Optoma HD65 Shadow Details – 3 Posted on May 22, 2008 By Art Feierman 1. Optoma HD65 Home Theater Projector Review - Optoma HD65 Projector Highlights2. HD65 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour - HD65 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. Optoma HD65 Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - Optoma HD65 - ImageAI - HD65 Projector: Skin Tones4. HD65 Projector: Black Levels and Shadow Detail - Optoma HD65 Black Levels - Optoma HD65 Shadow Details5. Optoma HD65 Shadow Details – 26. Optoma HD65 Shadow Details – 37. Optoma HD65 home theater projector: Sharpness - Optoma HD65 home theater projector: Sharpness8. Projector Overall Picture Quality - Projector Overall Picture Quality - Picture Quality - Bottom Line9. HD65 Menus - HD65 Menus - HD65 User Memory Settings10. HD65 Projector – Remote Control - HD65 Projector - Remote Control - Optoma HD65 Lens Throw and Lens Shift - HD65 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility11. HD65 Projector Brightness - HD65 Projector Brightness - HD65 Projector - Light Leakage - HD65 Audible Noise Levels12. HD65 Projector Screen Recommendations - HD65 Projector Screen Recommendations - HD65 Projector Measurements and Calibration - HD65 Image Noise13. Optoma HD65 Projector Warranty - Optoma HD65 Projector Warranty14. Home Theater Projector Review: Optoma HD65 DLP, 720p Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons15. Optoma HD65 Projector vs. the Competition: - Optoma HD65 Projector vs. the Competition: - Optoma HD65 vs. the Panasonic PT-AX200U Projector - Optoma HD65 Projector vs. the Optoma HD71 Projector - Optoma HD65 Projector vs. Sanyo PLV-Z5 Projector - HD65 vs Epson Home Cinema 720 - HD65 vs. Mitsubishi HC150016. Optoma HD65 projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD65 projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD65 Projector: Pros - Optoma HD65 Projector: Cons - Optoma HD65 Projector: Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD65 Summary: The Bottom Line17. Optoma HD65 Projector Specifications The image is The HD65The image is The PT-AX200UPreviousNext Now for a more balanced scene (where dynamic irises, and AI, are not very effective). The left thumbnail when clicked on, shows a cropped area. This scene has extremely bright areas, and dark. Look at these overexposed images to details of the satellite on the left side. Optoma HD65The Panasonic PT-AX200UPreviousNext I’ve added one more pair, to let you consider the Optoma HD65 vs. the venerable Sanyo PLV-Z5. The Z5 has been around longer than any other popular 720p projector so it has fewer images in common with the more recently reviewed projectors. Here is an image from Sin City – top is the Optoma, below, the Sanyo PLV-Z5 (note these are not the same frame, but several frames apart, and because the Z5 review was so long ago, captured with two different cameras): Optoma HD65The venerable Sanyo PLV-Z5PreviousNext From Casino Royale, this image is overexposed to reveal the level of detail, in the roof. Under normal viewing, projectors’ shadow details vary from the roof being essentially invisible on some projectors, to being able to see every individual tile. The smaller images below are generic, clicking on them gets you to the overexposed versions from the different projectors. The first image is the Optoma HD65, but the second one, for a change of pace, is from one of the very best performing 1080p projectors, one selling for at least four times the price, Sony’s VPL-VW60. The first image is the Optoma HD65VPL-VW60 1080p Projector The Epson Home Cinema 720PreviousNext Good, not exceptional black levels and shadow detail, but many folks will be choosing the HD65 for its brightness first, and if you need that brightness, then, you also are likely operating in an environment where there is some ambient light, and some shadow detail and black level performance will normally be lost anyway! 1. Optoma HD65 Home Theater Projector Review - Optoma HD65 Projector Highlights2. HD65 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour - HD65 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. Optoma HD65 Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - Optoma HD65 - ImageAI - HD65 Projector: Skin Tones4. HD65 Projector: Black Levels and Shadow Detail - Optoma HD65 Black Levels - Optoma HD65 Shadow Details5. Optoma HD65 Shadow Details – 26. Optoma HD65 Shadow Details – 37. Optoma HD65 home theater projector: Sharpness - Optoma HD65 home theater projector: Sharpness8. Projector Overall Picture Quality - Projector Overall Picture Quality - Picture Quality - Bottom Line9. HD65 Menus - HD65 Menus - HD65 User Memory Settings10. HD65 Projector – Remote Control - HD65 Projector - Remote Control - Optoma HD65 Lens Throw and Lens Shift - HD65 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility11. HD65 Projector Brightness - HD65 Projector Brightness - HD65 Projector - Light Leakage - HD65 Audible Noise Levels12. HD65 Projector Screen Recommendations - HD65 Projector Screen Recommendations - HD65 Projector Measurements and Calibration - HD65 Image Noise13. Optoma HD65 Projector Warranty - Optoma HD65 Projector Warranty14. Home Theater Projector Review: Optoma HD65 DLP, 720p Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons15. Optoma HD65 Projector vs. the Competition: - Optoma HD65 Projector vs. the Competition: - Optoma HD65 vs. the Panasonic PT-AX200U Projector - Optoma HD65 Projector vs. the Optoma HD71 Projector - Optoma HD65 Projector vs. Sanyo PLV-Z5 Projector - HD65 vs Epson Home Cinema 720 - HD65 vs. Mitsubishi HC150016. Optoma HD65 projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD65 projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD65 Projector: Pros - Optoma HD65 Projector: Cons - Optoma HD65 Projector: Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD65 Summary: The Bottom Line17. Optoma HD65 Projector Specifications Optoma HD65 Shadow Details – 2 Optoma HD65 home theater projector: Sharpness