Optoma HD73 Multimedia Projector Reviews

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"The HD73 home theater projector wins our Hot Product Award, because there is a small but significant slice of projector buyers hell bent on finding an affordable projector with the best overall picture for movie watching, even if it means smaller screens, and less flexible projector placement." from Projectorreviews.com As long as you keep its mounting limitations in mind and properly plan your installation, the HD73 is an impressive projector that can serve well as a cost-effective solution for great video and data display in your home theater. from ProjectorCentral.com and still look amazing. I use it as my computer monitor(Computer Gamer), my TV, and watch movies on it. The versatility of this projector is awesome and easily outperforms those expensive flat panel HDTVs Cons: Like all electrical components, it's main enemy is dust, and the bulb is very sensitive to it. My lamp started flickering, i thought it was about to go, but it turns out there was a minimal amount of dust in the projector. from Newegg.com This was a great buy. I did not plan to buy this machine. I wanted the hd65. I waited to late and the price went up on the hd65. from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com On the upside, the color is eons ahead of the Sanyo. Blacks are really black and whites are really white and all the colors in between are vivid and natural. A well made HD DVD like "King Kong" has astounding picture and color quality on the HD73. Optoma still has a free lamp ($400 or so value) offer until the end of June. from Amazon.com slice of projector buyers hell bent on finding an affordable projector with the best overall picture for movie watching, even if it means smaller screens, and less flexible projector placement." from Projectorreviews.com 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). from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com

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Portable, 1100 ANSI lumens, Resolution: 1280 x 768 Pixels, 10-bit color, For: PC, Mac Platforms

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Released	over 2 years ago
Native Resolution	1280 x 768
Type	DLP
Contrast Ratio	6000:1
HDTV Formats	720p 1080i 1080p
Analog Video Format	NTSC 3.58 NTSC 4.43 PAL-B PAL-D PAL-G PAL-H PAL-I PAL-M PAL-N SECAM B SECAM D SECAM G SECAM K1 SECAM L NTSCM SECAM K
Color Support	10-bit color
Depth	9.67 in.
Form Factor	Portable
Height	3.72 in.
Image Aspect Ratio	16:9 (Wide Screen) 4:3 (Standard)
Image Brightness	1100 ANSI lumens
Image Size (Diagonal)	28 in. - 304 in.
Interface	Serial (RS232)
Lamp Type	DMD
Light Source Power	220W DMD
MPN	HD73
Max Resolution (Interpolated)	1600 x 1200 (UXGA)
Operation Noise	27 dB
Platform	PC Mac
Projection Method	Front Rear Ceiling
Screen Distance	3.9 ft. - 39 ft.
Special Features	Keystone Correction
Synchronization Range Vertical	43 - 85 Hz
Type Unknown Display Technology	DLP
Type Unknown Display Technology	DLP
Type Unknown Display Technology	DLP
UPC	796435219963
Video Input	Composite Video Component Video DVI-I HDMI x 1 S-Video x 1
Warranty	2 Years, 90 Days On Lamp
Weight	7 lb.
Width	13.56 in.

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