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Optoma's Cheap 1080p HD803 Projector and its 720p Friends, the HD65 and HD71
Posted by Sean Fallon at 1:17 PM on November 30, 2007
Optoma's got a new 1080p projector coming out in December, dubbed the HD803. It's new but its sits right below Optoma's HD80, one of the first to break the $US3000/1080p barrier, in price and performance. The crib sheet on the HD803 reads as follows: 8000:1 contrast ratio, 1200 lumens of output, and a DLP DMD chipset from TI. The projector's also armed with dual HDMI inputs, on top of the usual suspects. The price? $US2599, which isn't bad for a 1080p DLP projector, even if we've seen brighter ones. Optoma also unveiled two 720p projectors.
•Optima's HD65 delivers native 720p resolution, 1600 lumens with a 4000:1 contrast ratio, HDMI 1.3, component, VGA, composite, s-video, +12v trigger and USB. Not bad —and neither is the $US999 price tag.
•Optima's HD71 also delivers native 720p, but kicks it up with 2400 lumens of brightness with a 4000:1 contrast ratio, HDMI 1.3, DVI, component, composite, s-video and VGA, as well as a 2 watt speaker. Comes in at a respectable $US1299.
For the full press releases, hit the following links. [HD65 / HD71 and HD803]
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gizmodome
Posted 10:13 PM 29/11/07
I work for a school district and they use them because they are too cheap to purchase separate speakers! -_-
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EQC
Posted 9:29 PM 29/11/07
Does anybody use the speaker on a projector?
EQC
daftrok
Posted 10:39 PM 29/11/07
Also much less wiring hassle. Just plug in an HDMI cable to this and plug in the power and you're ready to go. Though 2 watts seems a bit small. I'm assuming its used for Powerpoint presentations so you can hear the sounds for animations but they're not obnoxiously loud.
daftrok
fusiongt
Posted 8:43 AM 30/11/07
@EQC: Maybe business presentations use the speakers (granted 1080p projectors are overkill in business presentations lol). It also comes in handy if you're moving to a new place and don't want to deal with all the wires that go along with the surround sound.
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Munch
Posted 10:24 AM 30/11/07
a 2 watt speaker you say? No thanks - I don't want to wake the neighbors.
Munch
Xenocide
Posted 12:22 PM 30/11/07
@Munch: Ha!
Xenocide
LastAndLeast
Posted 6:47 PM 30/11/07
Epson makes a 1080p proj with more contrast and lens shifting that you can find for $2500, in case any of you are in the market.
LastAndLeast
polyex
Posted 1:19 AM 2/12/07
$2500, when the average salary of an American worker is around $40K. Cheap only because of credit cards and home equity loans being overused by schmucks.
polyex