Monday, May 2nd 2022
Optoma Introduces Versatile Smart 4K UHD Home Entertainment Projector
Optoma, the No. 1 4K UHD projection brand worldwide and the No. 1 DLP projection brand in the Americas and worldwide, continues its commitment to deliver the best home entertainment experience with the debut of the Optoma UHD55 smart true 4K UHD projector. Immerse yourself in a true 4K UHD cinematic experience at home through stunning, larger-than-life images with the UHD55. Featuring 3,600 lumens of brightness, you can enjoy your movies with the lights on or in the evening. With an impressive 1,200,000:1 contrast ratio, the UHD55 is High Dynamic Range (HDR) and HLG compatible for brighter whites and deeper blacks resulting in brilliant color with 97% DCI-P3 coverage in wide color gamut mode with shutter enabled, enhancing the overall viewing experience.
For gaming enthusiasts, the UHD55 offers a built-in Enhanced Gaming Mode for an incredibly fast response time of 16 ms in 4K at 60 Hz and 4 ms in 1080p at 240 Hz, ensuring smooth and immersive gaming experiences. Additionally, the UHD55 offers smart tech integration features throughout, including seamless integration into smart homes with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility. Offering a sleek and compact design, the UHD55 provides versatile projection and easy content sharing at the touch of a button with the Creative Cast app which allows you to wirelessly display images, documents, and videos from up to four devices.
"We remain committed to meeting the demands for flexible display solutions which have expanded in the home entertainment market during the pandemic. The new Optoma UHD55 combines top-of-the-line features to meet the needs of home entertainment enthusiasts, delivering on image quality, performance and functionality - all at a market-leading price," said Allen Pestell, Head of Product Marketing, Optoma.
Built for hassle-free installation, the UHD55 offers vertical lens shift, 1.3x zoom and 3x3 warping to ensure seamless set-ups in any setting. The UHD55 also features two HDMI 2.0 inputs for connectivity to the latest 4K UHD devices, as well as RS-232 connectivity.
Additional features of the Optoma UHD55 include:
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For gaming enthusiasts, the UHD55 offers a built-in Enhanced Gaming Mode for an incredibly fast response time of 16 ms in 4K at 60 Hz and 4 ms in 1080p at 240 Hz, ensuring smooth and immersive gaming experiences. Additionally, the UHD55 offers smart tech integration features throughout, including seamless integration into smart homes with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility. Offering a sleek and compact design, the UHD55 provides versatile projection and easy content sharing at the touch of a button with the Creative Cast app which allows you to wirelessly display images, documents, and videos from up to four devices.
Built for hassle-free installation, the UHD55 offers vertical lens shift, 1.3x zoom and 3x3 warping to ensure seamless set-ups in any setting. The UHD55 also features two HDMI 2.0 inputs for connectivity to the latest 4K UHD devices, as well as RS-232 connectivity.
Additional features of the Optoma UHD55 include:
- Resolution: 3480 x 2160 True 4K UHD
- Brightness: 3,600 ANSI lumens
- Contrast Ratio: 1,200,000:1
- Light source: Lamp, up to 15,000 hours of operation in Dynamic Black mode
- HDR and HLG compatible
- Wide Color Gamut support: 97% DCI-P3
- Smart home compatibility with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and IFTTT compatibility
- 1.3x optical zoom
- Horizontal and vertical keystone correction, vertical lens shift and 3x3 warping
12 Comments on Optoma Introduces Versatile Smart 4K UHD Home Entertainment Projector
The thing is how good it is. That might be my go to choice for my basement projection room to replace a cheap 300$ amazon 1080p projector that is ok, but kinda loud and not that bright. Just bought something cheap that i could bring outside to do some night film watching during pandemic.
Initial review seems good but i prefer to see a bit more before spending that much money
www.passionhomecinema.fr/blog/index.php/19/04/2022/test-optoma-uhd55-lavis-de-gregory/
But on the serious note, Optoma is my 1st pick on the list when time will come. But a decent HDR is a serious must.
On the one i have, i watched few review before buying it. I would say it's quite good for the price. The thing is I use it in my Gazebo outdoor in the summers. Overtime we started using the home cinema more and more and we barely use the TV in the living room anymore. I just want now a permanent setup that I won't dismantle during summer.
I am still surprised that although it require a bit more work, it's still incredibly cheaper for large screen if you can have a dark room versus a TV. A 120 inch TV is quite expensive.
I am sporting 135inches, but actually the best upgrade would be put some side and top pure black curtains to absorb reflections in bright scenes and boost overall contrast and black levels. Either rollable sausage ones or just leave some hooks and attach them when needed.
If TV were affordable, they would be less of a market for projector as it's much easier to setup. but paying 10K+ for just the TV is a bit much for a lot of people. With a good screen and a decent projector, you can get amazing results for way less than that.
But imagine the moral... you spend so much money on 120 LCD/OLED... watches Movies in anamopric ~21:9... large portion of the screen shows only black bars xD.
Btw, are you saying that these large panels actually have an 8k-like subpixel resolution despite being 4k? AFAIK, no panels like this are sold as anything but native resolution, though I guess that might not be true for the really huge ones. Comparing regular TVs, the 55, 65, and 75" versions just have different pixel pitches and (at times) subpixel sizes, with the subpixel count being the same.