UHD50

This is the second 4K projector I am trying. I have an in focus X 10 1080 P projector which I was looking to replace. I also have a review on the ViewSonic 747. Pros: Compared to the other XRP pixel shifting projectors, this one by far has the darkest black levels and the least gray border around the screen that I have seen. (ALL xrp based projectors will have a light gray boarder around the picture.) overall I find The black levels are excellent, the colors are phenomenal, and I find the contrast to be exceptional. If you’re looking for a budget 4K projector for home theater, this is it. It is bright and can even be used with some lights on. IMO the pj is quieter than all my previous projectors, some of which (crt) required a hush box! Lens shift and EXCELLENT focus make this pj easy to adjust. It also has digital keystone and image shift is absolutely needed. Cons: There definitely are crt and digital 1080 P projectors that have better black levels with similar contrast and color quality. I’m going to tell you that my opinion is those half million to one contrast type numbers are only under certain conditions and are generally exaggerated. Do some research and find where people that have had the equipment have actually measure these projectors. There is some light spill from the unit, but I do not find it objectionable at all. Summary: If you’re on a budget for 4K home theater this is an excellent value. It does support 3-D under certain conditions. If you’re looking for a presentation projector where brightness is a huge factor (and black levels do not matter), and you’re on a budget, you might be better off with the ViewSonic 747 . But for movies and TV and a light controlled room, I absolutely love this projector! To say that I love this projector is to say a lot, because I have had everything from crt like the sony 1030, 1031, 1272, d50, barco, benq, and a bunch of digital / others even including other optima projectors. There is no question in my mind that no (current, reasonably priced) digital projector is going to match the black level of CRT. But this projectors compromises on that certainly make up for the ease-of-use, the size, resolution, out of box color accuracy, focus and many many other factors. Again, I love this projector and I would highly recommend it!

I have only been using it for a few days, but everything looks great on the UHD50. It has a great picture out of the box and made minimal changes to it. It's definitely bigger than my last Optoma projector (Optoma HD25e), but I knew that going into it. Has far as playing 1080p games or watching satellite TV in 1080p it looks no different than my 1080p Optoma projector I had before this. I haven't tested it out on any up converting regular blu rays. If you are expecting this projector to make regular 1080p content look extra special you might be disappointed. Where this really shines is with 4k UHD media. We have watched a few 4k UHD Blu rays and they look fantastic. I've also watched a few 4k tv shows and those looked great too. I really look forward to watching some 4k sports on this thing. For the price, this thing does a great job. I haven't seen any other 4k projectors to compare this too, but from the research I've done, it compares favorably with any other projector in this price range. I'd definitely recommend this projector. Its the third Optoma that I have owned. The first projector of theirs I owned has issues with dead pixels, but it was still under warranty and they fixed it. And the 1080p one that I owned before this worked for 5 years without a single problem. I've been impressed with there projectors each time I've upgraded to a new one.

Picture quality is good. The 4k quality is why you buy this projector. HDR and stability are NOT why you buy this projector. HDR: Not sure ANY projector is supposed to really excel here. The technology is supposed to work for TV's that can control the brightness of individual pixels. I cant speak for all projectors, but I can say this one doesnt really seem to do much with HDR enabled. Some reviews even hint that HDR looks worse on this projector when enabled. I think its a toss up. Dark scenes get better, color contrast gets a little better, but the overall picture suffers just a little bit. So its even. Stability: This thing is a basket case. I have so far used it with an Xbox one X and anthem avr720, so PERHAPS one of these other things is to blame. BUT, since the projector ends up "crashing" half the time (even using it with my PC), I blame the projector. I mean, who ever heard of a projector crashing? Picture will go dark, go sparkle fuzzy, change to the wrong resolution (720p/1080p) etc or lose HALF the picture. Sometimes plugging and unplugging the HDMI cable (which requires a ladder, uh) works, but other times a restart is required, which is a real date killer. It TAKES FOREVER TO BOOT UP! But it seems to happen when the Xbox changes frame rates due to source material. Also, this seems to have maybe started when I needed to use a 90 angle hdmi adapter (generic and audioquest). You will have more problems if you need two angles. The picture may never even show up. Lastly, the HDMI cable DOES MATTER. Im using 12 feet, and I went through THREE amazon cables when finally the stupid $100 Audioquest cable is the one that work. Its absolutely ridiculous that you need an expensive cable for this thing to work right. The "fake input": The instruction manual will lead you to believe that both inputs are the same. I even called customer service, and they "verified" that both inputs are "exactly the same." Input 1 is NOT the same as input 2. Input 1 will NOT accept 60HZ and has a hard time transmitting HDR. No matter what source, what cable and/or whether or not you go through an AVR. You will get 4k, but not 60 HZ. HDR was hit or miss on this input. You will know you have the wrong input when you try to play something at 24fps (most hollywood movies) and the picture is all juddery. You will also need to fiddle with plugging and unplugging to get HDR. It took FOREVER for me to believe my eyes and doubt the very people that make the projector. In case they need proof, I attached a video. Input 1 is no good for smooth, HDR 4k material.

