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Optoma EP1690 DLP Digital Theater Projector | List Price: $1,499.99
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Brand: Optoma
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 3 years warranty
Features: - 16:9 WXGA (1280 x 768) widescreen display for work and play versatility
- DarkChip2 DLP technology ensures that images don't fade or degrade over time
- Bright and crisp picture quality with 2500 lumens and 2500:1 contrast ratio
- Extensive connectivity options, including DVI with HDCP and four audio and video inputs
- Innovative wind tunnel cooling system delivers whisper quiet operation and prevents light leakage
great performance, great price [Posted on 2007-06-17]
I have had my projector for a couple of weeks now and I have been satisfied. I bought this to replace a Dell 2200MP because I needed something brighter and sharper for watching movies in a living room with lots of windows, and this was much better priced than other projectors with similar resolution and brightness. The Dell was terrible for dark scenes unless we were watching at night, even with heavy black curtains over all the windows. This projector blows the Dell away. The picture is high def, so much sharper (especially with a 1080i upconverting DVD player). And the regular brightness setting on this projector is way brighter than the brightest setting on the Dell. I don't even have to cover all the windows anymore to watch the dark scenes.
The projector runs quietly and cools down very quickly by revving up the fan. After running the thing for about 2 hours, it shut down in less than a minute.
A Circuit City reviewer said that it was incompatible with universal ceiling mounts. Mine is hanging very nicely from my ceiling with a nice $[...] universal mount I bought from Amazon. The manual (on PDF) that came with the projector tells you what kind of bolts/screws to use if you don't use the Optoma ceiling mount (which costs almost $[...]--ridiculous). I had to go to the hardware store to buy the right size screws to use with the universal mount, but it worked very well.
As for connections, if you want to connect to an HDMI port on your DVD player, you just need a cable with HDMI at one end, and DVI at the other. You can get them all over the web, but www.eforcity.com has them for very cheap. If you want to connect with component cables (like I did for my PS2 and Wii), you need a cable with component plugs on one end and a VGA (15-pin) monitor connector at the other (most projectors use this type of connection). Again, these are widely available on the web, but very cheap at www.eforcity.com, and they even have fast & cheap shipping and 30-day return policy. The good thing about this type of cable is that it is generally better shielded for running across a living room than are regular component video cables. Also, if you want to display your video on both the projector and a TV, boxes that split the VGA signal with amplification are widely available on the web (I got a $[...] one at Amazon), whereas splitters for straight component connections are much harder to come by. Anyway, I am very pleased with my purchase.
Met My Expectations [Posted on 2007-09-07]
I wanted a prjector for our company prsentations that meet the following criteria:
1. have a 16:9 Aspect ratio because my laptop has this ratio (and many new lap tops do) and I had problems with my existing projector to adapt to this ratio.
2. Be bright enough for all kind of lighting situations because sometimes we go to a presentation and the lighting configuration is not uder our control. This projector has 2500 lumens that provide for the kind of luminescence that we require
3. Needed at least an XGA resolution, and this projector meet and exceed this requirement
4. We wanted a contrast ratio of at least 1:2000 and this projector provides a 1:2500 contrast ratio
5. The noise level was important to us because a lot of presentations are in not very large rooms and high noise level become distracting. The noise level on this projector is lower than my small projector and very acceptable
6. I knew that with these requirements the size of the projector would be larger (and heavier) thyan the ideal weight which for us is under 3.5 lbs. Though the projector is about 6 lbs. it is still relatively small and not too heavy
7. And finally the cost from Amazon.com was very reasonable for the features that was important to us.
I have attended in several presentations since we purchased the projector and I am very happy with the ease of operation, brightness, resolution, and low noise. The remote mouse was a bit difficult to get to used to and I need to work on that.
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