Optoma HD81-LV home theater projector: Sharpness Posted on October 16, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Optoma HD81-LV Home Theater Projector Review: Overview - Optoma HD81-LV Projector Highlights:2. Optoma HD81-LV Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour - Optoma HD81-LV Optional Anamorphic Lens3. Optoma HD81-LV: 1080p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - Optoma HD81-LV Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones - Optoma HD81-LV Black Levels and Shadow Detail4. Optoma HD81-LV home theater projector: Sharpness - Optoma HD81-LV home theater projector: Sharpness5. Optoma HD81-LV Brightness and Ambient Light6. Optoma HD81-LV Overall Picture Quality - Optoma HD81-LV DLP Home Theater Projector Review - General Performance - Optoma HD81-LV with Optional Anamorphic Lens - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Menus7. Optoma HD81-LV Overall Picture Quality1 - Optoma HD81-LV Memory Settings - Optoma HD81-LV Remote Control - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Lens Throw and Lens Shift8. Optoma HD81-LV Screen Door and Rainbow Effects - Optoma HD81-LV Home Theater Projector: Light Leakage - Optoma HD81-LV Audible Noise Levels - Optoma HD81-LV Brightness - Measured Lumens9. Optoma HD81-LV Lamp Life and Replacement - Optoma HD81-LV Projector Screen Recommendations - Optoma HD81-LV Calibration - Optoma HD81-LV Image Noise10. The Optoma HD81-LV Projector Review – Warranty - Home Theater Projector Reviews: Optoma HD81-LV DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons - The HD81-LV is simply an awesome home theater projector!11. Home Theater Projector Reviews: Optoma HD81-LV DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons1 - Optoma HD81-LV - how does it stack up to the competiton? - Optoma HD81-LV home theater projector vs. JVC DLA-RS1 - Optoma HD81-LV vs. Sharp XV-Z20000 home theater projectors - Optoma HD81-LV projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Pros - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Cons - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD81-LV Summary:12. Optoma HD81-LV Projector Specifications Now it’s time to take a look, specifically, at shadow detail handling. We’ll start with the cavern scene from Phantom. Click on the image below, for a much larger, and overexposed version, to see how much detail is really in the dark walls, etc. We used the trick of overexposing, because my digital camera’s dynamic range is less than a good projector’s so it loses shadow detail if normally exposed (and some near white detail, too.) hd81-lvJVC_RS-1PreviousNext Optoma HD81-LV home theater projector: SharpnessLike the HD81, the Optoma HD81-LV offers one of the sharper images available of the 1080p projectors. Click on the left thumbnail for a closeup of the DTS logo (the thumbnail image gives you a good idea of how small a portion of the whole image, the logo takes up). For comparison, the middle thumbnail is from the JVC RS1, and the right most one, links to the same logo from the Sharp XV-Z20000. Pricewise, the JVC is the least expensive of the three, but not by that much. hd81-lvJVC DLA-RS1xzv20000 PreviousNext Lastly, a cropped view of a computer monitor from Space Cowboys on Blu-Ray. Again, a similar image is found in most reviews, so you can compare. Readability of the type on the computer screen is the key, and the HD81-LV does very, very, well. Click Image to EnlargeBottom line: A very sharp image. Watching the Optoma HD81-LV home theater projector filling my 128″ diagonal screen from just over 11 feet (very close compared to where most people would sit), the Optoma, like the Sharp, and Mitsubishi, produce that “razor sharp” type image, that we are all looking for. Step back a few more feet, and it looks so sharp, that it’s like looking out a window. 1. Optoma HD81-LV Home Theater Projector Review: Overview - Optoma HD81-LV Projector Highlights:2. Optoma HD81-LV Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour - Optoma HD81-LV Optional Anamorphic Lens3. Optoma HD81-LV: 1080p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality - Optoma HD81-LV Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones - Optoma HD81-LV Black Levels and Shadow Detail4. Optoma HD81-LV home theater projector: Sharpness - Optoma HD81-LV home theater projector: Sharpness5. Optoma HD81-LV Brightness and Ambient Light6. Optoma HD81-LV Overall Picture Quality - Optoma HD81-LV DLP Home Theater Projector Review - General Performance - Optoma HD81-LV with Optional Anamorphic Lens - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Menus7. Optoma HD81-LV Overall Picture Quality1 - Optoma HD81-LV Memory Settings - Optoma HD81-LV Remote Control - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Lens Throw and Lens Shift8. Optoma HD81-LV Screen Door and Rainbow Effects - Optoma HD81-LV Home Theater Projector: Light Leakage - Optoma HD81-LV Audible Noise Levels - Optoma HD81-LV Brightness - Measured Lumens9. Optoma HD81-LV Lamp Life and Replacement - Optoma HD81-LV Projector Screen Recommendations - Optoma HD81-LV Calibration - Optoma HD81-LV Image Noise10. The Optoma HD81-LV Projector Review – Warranty - Home Theater Projector Reviews: Optoma HD81-LV DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons - The HD81-LV is simply an awesome home theater projector!11. Home Theater Projector Reviews: Optoma HD81-LV DLP Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons1 - Optoma HD81-LV - how does it stack up to the competiton? - Optoma HD81-LV home theater projector vs. JVC DLA-RS1 - Optoma HD81-LV vs. Sharp XV-Z20000 home theater projectors - Optoma HD81-LV projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Pros - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Cons - Optoma HD81-LV Projector: Typical Capabilities - Optoma HD81-LV Summary:12. Optoma HD81-LV Projector Specifications Optoma HD81-LV: 1080p Home Theater Projector Review – Image Quality Optoma HD81-LV Brightness and Ambient Light