Wow is all I can say. I upgraded from a 720p Optoma projector that was 13 years old! Worked perfect for all of those years so I wanted to stick with Optoma. I am so glad I did. I was going to get the more expensive UHD60, but I wanted to save money and this projector had all the features I needed. The picture and brightness are amazing!!! I paired it with a Yamaha rx-683BL and they make an amazing pair! The sound is unreal and the picture stunning. Projector is so quiet and does not put out as much heat as I thought it would. I am so happy wit my purchase and would not hesitate to recommend. It has only been one day, but if anything changes I will update. Also, I have never left a review for anything before! Woo hoo!

The projector is great when it works. I upgraded from a BenQ 720p short throw and can happily see the difference when watching the same movies. It also does a great job despite having a large amount of light in the room. It's better of course when you can eliminate other room lighting, but for those of you with difficulties doing so, this projector is a good option (if not for the technical concerns outlined below). Comparing it against my previous short throw, the picture is considerably smaller. Using the same throw distance (roughly 10'), I lose about 30" of screen diagonally. The resulting throw is about 108". There is also a fairly large shadow that surrounds the screen, but I understand this is due to the chipset that is used in the projector and is common for others in the same price range. Overall, I would highly recommend going 4k when choosing your next project. The reason I'm giving this only 1 star is due to the limited amount of time I've been able to enjoy the projector. After mounting it, getting the picture dialed in, and watching a few movies from my Xbox, I noticed that it is frequently needing to change the resolution between apps. While this is mildly annoying since it will blank out the picture for about 5 seconds, the projector I have is not particularly good at changing the resolution. As time goes by, changing resolution more often than not results in losing the left half of the picture (see attached photo). I noticed it happen the first time about 2 weeks after mounting it, and now that a month has gone by, I'm seeing it multiple times a day. I currently have a ticket open through Optoma and hope to get a handle on why the picture is dropping out. This is easily a 5-star projector if not for the technical issues that I hope are unique to mine.

The projector has no horizontal shift and very little vertical shift. A little bit of effort mounting the projector, but once it was up, I was very impressed. 4k image is lacking in clarity from that of the Sony images that I have seen, but it is much better than 1080p. When watching 1080p versus 4k Blurays, there is a clear difference. Overall, a very good and clear image. Good color. A little bit of rainbow effect for me, but I have grown accustomed to it and pretty much ignore it now. It is a little bit more noticeable in high movement, high contrast scenes. The light halo around the image is visible, but really only during black or high contrast scenes. Like the rainbow effect, I have grown accustomed to it. I am very happy with my purchase.

Pros: This projector has a great value to performance ratio. The 4k pixel shifting technology makes it pretty hard to distinguish between a native (8.8 million pixels) 4k projector vs this true (8.3 million pixels) 4k projector. The picture quality was great and the color accuracy for rec709 rec2020, and dci p3 was awesome. This projector offers a nice hdr picture as well although I would recommend buying a cinema grey material screen at least 100" or more for deeper blacks and wow factor 😁, or you can save yourself some money and just paint your wall. Cons: The biggest con with this particular projector, is the annoying halo effect / light border around the screen which can be hidden through further modification such as led lighting or making the screen border bigger. Hint: by purchasing an epson home cinema 4000 which is a 3lcd projector you wont have to worry about this however, you will spend a bit more for this and the fully motorized lens. Overall this is a solid entry level 4k hdr projector for the money as long as your not going to mind the light border around your screen when playing games or watching movies.

This projector did exactly what I needed. I am using it in my bed room so I have a finite distance-to-screen-size ratio that I need. I used projectorcentral.com for thier throw distance calculator and was very happy to find this one to be within my needs. After digging through the reviews I decided to get it and I am so happy I did. My old and first ever projector was putting out 720p so this projector is a HUGE improvement. The Optoma also has much quieter fan noise than the old projector despite being MUCH bigger. I have a PS4 slim that is connected to it so its not putting out full 4K but God of War looks incredible! The on board speakers aren't fantastic but I dont use them anyway. I also have an Xbox One X but I have been engrossed in GoW so I cant fully comment on the 4K capabilities yet, but I will update when I get that going.

El proyector que me tocó es defectuoso. Zumba con un tono muy agudo esto a veces desaparecía, el menú no responde en ocasiones y se aparece de repente. Pierde la señal de forma aleatoria sin importar si escoges 4k a 30hz o 60hz así como a resolución 1080 y no regresa hasta que lo reinicias lo cual toma al menos dos minutos para encontrarte con el mismo problema. Algunas veces no prendía e indicaba que necesita cambio de lámpara. Nota: use el cable hdmi incluido así como uno especial de alta velocidad e incluso uno de fibra óptica. Para ver si esto remediaba el problema. En verdad quería que me gustará este proyector y trate de eliminar errores porque se ve hermoso el hdr 4k. Sin embargo encontré en reseñas que algunas de estas unidades tiene problemas por lo que pedí mi reembolso y le daré una oportunidad a benq con el ht2050a. Adiós 4k por ahora. Amazon me regreso el dinero en 10 días. En verdad este proyector se ve hermoso. Si no eres tan desesperado como yo y puedes esperar un mes por si sale mal te lo recomiendo ciegamente.

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Works really well with the new Apple TV 4K. Picture quality is really good in a fairly dark room.

Great product! Worked very well.

Only thing missing on this projector is a Bluetooth speaker connection. Other than that it's perfect!