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Optoma HD72 720p DLP Home Theater Projector

Optoma HD72 720p DLP Home Theater Projector
Brand: Optoma
Category: CE

List Price: $999.99
Buy Used: $575.00
You Save: $424.99 (42%)



Used (2) Refurbished (1) from $575.00

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 reviews

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 13.6 x 9.7 x 3.7
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 2 years warranty

MPN: HD72
Model: HD72
UPC: 796435115890
EAN: 0796435115890

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Device Type - DLP projector - High Definition
  • Image Brightness - 1300 ANSI lumens
  • Max Resolution - 1280 x 768
  • Image Contrast Ratio - 5000:1
  • 7.00 Lbs (WxLxH) 3.72" x 13.56" x 9.67"

Accessories:

  • 3-Year Extended Service Plan - Covers Electronic Items $1000 and Up - Repair
  • Projector Screen Manual 100"
  • Optoma BL-FU220A Replacement Lamp for HD72 HD73 Home Theater Projector

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
bIncluded Accessories:/b Composite video cable, S-Video cable, remote control battery, lens cap, user's manual, quick start guide warranty and power cord p The Optoma HD72 Home Theater Projector offers a great combination of quality, performance and value. This high-performance projector is a must-have for enthusiasts -- it delivers brighter and truer colors to your picture. Get great color saturation and subtle color details, for the best in image quality. BrilliantColor technology delivers vibrancy and brightness, while the ImageAI adjust light intensity for amazing contrast ranges. TrueVivid enhancement technology ensures realistic images with superior color precision. Optional flush ceiling mount, to achieve optimal viewing angle. Contrast Ratio - 5000 - 1 in ImageAI mode; 3500 - 1 (full on/full off) Image Size - 28 to 304 inches (0.7 to 7.7 meters) Projection Distance - 3.9 to 39 feet Video Compatibility - NTSC, PAL, SECAM, EDTV, HDTV Computer Compatibility - UXGA, SXGA+, WXGA, XGA, SVGA, VGA Compression, (PC Mac compatible) Scan Rates - 15-75 KHz (H), 43-85 KHz (V) I/O Connectors - HDMI, DVI-I w/HDCP, COmponent, Composite (RCA), S-Video, RS-232, two IR receivers, dual 12+12V trigger relays Noise Level - 27 dB Lamp life and type - 220W P-VIP, 3000 hrs. STD Unit Dimensions(WxHxD) - 13.56 x 3.72 x 9.67 Weight - 7 lbs. (3.2 Kg)

Amazon.com Product Description
Offering true 720p high-definition resolution, the Optoma HD72 DLP (digital light projection) home theater projector features new technologies to deliver brighter images and truer colors to the projected picture. With a proprietary 7-segment color wheel with BrilliantColor and TrueVivid color enhancement technologies, the Optoma HD72 produces superior color and deeper dark settings at the same time. With native HDTV and HD PC resolution at 1280 x 768 (16:9), the HD72 delivers a 5000:1 contrast ratio at 1300 lumens to deliver subtle color details. And with 10-bit color per channel color processing, the HD72 delivers great color saturation and subtle color details for optimized image quality. Featuring a new, unique design, the HD72 also lowers the noise level usually associated with typical home theater projectors. The patent-pending wind tunnel cooling system is designed for near-silent operation with minimal light leakage. p bFeatures/bbr ul liTrue High Definition 720p home theater projector liBright 1300 lumens with 5000:1 (ImageAI mode) contrast ratio liBrilliantColor technology by Texas Instruments delivers higher brightness and more vibrant colors liNative pixel-to-pixel matching for 720p HDTV and 4:3 XGA computer display liImageAI - Auto Adjusting light intensity output delivers amazing contrast li7 segment color wheel for detailed color reproduction liInput connectors: DVI-I, HDMI, RCA component, Composite, S-Video liLight shield design and ultra-quiet 27 dB operation /ul p bWhat's in the Box/bbr Projector, composite video cable, S-video cable, remote control, batteries for remote control, lens cap, userOs manual, Quick Start Guide, warranty card, power cord, printed operating instructions


