Binding: Electronics Brand: Optoma Color: Off white EAN: 0796435219963 Label: Optoma Technology Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product. Manufacturer: Optoma Technology Model: HD73 Publisher: Optoma Technology Studio: Optoma Technology Variation Description: Off white Warranty: 2 years warranty
Features:
DarkChip3¿ DLP technology
1100 lumens with a 6000:1 contrast ratio in ImageAI¿ mode
Product DescriptionThe HD73 provides outstanding performance and picture quality. It features a DarkChip3 DLP DMD chipset from Texas Instruments and a 6000: 1 contrast ratio with Optoma's proprietary ImageAI technology. Together with the latest color processing technologies, such as Texas Instruments' BrilliantColor, Optoma's proprietary TrueVivid and Faroudja's DCDi image optimization, the HD73 is able to deliver higher brightness and provide truer, more vibrant colors to the projected picture.In addition to the packed color processing technologies, the HD73 also supports dual digital inputs for multiple digital high-definition source connections. With 1300 lumens and a native 16: 10 aspect ratio, and support for 4: 3 and 16: 9, the Optoma HD73 offers digital horizontal and vertical keystone correction, and is whisper-quiet at 27dB.
What Others Say
Beware
Bulb life much shorter than advertised - less than 600 hours not uncommon. Replacement nearly always requires return to MFG.
Great Home Theater Projector
Optoma HD73 720p DLP Home Theater Projectorthis projector and a good screen (Da-Lite manual HDTV'92)are less than most +50 inch LCDs. You will need a dark room. If you have a home computer with DVI-D out you can add a Blu-ray drive and plug it in to this projector for the best HDTV has to offer. Also, try a DIVCO Fusion RT 7 HDTV pci card for full HDTV.
Great HT projector.
I bought this projector to be used with a media center pc and a few game consoles. I do really enjoy the projector as it looks sharp and has good black levels.
I only have 2 complaints. The first is that this projector runs natively at a 1280x768 resolution which is meant to cater to the pc market, I believe I read that it was more friendly to pc resolutions (being 15:9 vs the norm 16:9 for tvs) I find this more of a hindrance than anything since if you run a 16:9 source and have black bars from a movie or something else, you get two different colored black bars (annoying). Bottom line on this issue is that a 16:9 would have been much better and the option to run 15:9 just seems to get in the way.
A great product
I purchased the HD73 after reading many specs for other units due to its high contrast ratio. I was very impressed after installing it by the clear picture and deep blacks. I think it is about as good as I could get without going to full HD, which is far more expensive. I have an old Epson TW10 LCD projector which when purchased seemed very good, but there is no comparison to this new unit.
Great projector for the money!
I was coming off of a 7 year old Sony LCD projector and was hesitant with a DLP because of mounting issues and the possibility of being sensitive to the "rainbow" effect that is common with DLP. The installation was straight forward and the "rainbows" only appear once in a great while but the piccture quality is amazing. The black levels are sooooo much better then my old LCD. I know newer LCDs having better black levels, but it would be tough to compete with Optoma HD73 720p DLP Home Theater Projector. Color was nice and it is bright enough for my 120" screen. A few years down the road I will look into a 1080p DLP.
