0.62" DarkChip2 DLP Technology by Texas Instruments
  • Resolution: Native 720p (1280 x 720) Maximum Resolution: 1080p (1920 x 1080) Brightness: 1600 Lumens

Editorial Reviews:

  • HD65 720P 16:9* 1600 LUMENS BUILT IN DVD

Spotlight customer reviews:

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  • Summary: i got a lemon
  • Comment: this projector thinks it's a trust fund socialite!

    flying from NY to LA more than a coked out fashion model in the last few months.

    i bought this in December and have used it less than a month!

    it's been fun carrying it around though. the box looks like a cardboard briefcase. it makes me feel important.

    when it worked, it was great! don't get me wrong.

    just know that some models have herpes.


  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
  • Summary: Noisy fan and horrible light leakage
  • Comment: I couldn't be more disappointed with the Optoma HD65. My Panasonic PT-AE700 LCD projector began a rapid decline after only 3000 hrs (and a $300 bulb replacement) due to it's poor optical block design and the dreaded blue blob that eventually covered the entire screen. After being burned by organic LCD technology I decided to switch to DLP. The reviews on this bargain 720p projector seemed too good to be true, and like all things in life that seem that way, it was too good to be true. Sure, I got it for only $614 from Amazon, but what a waste of money.
    1) the fan noise is terrible - unless you'll be using it in a noisy family room, trying to use it in a quiet home theater is truly unbearable
    2) the light leakage through the cooling vents is ridiculously bad - I can't believe Optoma's designers even think this is acceptable engineering. Mounting the projector on the ceiling, the entire 2'x4' white ceiling panel in front of the projector is lit up and totally distracting. I even tried putting black over the ceiling panel, hoping to absorb some of the light, and it is still bright enough to be noticeable.

    I could have probably suffered with one of those 2 problems to save the money (now I'm going to have to spend more than twice that to buy the Epson Homelite 8100, which is what I should have done in the first place), but to try and ignore both those major flaws is not worth the constant frustration. I've never experienced as much buyers' regret as I have after buying and trying the Optoma HD65. I only hope that Amazon will credit me a full refund, but even if they don't, it's not worth keeping this piece of junk.

    By the way, I will say one positive thing about the HD65, the picture quality and color was quite nice. However, I now understand first hand what they mean about how difficult it is to place a DLP projector. This thing has almost zero placement tolerance when it comes to its location in the home theater. I have a 92" screen, and I found that I had about 6-10" of tolerance when it came to its distance from the screen (the zoom is nearly worthless), and even less tolerance in relation to the top edge of the screen (hanging it from the ceiling mount). I guess I was spoiled by the tremendous flexibility of the Panasonic LCD projector, which had a wide range of zoom and excellent lens shift. After relocating my mount more than a foot closer to the screen than the Panasonic, I then had to do all sorts of mods to adjust the height to be able to work with the Optoma. I finally got it lined up and filling the screen, but the amount of effort and frustration was many times more than it would have been with any LCD projector.

    Even though I was burned by organic LCD technology from Panasonic, my attempt to switch to DLP was such a failure that I'm going back to what I know looked great, so I'm getting the Epson 8100 for around $1350, but it's 1080p instead of 720p, has a quiet fan, great picture, and lots of placement flexibility and none of the horrible light leakage of the HD65.

    Save yourself the frustration and avoid this product unless you're just getting it to use in the backyard projected against a sheet or white wall. For your home theater you will not be happy with this projector.
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  • Summary: OPTOMA HD65
  • Comment: I purchased this projector used, with 20 hours on it and 11 months left on the warranty. But, The HDMI input does not work (use YCrCb/RGB instead) but the price was right. Otherwise, the 1080i HDTV, BD and up-scaled DVD images (77" picture at 10') are very bright, richly colored, and very sharp (with "max" sharpness setting). This model (HD65) is still available on the Web at bargain prices (replaced by the HD66).
  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
  • Summary: Exactly what we needed!
  • Comment: Great picture, great price. HDMI Port along with component and VGA. Menu is sometimes difficult to work with (you can only make changes if you have a source running into it) and picture adjustments are minimal. Requires a pretty good angle to be viewed perfectly. We have to use a few sheets of paper under the feet to offset the angle of the screen. It's ok, though, it performs perfectly with great quality!
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  • Summary: Check this out.
  • Comment: So I just bought this projector from amazon with a 3-year warrnt. It has not came in yet but as I was trying to find some examples of its image quality online, I found the following [...].

    I could not find any good youtube videos as they record the projector with a not so great video camera. Yeah guys, capturing HD video with a non-HD video camera is not such a great idea now is it. Will update later as I connect my 360 to it and play Battle Field:Bad Company 2.

    UPDate: I got the projector. I connected it to my 360 as planed and started playing BBC2. I compared it to my Samsung LN46B530 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV and I have to say, compared to the LCD_its not as sharp and the colors seem washed out. Blacks on the tv compared to the PJ are amazing. Not to mention I could not get the lens to focus correctly and even with the great condition of the box it came in _I found it had scufs around the top plastic shell. Offcourse however we are talking about a full 1080p 60,000:1 LCD TV compared to a 720p-3,000:1 PJ but just to let you know. For the money+the picture size you get, it is well worth the it. However if you feel like you dont quite need a projector "Right Now", I would wait it out for either a better one(maybe an LED_last way more than a bulb) or for more money in order to get a Epson 8100 with longer bulb life(great customer service) and 36,000 contrast. I called amazon about the trouble I was having with the projector(the same day It arrived at my house) and got a no hassle full refund, I buy many items at amazon and thank them for the service.