Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
OPTOMA HD65 HD65 HOME THEATER PROJECTOR 1600 LUMENS; 4000:1 CONTRAST RATIO WITH IMAGEAI(TM); NATIVE 720P (1280 X 720) WXGA RESOLUTION AT 16:9 ASPECT RATIO; ADVANCED DARKCHIP2(TM) DLP(R) TECHNOLOGY; HDMI(TM), COMPONENT VIDEO, S-VIDEO, COMPOSITE VIDEO & VGA INPUTS; MAX LAMP LIFE: 3000 HOURS IN ECO MODE; INCLUDES AC POWER CORD, COMPOSITE VIEDO CABLE, COMPONENT VIDEO CABLE, S-VIDEO CABLE, FULLY FEATURED WIRELESS INFRARED REMOTE WITH BATTERIES & LENS CAP; WEIGHT: 4.4 LBS
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Customer Reviews:
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 Had it for 2yrs, sent in 3x for repair and went through 3 bulbs August 7, 2010
Jasen V. Ramirez
Excellent when it works...bottom line stay away from optima..or maybe you get what u pay for but...I know of other people that had bad luck w/ optima...
i got a lemon June 9, 2010
Michael J. Hirst (cape cod)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
this projector thinks it's a trust fund socialite!
flying from NY to LA more than a coked out fashion model in the last few months.
i bought this in December and have used it less than a month!
it's been fun carrying it around though. the box looks like a cardboard briefcase. it makes me feel important.
when it worked, it was great! don't get me wrong.
just know that some models have herpes.
Noisy fan and horrible light leakage June 5, 2010
G. Kuhn (Woodland Hills, CA United States)
I couldn't be more disappointed with the Optoma HD65. My Panasonic PT-AE700 LCD projector began a rapid decline after only 3000 hrs (and a $300 bulb replacement) due to it's poor optical block design and the dreaded blue blob that eventually covered the entire screen. After being burned by organic LCD technology I decided to switch to DLP. The reviews on this bargain 720p projector seemed too good to be true, and like all things in life that seem that way, it was too good to be true. Sure, I got it for only $614 from Amazon, but what a waste of money.
1) the fan noise is terrible - unless you'll be using it in a noisy family room, trying to use it in a quiet home theater is truly unbearable
2) the light leakage through the cooling vents is ridiculously bad - I can't believe Optoma's designers even think this is acceptable engineering. Mounting the projector on the ceiling, the entire 2'x4' white ceiling panel in front of the projector is lit up and totally distracting. I even tried putting black over the ceiling panel, hoping to absorb some of the light, and it is still bright enough to be noticeable.
I could have probably suffered with one of those 2 problems to save the money (now I'm going to have to spend more than twice that to buy the Epson Homelite 8100, which is what I should have done in the first place), but to try and ignore both those major flaws is not worth the constant frustration. I've never experienced as much buyers' regret as I have after buying and trying the Optoma HD65. I only hope that Amazon will credit me a full refund, but even if they don't, it's not worth keeping this piece of junk.
By the way, I will say one positive thing about the HD65, the picture quality and color was quite nice. However, I now understand first hand what they mean about how difficult it is to place a DLP projector. This thing has almost zero placement tolerance when it comes to its location in the home theater. I have a 92" screen, and I found that I had about 6-10" of tolerance when it came to its distance from the screen (the zoom is nearly worthless), and even less tolerance in relation to the top edge of the screen (hanging it from the ceiling mount). I guess I was spoiled by the tremendous flexibility of the Panasonic LCD projector, which had a wide range of zoom and excellent lens shift. After relocating my mount more than a foot closer to the screen than the Panasonic, I then had to do all sorts of mods to adjust the height to be able to work with the Optoma. I finally got it lined up and filling the screen, but the amount of effort and frustration was many times more than it would have been with any LCD projector.
Even though I was burned by organic LCD technology from Panasonic, my attempt to switch to DLP was such a failure that I'm going back to what I know looked great, so I'm getting the Epson 8100 for around $1350, but it's 1080p instead of 720p, has a quiet fan, great picture, and lots of placement flexibility and none of the horrible light leakage of the HD65.
Save yourself the frustration and avoid this product unless you're just getting it to use in the backyard projected against a sheet or white wall. For your home theater you will not be happy with this projector.
 OPTOMA HD65 May 3, 2010
Earl Brazeal (WOODSTOCK, CT, US)
I purchased this projector used, with 20 hours on it and 11 months left on the warranty. But, The HDMI input does not work (use YCrCb/RGB instead) but the price was right. Otherwise, the 1080i HDTV, BD and up-scaled DVD images (77" picture at 10') are very bright, richly colored, and very sharp (with "max" sharpness setting). This model (HD65) is still available on the Web at bargain prices (replaced by the HD66).
Exactly what we needed! March 18, 2010
Joel Forsyth
Great picture, great price. HDMI Port along with component and VGA. Menu is sometimes difficult to work with (you can only make changes if you have a source running into it) and picture adjustments are minimal. Requires a pretty good angle to be viewed perfectly. We have to use a few sheets of paper under the feet to offset the angle of the screen. It's ok, though, it performs perfectly with great quality!
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