The first three images in this photo player, were taken when I first fired up the projector, which means it was in what Optoma calls Vivid mode. The images you are seeing below are taken with settings right out of the box, except for minor adjustment of brightness and contrast, which anyone can do quickly. That considered we didn't calibrate this projector. Note please that with a street price that's mostly at $599, we realize that people aren't going to buy an HD141X, and then separately spend $300 to $500 to have it calibrated for best picture. The remote control is backlit, a real plus when you are watching a movie and the room is dark.īelow are some photos giving you an idea of what the HD141X is capable of. There's a manual zoom lens - with limited zoom range, but enough to fine tune the position of this projector to your screen, so you can easily fill the screen. It's got some respectable sound built in, which when you also consider MHL, makes it easy to go portable, say for an outdoor movie night. Of note though, is the hot new trend, which is having an HDMI port that supports MHL - which we can call "mobile HDMI", as it allows projectors to get smart, that is connected, with devices such as Roku sticks for streaming content from the web. It has two HDMI inputs, which is no surprise since virtually every projector has at least one. It's got a gaming mode, and as I expected, some pretty low input lag numbers (important for serious gamers). OK, so what's this HD141X have? I mean, I described it as entry level, but it does have a couple of step up features. The point being that while you might still want a very dark room for critical movie viewing, that's not normally the case for sports viewing, or watching your favorite sitcom. (In truth, I rarely ever use that projector anymore since I always have multiple newer projectors here for review.) The Optoma HD141X claims a massive 3000 lumens, that's over 4 times my expensive but now 5 year old JVC "home theater" projector that was $7999 new, and measured less than 900 lumens at its very brightest. What they have in common, is a lot of brightness, so that they can function well in rooms that aren't really dark - we're talking your family room, living room, a spare bedroom, basement, or bonus room. After all, most home theater projectors produced 900 lumens or less at their brightest.īut, home entertainment projectors now proliferate from $399 (for lower resolution 720p), up to the $2000 price range, and we're even seeing some very serious home entertainment projectors that can cost $5000 and up. Those rooms ideally had dark walls, ceilings and floors. In the old days, home projectors - rather home theater projectors, demanded very dark rooms to produce a respectable picture, or as we like to describe them - a dedicated home theater or cave. OK, we do know the reason - LCDTV's are relatively easy. With companies like Optoma bringing the price of true full HD - 1080p resolution down to the $600 price range, sometimes I wonder why folks bother to buy LCDTVs. Optoma HD141X Home Entertainment Projector Overview
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