Optoma HZ40HDR HD DLP Theatre and Gaming Projector - White

This projector is better than I could have hoped for, especially at the price. After the overbearing fan and colorwheel noise of several traditional lamp projectors, the whisper quiet of this model is glorious. Projected onto a proper 120" projector screen, the picture is fantastic and bright. It is surprisingly bright enough to watch in regular indoor ambient light, but of course benefits most from the darkest room you can have, like any projector will. Despite the HDR capability, I use it mostly in SDR and it still looks incredibly vibrant with excellent contrast. It obviously still handles 4K media just fine scaled at 1080 and at these viewing distances, 4K really doesn't matter. I use it for both movies/television and gaming. The 120hz refresh makes gaming fantastically smooth and it does have a lower latency 60hz mode, but given the types of gaming I do (Diablo IV at the moment), the low latency feature is fantastic. Movies have a very cinematic quality to it. With high quality 10-bit media, it seems near flawless with dynamic lighting turned off. I can't speak on its 3D feature, I have no interest in it. I have about 8000 hours of lamp use so far on a 30,000 expected lifetime, and I recently bought an extra projector on sale to have a replacement on hand when it dies.

LOVE IT, we have no issues watching it with the lights on, or during the day, we got it primarily for hockey games, which are fantastic!

Great protector works great in a dark room,good in a lit room and is ok in a well lit room. Picture quality is top notch is easy to use the sound quality is a little poor but dosent matter if you hook uo a sound bar and sub woofer its great for family movie night low noise all and all good protector for the price

Love this projector use it Dailey and all the time had it for a couple years now best bang for the buck everyone that comes over for movie night says it makes them want one. I project onto a white wall. Image is sharp clean and detailed I use a sound bar and other external speakers: I do wish the sound would connect Bluetooth but even with a adapter it delays sound but I solved with using kind hdmi cables for the price and quality I would give this projector a 10/10

I bought the projector a month and I am very pleased. We use it as our primary TV, mostly to watch movies on a 120" screen. The thing just works. Does it have a fan, yes. Can I hear it over my sound system, no. The Optoma HZ40HDR is substantially brighter than the 3000 lumen projector it's replacing. I could spend 1000s more on deeper blacks or 4K and I would be wasting 1000s of dollars -- the dynamic range looks great and so does the resolution. Use a projector calculator, like the one at Projector Central's website, to make sure that the projected image will fit on your wall or screen. I was relieved to see that the image fit exactly as predicted (calculated). The HDMI-CEC feature allowed me to easily use my Roku remote control to turn on power and control volume on my AV receiver.

Didn't work bad pictures

Everything is great, with one common objection. Very limited zoom. Expect a need to move the projector to fill the screen, zoom alone won't do it. The first time we used it for a broadcast Packer game, the image was very good, assuming it's dark outside. Inside with smaller screens room light on will still give a good image. Videos with motion images are clear. The inside speaker is not up to NFL standards, but we used a TV turner box and ran the audio through a speaker bar. In the picture, the far screen is about 17 feet wide in the center of the driveway.

I purchased two Optima projectors: one short throw and one regular that sits at the back of the room. I like both and think they perform well. However, if you’re not willing to spend time on setup or aren’t comfortable with the process, I wouldn't recommend buying them, as setup can be complex and labor-intensive. For example, the regular projector initially produced a very dark image, making it hard to see anything. I almost returned it, but after trying various configurations, I found a small setup dial that I need to adjust each time I turn on the computer, because it doesn’t remember the setting. Even though I can save settings on the computer, I have to reset the projector each time to increase brightness enough to see the screen. It's not a huge issue, and everything works fine, but it's a bit annoying to go through this every time. If you’re experienced with setup and understand the process, you'll likely enjoy figuring it out.

This review is for the Optoma HZ40HDR. Coming from a 720p projector that was nearly 20years old, the difference is stunning. Light is incredibly bright, to a point it still great to watch during daylight. At 1080p and the viewing distance i have (15-20 feet) is perfect. Image is crisp and colors are fantastic. My goal was to have a more than 60hz gaming monitor for my living room and this one deliver with 120hz refresh rate and a very good response time. There is some little annoyances but not enough to remove a star from this product. But here some little drawback : Loading screen is slow, it the thing i find the most annoying. Especially when you change the resolution and the Hz of the monitor it can take a good 20-30 second to load. (also present in gaming in full screen, if the game is at 60hz and you put it at 120hz, projector will load. Focus adjustment is manual and feel cheap. The rainbow effect is real, as its a DLP projector there is some rainbow effect that can occurs (as mentioned in many professional review on this particular projector its quite noticeable). But I need to address it with some nuance: first not everyone is sensible to it, I notice it mainly with bright white text on dark background and especially if you move your eyes from the center of the screen. This effect is practically none existent while watching a video/movie without text and not at all while gaming. Last but not least, projector controller is very small and feel like cheap led controller but it do the job. But Overall, despite the little quirk, for the price , you wont find better laser projector on the market for now and i enjoy the hell out of it. I got one used-like new from amazon for 400$ cheaper making it a fantastic value. (Will update soon with picture and gaming footage)

Excelente producto, me sorprendio he tenido varios de esta marca incluyendo el uhd38x, Para mi gusto mucho mejor este ,nonse calienta se paga instantáneamente y la calidad de imagen es excelente.

5 star a really nice projector in my backyard 200 inch screen , brightness is full and I have lights working around not full dark also , I highly recommend

En especificaciones, tecnología y precio sin duda es el mejor producto que podrías comprar. El brinco que experimente de mi viejo proyector Optoma HD142X, que me salió buenisimo, a este proyector laser es enorme. Desgraciadamente tuve problemas con él y tuve que solicitar la devolución: Desde la instalación, la lente se notaba floja, supongo que por eso el enfoque nunca tuvo uniformidad en toda la pantalla, una de las esquinas siempre quedaba desenfocada, corregia el enfoque de esa esquina y la opuesta se desenfocaba; se notaban muchos elementos de arcoiris, quizas derivados del mismo problema de la lente. Quizas fue algo fortuito en mi caso. No dudo que sea un gran producto y mi recoemndacion seria que lo compren y lo pruben a fondo. Mi intensión era lograr un cambio de producto, lo cual no se pudo tramitar así. Lo devolví con la intesión de volverlo a comprar, pero entre tanto subio de precio y ya no quise correr riesgos. Creo que en la mayoría de los casos será un producto muy satisfactorio para quien lo compre.

Very luminous, nice contrast, i use this projector on a wall painted white-grayish and the picture is awesome in every way. this is used for movies on a streamer,. no video game. only drawback is the remote control which is super cheap and as big as a credit card... ....hence the 4 star instead of 5.