As there is not a current owners/settings thread I thought I would open one up as these pj's are just starting to appear.
I don't have one YET
but having spent the best part of 5 hrs with one last night see below my impression's of this bargain basement 1080p projector.Apologies to anyone already having read it on the other thread.
Thank's again for Custard10 for inviting me round for a session.
Right Guys I had a long session round at Custard's last night with his new but rapidly ageing (42hrs already) HD20 projector.Before I go into to much detail I would like to say WOW!! I WANT ONE TOO
Thanks to Asjad for a more than pleasant evening of chat/demo (was it really nearly 5hrs).
When I arrived at Asjad's the pj was already on and ready for action so we initially took a look at some Sky HD footie and even though at only 1080i looked very good indeed.
Asjad has a vey large screen,the full width of his wall, and although I did not get my tape out I think the diagonal is over 120" so quite a bit bigger than the 100" I work with at my place.
What struck me initially was you had to walk right up to within 1-2ft to see the pixel structure they were so small,at 3ft they totally vanished.
The footie picture was very good with detail and colours really well saturated with no sign of blurring with fast action.
During this we briefly switched to sky sport news to get the footie results(my team Wolves had won away at Wigan Woohoo!! well done lads) and the difference was astonishing, very poor detail.To be fair this is not down to the pj but sky's sd quality.
Next up The Dark Knight Bluray,this is a great movie and the opening Imax sequence was outstanding,sharp as a razor with very good colours and excellent blacks.
TDK is a great movie for seeing if rainbow is an issue for you or not,there are many dark night scenes with small areas of bright white light which is great to show up RBE.
Asjad does not see rainbows or should I say did not see rainbows until after I pointed them out to him(big mistake) under normal viewing conditions I see rainbows maybe 3-4 times in a movie.
On this occasion I was sitting on a sofa next to Asjad and my head was being turned to and from him to the screen and rainbows were present.
When sitting looking at the movie it was much much less prevalent,but if you look for it and do the usual rapid eye or head movements RBE does show.But lets face it this is not how we usually watch movies so I expect to be no problem in normal conditions.
Also remember this is a brand new projector with less than 50hrs so as the bulb wears in and looses some of it's initial brightness (100hrs+) I think any RBE will get even less.
Car's was next WOW! the detail and colours near blew me away,my Planar does an excellent job but the HD20 is on another level.Asjad had not seen cars before and he sat in wonder himself
I was also impressed with the low fan noise from the pj vs the HD65 due I think as much to the larger case dimensions,noise is no longer an issue unless you run it in high altitude mode which we did for a min or two which sounded more like a hair dryer.
By this time I looked at my watch and it was already nearly midnight and almost 4 hrs had gone by(don't time fly when your enjoying yourself).
So then we started winding things down a bit and took a look at the still images that are further up in this thread.
All I can say is wow on the screen they look so much sharper than you see on your computer monitor.
At 120" they were awesome especially the zebra,he needs to see a dentist his teeth look lousy when seen in such detail
I am not sure whether to hope the bulb in my Planar goes pop in order to justify buying one now or wait another 12 months before moving my Planar on.After seeing the HD20 last night I don't know if I can wait or not.
I hope this mini review has been a help to others looking to buy a new pj and can say the HD20 represents a true bargain in 1080p projectors.Optoma has done it again and these are going to sell in shedloads.
Keith
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