Home Theaters

Finding a quality projector for your home theater needs that doesn’t include sleepless nights and creditors calling your momma’s house is a difficult proposition, one that Optoma seeks to destroy.

The Optoma HD72 not only breaks the price barrier for 1280×768p DLP projectors, at less than $2000, it also includes the majority of features normally reserved for projectors that cost two to three times as much. It incorporates Texas Instruments’ Brilliant Color, designed to deliver higher vibrancy and overall brightness and claims to provide truer colors to on screen images.

It also boasts a 3000-hour lamp-life, which is of major importance when factoring in the fact that all projectors need to have their expensive bulbs replaced every few years. To reduce buyer uncertainty, the projector also includes a 2 year limited warranty with a ZERO dead pixel policy, a move many of Optima’s competitors have yet to take with their entries.

As for picture quality, the projector utilizes a 3500:1 contrast ratio, but is capable of 5000:1 with its built-in AI turned on, a feature designed to automatically adjust the light output of the projector and deliver better contrast ratios while marinating high ANSI lumen output. This is the first projector in or near its price class to offer this feature. True Vivid technology is also integrated, adding a deeper three dimensional look to images, complimenting the TrueVision processor that effectively eliminates object jaggedness and smooths images for a cinema-style look.

This projector is also compatible with just about anything you can throw at it. The dual digital inputs are HDMI and HDCP compliant, important if you prefer to route video sources directly to the projector instead of through a video-switching device that could possibly degrade the signal performance, and also includes component video, S-video and composite video cpnnections.

As a true 720p DLP projector, the Optoma gives you a sharp, bright image up to 104 inches in size at a projection distance of 12 feet…for less than $2000! The only negatives concerning this projector are the maximum 1.2x zoom lens and the lack of lens shifting ability. Depending on the size of your room, these may or may not be important restrictions, but for the price, are almost expected. A full-function remote is also included.

Prices around the internet have generally been established at around $2000, but at least one seller has it for considerably less after a substantial rebate.

For offering affordable cinema-style quality and a movie experience you just don’t get with big screens, the Optoma HD72 earns an envy rating of two.

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