Customer Reviews:   Read 12 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars everything i expected and more   October 14, 2008
Joseph Koval (schnecksville, pa)
i owned this projector for 1 month and it is everything i expected. with the combination of hd tv this is better than most plasma or lcd tvs that i have seen . hopefully the lamp holds up to the 2000 hrs that is br /suggested in the owners manual. no regrets i would recommend this product


5 out of 5 stars Nice picture   July 22, 2008
John Gaston (Fullerton, California United States)
Excellent on all points. This projector is easy to use, has an excellent picture, is essentially silent and the price Amazon had it for was untouchable. It's the way to go if you want to step up to HD DLP projection. Don't skimp on your screen though. Complement this device with the best screen you can get and you'll be very happy.


5 out of 5 stars Optoma HD72 review   June 21, 2008
Barry Spofford (Maine)
I just replaced my older Benq PE5120 480p projector with this one, and it's night and day. The Faroudja processor even cleans up standard cable to a watchable signal. Colors are deep, blacks are much better, and no more seeing pixels at 13ft. from the screen. Rainbows are pretty much non existent in all but extreme cases of high contrast you "might" see one if you race your eyes across screen. I love this projector and i'm only feeding it with a 480p signal over component video! I think the optics are sealed so no dust will get inside. br / br /


5 out of 5 stars Optomistic!   June 13, 2008
C. William Freed (Lake Atitlan, Guatemala)
I bought this product after reading many reviews and studying the situation on the internet. I actually would of liked to buy a bit cheaper one, but the advertised brightness of this unit, combined with it's ability to the xga computer display were the ultimate hooks. br /I have a small restaurant in Guatemala named Blind Lemon's and I bought the unit to show movies there. I am projecting onto one of my dead mother-in-law's old bed sheets hung between two metal poles to stretch it out, and it just looks fantastic. I'll get some black out cloth when I can, but I am impressed. I have had to crank down the brightness in the normal mode...to get the blue back in the sky, so this thing really puts it out. I have also added an upscaling dvd player, the pioneer, to the mix and this gives a very near high d look on an original dvd and still pretty dang good on a file from the internet or a copy. br /I had no trouble setting it up. The only thing to be aware of is placement. I have it sitting on a stand in back of the couch, and have to tip up the back feet pretty drastically to hit the screen from that position and it gives a little bit of a trapezoidal shape to the whole image but it is not bothersome and I detect no distortion. My other experience was with an epson lcd projector, supposedly, according to the guy that lent it to me much more expensive than this one, but it could not come anywhere close to the clarity, brightness, or depth and richness of the color that this baby puts out. It's a hot product.


1 out of 5 stars Unreliable   May 14, 2008
VReality
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

First of all, it would be wise to avoid Optoma products all together. This is the second one I've owned (due to the inexplicably good reviews on Amazon). I've had plenty of problems with them, and Optoma USA is spectacularly unresponsive and unhelpful. I sent this particular projector back to them twice, and they have still failed to fix it. br / br /One problem that I've seen in both Optoma projectors I've owned is that despite the bright pictures and purportedly huge contrast ratios, most of the actual effective contrast is skewed towards the bright end of the range. This means that no matter how much calibration, tweaking, and adjustment you do (or how dark your viewing environment) dark scenes tend to range from muddy to unviewable. So these projectors are really not good for viewing movies and some TV shows. They're mostly good for business presentations in brightly lit office environments. br / br /The main problem I've had with this particular projector is spontaneous lamp shutoff after about a minute of use. Having to constantly restart the projector is maddening (as is sending it in for repairs only to have it returned with the same problem). br / br /Other problems are, of course, minor by comparison. This model vents hot air out the side, as if it was intended for the viewers to be seated behind it. In a home environment, where both the projector and the viewers are likely to be against the wall opposite the screen, this means that viewers to one side of the projector are having hot air blown at them. And despite the side venting design, the form factor seems explicitly designed (with corner feet and sloping top) to *not* stack nicely with other A/V components (specifically any component that is smaller in some dimension than this large projector). br / br /The bottom line is this projector is a head-ache from start to finish. Avoid it. br /

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