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| Brand: Optoma
Category: CE
List Price: $699.99
Buy New: $639.00
You Save: $60.99 (9%)
New (31)
Rating:  37 reviews
Format: CD
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: N/A
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 11.3 x 4
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MPN: HD66
Model: HD66
UPC: 796435811143
EAN: 0796435811143
ASIN: B002ZWU33U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 37
 Highly recommended February 16, 2010
Ryan J., Yazzie (Scottsdale, AZ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this projector for watching movies and video games, and its doing remarkably well. The picture is clean and crystal clear. The HDMI port makes your Blu-ray connectivity easy. This projector is 3D ready as long as you have the appropriate glasses, i cant wait to see how Avatar is going to look on my 4 by 7 1/2 foot screen. It came 2 days early and snugly packed in a box. I do not notice any of the "color wheel effect" Great buy.
The UPS driver left a $700 projector sitting on my front lawn, so make sure you are there when it arrives.
UPDATE: Avatar look astonishing!
Works very well for small theatre production! April 7, 2010
Opera Cowpoke (ithaca, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this projector for use in theatrical productions (2D only). The image quality is terrific and the image is bright enough to be seen in a medium sized proscenium theatre (500 seats). It fills the cyclorama backdrop (about 30' wide) quite well (placed in the third row of the theatre). For my initial use I used this projector on one side of the stage and an older Epson projector on the opposite side. The Optoma HD 66 is much brighter. Obviously full theatrical lighting washes out the image but with careful focusing and level setting the image is quite viewable. I was projecting a variety of textures and videos on the performers and on the backdrop. The performers' shadows were visible on the backdrop but the alternate projector added textures within those shadows. Projecting from a left or right angle does create a slightly skewed image, not a problem for this production. Keystone is easily adjustable (for projecting from ground level)
I also tested the projector with a rear projection screen (about 15' wide.) It produced a bright and clear image - viewable even with house lighting up full.
Settings are simple and my MacBook Pro recognized the projector instantly. I'm looking forward to experimenting more with the Optoma HD 66 for future productions.
Optoma HD-66 May 12, 2010
Chris (Virginia, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very pleased with this projector. I have owned for ~ 1 month, used in a family home theatre room primarily for movies and games, occasionally TV/sports. Great picture quality and brightness. Have not used the 3D function but did not purchase it for that use.
I was deciding between the Optoma HD-65, HD-66 and the Epson 705. Decided over the HD-65 due to brightness capability, and over the Epson 705 because of offset (I am using ceiling mount and the Epson would not work as well to fit my setup). DLP vs LCD was not a deciding factor for me -- both technologies had plus and minus that are a wash for what I am looking for.
Unless you're videophile, this is a great entry-level projector! July 25, 2010
americanpryde
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read numerous reviews, both here and on [...] (great review over there), before buying the HD66. I was nervous at getting a technology that no one I knew had. If it was so good, why was it not more common? Well, I'm extremely satisfied with my purchase, and now I have several friends prepping a media room as well. None of us realized you could get a quality result this cheap.
I'm lucky enough that I have a very dark room in the basement. However, even with the lights turned on, I still get a great picture. The only washout I see is when I have the light that is right below the screen turned on, but just don't do that and you're ok.
My setup is a Yamaha HD receiver, el-cheapo Amazon 20' HDMI to the HD66, fed by a Dish Network HD receiver and a PS3. I get a fantastic 90' diagonal picture from about 10.5' away.
As for the screen, I'm throwing it on white semi-glossy wall right now. Yes there is reflection, and no it's not ideal. However, if you're just beginning, it still gives a good picture till you can build or buy a screen. I have curtain backing and a poplar frame, and I can't imagine spending $1k or more on a screen as was recommended to me by the local entertainment store, when this setup was less than $75 and gives a fantastic result.
So, there's plenty of reviews about the technical aspects of this unit that you should read as well, but this was my experience, and I'd definitely recommend this unit.
Awesome big screen experience at a low price! July 29, 2010
bluemetal77
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought my first ever projector, the HD66 from Amazon and it got delivered across the Pacific in 9 days (I'm in Australia). Adequately packed and tracking was sufficient to keep my anxiousness at bay!
The projector itself is a little wonder! Very compact in size and easy to use, every feature/setting is available through a few menu clicks. I primarily gave it the HD Set-top box and DVD player input through HDMI and the picture turns out brilliant. Mind you, a few tweaks to the settings need to be done as the preset modes are horrible - and to be honest, you need to tune it according to your room/light/placement/wall/screen color etc! .. Video quality through the composite video is not good, but not many devices use them now .. there is a VGA to Component (or vice versa) converter cable provided .. which gives the same crisp output as the HDMI.
I'm projecting it on to a white-ish wall (no screens!) and yet the picture is amazing to the detail .. I view normal TV at a 100"inch screen (zoom -3) and for movies I increase it to 124"inch (zoom 0) - Awesome! .. I have it ceiling mounted and the throw distance/ratio is just perfect. I did notice that the DLP chip used in the HD66 has a native resolution of 1280x800 .. which is perfect for a laptop/VGA signal (squarish) but to display TV or Movies in 16:9, the resolution used is 1280x720 (which is the true 16:9). What this means is that there will be a light shadow around the 16:9 picture as its not using the full DLP chip for image. This is sometimes distracting specially for me as I project on a wall and don't have a set viewing area. But to be honest, the projector is so bright, i leave a light in the adjacent room on and the little ambient light takes care of the light border. I've had no problems with using the projector in the afternoon with the blinds closed (i do not have a dedicated theatre room).
The zoom in the projector is not enough .. i measured that the full diagonal image only increased or decreased by about 8-10"inches. So if your shortest throw is a 100"inch image, your maximum would be 110". Mine is places about 4.5m from the wall which gives me 114 and 124"inch images.
The remote control layout is unintuitive and useless - although you'd still be using it for all the tweaks and on/off. I haven't used the 3D capabilities as i'm not into gaming, and its not compatible with 3-D HD sources yet (like TV signal or DVD/Blue-ray) - Have to wait for Optoma to release a firmware update if that has to happen.
In summary, this is a bright 720p HD projector. Displays SD and HD (upto 1080p) with ease and is bright enough to be used with some lights on or in the day with blinds drawn down. The features and controls are easy to use and the unit itself is compact and can be placed un-noticed! .. Finally, the lamp setting on Bright is not needed, the Standard Eco setting will be bright enough and give you 4000 hours of life - which in my currency translated to about 7c an hour of viewing!
Hope this helped those of you who are still undecided on which entry level projector to go for :)
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