Optoma 81 is here......

[spylab]

Optoma Greece kindly gave our small but very active forum
one of the first production models of optoma 81...............

http://www.avsite.gr/smf/index.php?topic=14167.0

[spylab]

We tested with DVDs.......

[spylab]

[spylab]

And we tested with HD-DVD (TOSHIBA QOSMIO G30-153 HD-DVD laptop ) in HD 1080 p

[AngelEyes]

go on, spill the beans

[spylab]

The team .............

[spylab]

Some HD-DVD

[AngelEyes]

Have you compared it to a similiarly priced 720p projector? Curious to know if 1080p is worth it yet?

Thanks,

Adam

[spylab]

No time and no space for good photos ............

With 1080 we will not speak for pixels and screendoor any more.

The most solid picture (in HD) we have seen so far.

Fell free to ask any questions ( yes in English) here

http://www.avsite.gr/smf/index.php?topic=14167.0

[spylab]

AngelEyes , we will soon do a side by side with a 720
and i will take good closeup photos...

There is improvement (obviously) and a bit more than i expected
but someone with a 720 pj like 72i will not go back home feeling
sorry for his 720 machine

The step from dvd to 720 is the bigger one , but the 1080 desktop
is really stunning

This will be a very hot winter with all the 1080 that are comming
and 1080 will be a new era in image quallity, far better than any
cinema.........

[AngelEyes]

Thanks Spylab

[gandley]

Is the unit very noisy? And did you find the lamp modulation aggressive in the auto iris mode?

[Bacus]

Spylab, Great first pictures !! keep up the good work, MORE pictures now needed. I am so tempted to get this projector,its great that it has the seperate media (kinda) box !!

[Zag]

Spylap

What sort of audience feedback are you getting on this projector regarding the rainbow effect?? Does the 6 speed 7 segment colour wheel of the H81 improve upon the likes of the H79, (5 speed 8 seg) or H72 (4 speed 7 seg) in terms of observable RBE???

Would be very interested to know how many of your audience observed rainbows during your demonstration.

[dream_GR]

As our good friend spylab, already mentioned www.avsite.gr and 25 lucky members of this forum, had the priviledge to be one of the first worldwide to see in action the new baby from Optoma.

The Themescene 81 was, το simply put in as few words as possible: "just stunning".

Quality of picture just followed what Optoma has already made them well known for, that is good vibrant colors, sharp images, good response in action and fast moving images, correct and accurate color palette, bright picture w/out washed out or "burned" or saturated images. These qualities I have been enjoying on my HD72 and having been a fan of Optoma, I can say these guys have taken something good and made it excellent.

The Optoma was also connected to the Toshiba Qosmio equipped with HD DVD Rom and we watched scenes from Swordfish. This was a fantastic experience that resembled celluloid film, or even according to my eyes even beat it. The other experience was the Toshiba Win XP 1920x1080 desktop that was displayed on 120" and made it the larger and clearer computer monitor my eyes had set eyes on.!

The Themescene 81 is a true beauty to look at and to watch movies with. When feeding it with HD material through HDMI (Satellite Tv Box & HD Media Box) in 1080p we got an image that nearly made our previous 720p HD experiences seem like mere SD projections!!!! The images were coming in 3D, spectacular, and I can say that this little beauty is the best Projector I have seen in my life so far. The price, the valus for money and the image quality make it a must for any viewer wanting just the best that he can buy at he moment, without having to rob the bank first!!!!!!!!!!

I give it a score of 9.9999 out of 10 and would be impressed to see other competitors finding a way to beat this baby...!

More Photos will follow guys!