Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Hardware Tour 2 Posted on October 12, 2014 By Art Feierman 1. Optoma HD141X Projector Review - Optoma HD141X Home Entertainment Projector Overview - Optoma HD141X Highlights2. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Special Features - HDMI 1.4a and MHL - Wireless HD Option - 3D Performance and 3D Glasses - Eco Modes and Lamp Life - Dynamic Black - Lamp Dimming3. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Special Features 2 - Digital Zoom - Brilliant Color - Edge Masking - HDMI-Link - Logo Capture4. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Hardware Tour - Overview and Lens - Control Panel - Inputs and Connectors - Lens Throw and Offset5. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Hardware Tour 2 - HD141X Remote Control - HD141X Menus6. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Picture Quality - Out of the Box Picture Quality - Affect of Color Mode on Picture Quality - Skin Tones - Cinema Mode - HDTV and Sports7. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Picture Quality 2 - HD141X Black Level Performance - Dark Shadow Detail - Optoma HD141X - Overall Picture Quality8. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Picture Quality 39. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Performance - Eco Mode Performance - HD141X Sharpness - Image Noise - Audible Noise10. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Summary - An Affordable Home Entertainment Projector - Optoma HD141X as a Gaming Projector - HD141X Picture - The Bottom Line11. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Specifications OPTOMA HD141X PROJECTOR – HARDWARE TOUR: Remote Control, Menus HD141X Remote Control The Optoma’s remote control is medium sized, fits easily on an average, or small hand, and is pretty light weight. It runs on a pair of provided AAA batteries. One of the most obvious things about this remote control is its exceptionally bright backlight. I’ve actually complained that Optoma remotes like this one are too bright, in that they are almost blinding if you are in a fully darkened room and the remote lights up while you are trying to adjust color settings. That’s OK in this case, as this projector really isn’t likely to end up in the darkest of rooms, such as a dedicated home theater. With a little ambient light, the backlight seems reasonable. Let’s tour the remote control from the top left! Power switches – ON on the left, Off on the right! That’s easy enough. Next come the three User buttons – 1, 2, and 3. These allow you to select what functions you want them to do. The defaults are: 1. Color Settings 2. Color Temp 3. Gamma the other options you can select instead, are: HDMI Link (to control other HDMI link compatible devices), Test Pattern, and A/V Mute. Next come a whole host of convenience buttons that get you right to one specific function or another, directly, without having to navigate the menus. By row, they are: Brightness – Contrast – Color Mode Keystone Correction – Aspect Ratio – 3D Mute (audio) – Dynamic Black – Sleep Timer Next up is the navigation area, which sports four arrow keys is a roundish configuration. The Enter button is in the center. When not in menu mode, those buttons double as: Source (left arrow), Re-sync (right arrow) improves sync to analog computer sources, if needed, Up and down arrows double as volume up and down. The Menu button is found to the lower left of the navigation ring. That leaves only the individual sources: HDMI1 with MHL, HDMI2, two VGA, Composite video and Component video! All considered a really, really nice remote control for such a low cost projector. Too many remotes for projectors under $1000 have no backlight (annoying), and some are even credit card type remotes, which I’m definitely not a fan of, and besides the credit card remotes never have the really good range that this remote has. 20 feet with a bounce of the screen works! HD141X MenusFor such an inexpensive projector, it sure has plenty of menus. Oh, more expensive projectors have more features, but still, Optoma puts a lot of options on there for you. Our slide show has captions with info on many of these menus. Main Menus, Sub-Menus, and Comments Color Mode menu Main Image menu, select color modes and basic controls like brightness and contrast Image - Advanced Menu Advanced controls like Brilliant Color, Dynamic Black (off/on), color management (CMS) and grayscale adjustments Dynamic Black control Uses lamp dimming CMS and Color Temp Primary and secondary color controls, as well as white, for grayscale (color temp) balance CMS - One Color Adjust the Hue Saturation and Brightness Grayscale - Color Temp Only offers a single control for each color, a real limitation. Most offer two controls one for brighter, one for darker ranges Display Menu Aspect ratio, digital zoom (from .8x to 2.0x, and image shift, also edge masking for eliminating edge noise. 3D controls 3D 3D controls including choosing DLP-Link or optional RF control Setup Menu Basic stuff, like selecting from 27 languages for menus, to placement of the menus, as well as audio controls and security Menu Locations There are five choices available, via a very iconic menu Audio Settings Internal 10 watt speaker - off/on, but it goes off anyway if a cable plugged into output Security Lock out the control panel, set timer Setup Advanced Menu Logo capture - Grab a favorite image, and make it your background screen Options Menu Wide range of features including Lamp Power modes, source selection, high altitude mode, test patterns, 2nd page of Options Background color, lamp controls, HDMI controls, Advanced controls Lamp Menu Choices vary depending on Preset color mode, for example, Dynamic not available in Reference, but only Dynamic available in Cinema. Other choices are Full power and Eco Power and Sleep timers Sleep time lets you set a specific number of minutes before shutdown 1. Optoma HD141X Projector Review - Optoma HD141X Home Entertainment Projector Overview - Optoma HD141X Highlights2. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Special Features - HDMI 1.4a and MHL - Wireless HD Option - 3D Performance and 3D Glasses - Eco Modes and Lamp Life - Dynamic Black - Lamp Dimming3. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Special Features 2 - Digital Zoom - Brilliant Color - Edge Masking - HDMI-Link - Logo Capture4. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Hardware Tour - Overview and Lens - Control Panel - Inputs and Connectors - Lens Throw and Offset5. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Hardware Tour 2 - HD141X Remote Control - HD141X Menus6. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Picture Quality - Out of the Box Picture Quality - Affect of Color Mode on Picture Quality - Skin Tones - Cinema Mode - HDTV and Sports7. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Picture Quality 2 - HD141X Black Level Performance - Dark Shadow Detail - Optoma HD141X - Overall Picture Quality8. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Picture Quality 39. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Performance - Eco Mode Performance - HD141X Sharpness - Image Noise - Audible Noise10. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Summary - An Affordable Home Entertainment Projector - Optoma HD141X as a Gaming Projector - HD141X Picture - The Bottom Line11. Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Specifications Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Hardware Tour Optoma HD141X Projector Review – Picture Quality LnRiLWhlYWRpbmcuaGFzLWJhY2tncm91bmR7cGFkZGluZzowfQ==