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| Brand: Optoma
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
New (8)
Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.6
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 10.1 x 3.7
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: HD70
Model: HD70
UPC: 796435219925
EAN: 0796435219925
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 No Closed Caption capability. February 11, 2007
5 out of 34 found this review helpful
There is a HUGE drawback for this projector, no closed caption capability. It may not be a big problem for some people, but it is a big issue to me. I didn't realize it until I mounted it to the ceiling, otherwise I would return it. I think in current world, no matter you want to use this function or not, every piece of TV, cable, sat and projector should at least have this capability. The lower model Optoma DV10 actually does have this option. I don't know why this model is not.
 Still blown away November 12, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've had my HD70 about 3 months now, and I'm still blown away. I work as a projectionist in a movie theatre and I've been playing with Video Projectors for a long time and bringing them home to test. I also show 16mm and Super 8 films in my living room and nothing until now ever came close to the look of real film. I have mine mounted on the ceiling, but I do have very high old Victorian Ceilings, so the off set was not a big deal, plus the mount I bought adjusts very easily. I use about 7ft of my 9ft wide pull down screen so the full 16.9 image is about 7 x 5 feet. (I never cared for that silly salesman diagonal inches crap). Even with the bulb setting in economy and all the fancy AI Image stuff turned off, this projector just blows me away. Some one mentioned not being able to find the right screws to mount this projector, I just took the Manuel to the local True Value Hardware store and asked the guy if he had these screws. He walked over to a big wall full of fasteners and gave me exactly what I needed and told me to come back if they didn't fit. Something to be said for supporting your local Mom & Pop stores when ever you can. I also bought an HD tuner and an upscaling DVD player. Over the Air HD looks fantastic. I watched most of the World Series in Hi Def this year. I can't imagine what 1080p looks like. Oh and yes, the beginning of Star Wars III is the closest we can get to the pure digital signal on regular DVD so far, and it is amazing on this projector. It's a great sequence to show off your machinery. One thing I might mention... when you blow up an image this big, you are going to see the imperfections of lesser resolutions. For instance, Broadcast HD is still working out the bugs, and so you will hear changes in Volume and see changes in Resolution you won't see on regular TV because they are still working out the bugs. It's not your Projector or your sound system, it's the Broadcast, and I'm talking about NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX and PBS etc. You'll also notice the resolution changes much more on this huge image compared to a regular HDTV. It's just so much bigger, you're going to see it. We took my machine over to another film buffs home and tried it on his 12ft wide screen and it looked a little dim, but we forgot we still had the bulb set on economy. A 7ft wide screen is still really big for the average living room and it looks terrific at that size. Oh, one more thing I noticed, speaking of Star Wars. I was looking at the DVD of Return of the Jedi and it looked really fake and dated, but the others, New Hope and Empire didn't, so I don't know what George did wrong there, but all the filmed matte shots looked obvious and had black seams around them. Very noticeable on the big screen. I look forward to seeing my favorite films on HD or Blue Ray someday, but I'll wait until one of them dies before I go nuts. I have walls of Beta Tapes and nothing to play them on as it is...
Wrong Photo October 17, 2006
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
I'm not sure what projector is being shown but as of 10-16-06, the preview image is not the hd70. Hopefully this will be fixed by the time you read this. ;-)
One projector to rule them all... July 6, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If on a budget. OK. so it's not the greatest projector ever made... but it is easily the best for the price. When I first saw a HD projector at my friend's house it was being used in his parent's theater room and looked amazing. I watched Lord of the Rings : Two Towers on it the entire way through and was blown away. The light scenes lit up the entire theater while the dark scenes (battle in the rain) were extremely pleasing as well. Granted this experience was on HD it was still an unreal projector. The next day I knew I had to have one so I began the research for the one for me. Since I'm a college student, I am on a tight budget (ie less than 1000) which limited me to two projectors: The Mitsubishi HD1000U and the Optoma HD70. I researched both extensively and both were very similar quality-wise and features-wise. The reasons I went with the Optoma HD70 are as follows:
The month that I bought it (July 07) there was a $[...] rebate on the Optoma.
The price also dropped that month to 860 bringing my total after rebates and shipping to 660 which is the same as 27-32 inch flat screens!
My room in college has a standard 8ft ceiling and there were many reveiws about the Mitsubishi HD1000U that said it is difficult (not impossible) to get a good placement in a smaller room with lower ceilings.
The throw distance was less on the Optoma HD70 than the Mitsubishi thus giving me more options of location of the projector and allowing me to have a bigger screen.
Finally... The negatives:
Since my room has two windows on the same wall as the screen if I do not close the curtains (which I had to add the blockout light stuff to it) the light from outside will "bleed" onto the screen thus dimming the picture and not allowing the total viewing pleasure it deserves.
Overall, the projector is phenomenal for the price and with an HD hook-up one can't go wrong with it. Highly Recommended.
 Very Good Projector (Not compatible with 90% of ceiling mount) October 8, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
You must have heard many good things about this projector. Its all true. Very good one. My problem started when I want to mount this in ceiling. This projector take only M3X10mm security screws. 90% of the mounts come with M4, M5 and M6 screws but not M3. I went to Home Depot, Lowe's and Menard's. No luck. This has to be a security screw with pan head. You either need to buy ceiling mount from Optoma for $200+ or the cheap item from ebay. I wanted to give five star but because of the problem I faced for compatible ceiling mount, I decided to go for 4 star. If any one successful ceiling mounting this PJ please let me know.
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