GT1080HDR Short Throw Gaming Projector | Enhanced Gaming Mode

I have owned projectors now for over 20 yrs...I purchased this to replace the GT1080 short throw 2016 model...although this is still a 1080p projector..I am very impressed with the increased brightness and contrast ratio improvement...3D movies really pop with more colour vibrancy and clarity...great upgrade...FYI Installation will require precision placement to fit screen...I used lasers to mark center of screen and transfered lines on both floor and ceiling...place projector with mount on floor and aligned edges within screen..marked mount holes on floor and then using laser transfered to ceiling... keeping center of lens on center of line... patience is key when installing short throw projector

I'm particularly sensitive to any sort of input delay, and even used a high refresh rate camera to try to detect any noticeable delay between my laptop running at 144hz with 1ms delay and this projector. It truly works as advertised, and if used with a PC you'll experience lower input latency than you would with a standard TV (or even a decent gaming monitor) with a console. Picture looks great indoors and outdoors, it really only meets acceptable levels for use outdoors around sunset give or take about 15 minutes depending on where it's being used. Things to know: This is truly an extremely short throw, if you're not using a ceiling mount, you either need a relatively tall and high projector screen or you need to keep it a few inches from the ground. Do not tip the projector itself. This projector puts out a LOT of heat in a relatively short amount of time but does not noticeably increase in heat after the first few minutes. You're going to want an external speaker. I did not buy this intending to use the built-in speaker, and it was not loud enough to easily hear quieter dialogue in movies even while indoors while watching with just one other person. This isn't the most adjustable projector in the world, but again, the bang for your buck is fantastic if you're looking to put in just a little effort making sure you've set it up correctly and keep in mind some of its inherent quirks. You're going to want a ceiling mount for the sake of the device and to use it to its full ability. I don't have one currently because I intend to use it in multiple places and I'm renting my home and can't put one in. For your money, this is probably one of the best all-around projectors, especially if you intend to play games competitively either online or with friends. I've had no problems playing Marvel Vs Capcom, Overwatch, Tekken 7, or Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

One of the most important things to know imo is that you cannot use keystone, zoom, image shift or edge masking while you have "enhanced gaming" mode turned on. This means you must physically place this projector in the perfect position in pretty much every way including height, in order to get a perfect rectangle picture (with enhanced gaming on). All that being said, this is an incredible projector if none of the above is an issue for you. Before this, I had a "Dr J" projector that I picked up for like $80 and as you can imagine, it didn't look great but I've used it for months and it was a good bit of fun, but this easily looks 10x better than that, no exaggeration. This projector looks every bit as good as my 4 year old flat screen tv, even when it's blown up over 200 inches ( I ran out of wall to go bigger). Right now I'm just projecting on a normal painted textured wall in a living room with a very large window so just some cheap blinds controlling the ambient light and even with that it has outstanding quality. I would submit pictures or video but my phone is far lower quality than this projector and would only make this look worse than it does in reality. Sound works well enough but isn't loud. The remote works great and doesn't need to be aimed at anything to work. I'll never buy a tv again. Never.

Sooooo. Originally I was very disappointed. I just didnt see the picture as clear as I wanted too, but....turns out running a 4k firestick isn't the best idea for this model. I couldn't even access a bunch of different settings in the setting menu when I had I firestick running. Before I returned this i thought I would buy a nvidia shield (they aren't cheap but its incredible the difference it makes) WOW! The shield made this projector work the way it was intended too. The AI upscaling makes the picture crisp and really utilizes the 4k option on this machine. I haven't used this for gaming yet, I bought it more for sports - but I've read at this price point, you wont find a better projector for gaming. I mounted this on my celing and it was a gigantic pain in the a$$. Took me 2 days and many holes to get it almost perfect on my 100" screen. I bought a mount and only used certain parts of it as to keep it close to the ceiling to get the picture right. Nobody said mounting a short throw is easy. It sucks. If you are worried about brightness don't, this thing is like the sun especially since it's a short throw (shorter distance = less loss of light) Also I'm sensitive to the "rainbow effect" and unfortunately notice it with this projector, I think the only way to avoid this is to spend big bucks or get a 3 chip rather than a color wheeled device, I'm getting use to it and the nvidia shield made the rainbow effect much much much better. Overall I am enjoying this projector, I did a ton of research and settled on this model, I'm glad I did.

We bought our first optima projector about 10 years ago and it lasted for a solid eight years without even changing the bulb. When it went out we ordered one of the top selling projectors on Amazon in the picture quality was just crap. My husband uses the projector in the man cave for video gaming so he has to have a clear picture to make out the small writing and the one we’d bought just didn’t work for us so we decided to go back to Optoma and ordered this model. It has a crystal clear picture, is plenty bright. It has all the features you want in a projector and has a 4K input so it will work with the PS5 when it’s released this winter.