Optoma GT1080HDR Short Throw Gaming Projector | Enhanced Gaming Mode

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.

The short throw is excellent for practical purposes. It's very easy to get a decent sized screen around the house. It downscales from 4K to 1080p but thats okay for now, since 4k projectors especially with short throw are limited and very expensive. The 4K input does improve video quality however, and the HDR is awesome to boot. Great lumens, throw distance, and picture quality make this an excellent projector. There are one caveat but at present shouldn't really matter all that much to most people: HDR will not work in 120hz Game mode. For me this is okay, as 60Hz is good enough for me in HDR, as most console titles max out at 60fps anyway.

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.

It works excellently, but no customised bracket was available to attach to ceiling. We had to improvise

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.

EDITED! WARNING! Likes: design is aesthetically appealing, when you get the settings right after making a lot of adjustments it REALLY DOES have a picture relatively as clear and colorful as a good 4K setup, the response time is amazing with games, the “resync” feature is a pro and a con. But it helps when games get a bit jumpy (assuming it was just part of breaking it in at 120hz). Dislikes: Took a lot of work to calibrate compared to my BenQ HT2150ST which had good color and contrast out of the box with only a gamma adjustment. A hot plastic smell after using it for the first hour but that eventually went away. I’ll chalk that up to just a necessary evil for break-in. The re-sync feature I feel is a scapegoat. I felt it’s kinda strange that they knew the product might get ahead of itself and not be able to get back on pace or be slightly slow and try jumping back ahead. The re-sync does fix this but I feel like it could’ve been unnecessary if they just took the time in production. Lastly I had the whole screen go digital and freeze in the first few minutes. A quick reboot and haven’t had the issue since. So final statement is HT2150ST is a better out of the box Gaming projector, but the GT1080HDR is just a notch above it in quality and ability of you put in the time to get what you really can out of it. *EDIT* Well it was short lived. HDMI1 port has died on the projector will using an Xbox One X. If you try to calibrate video in the video settings on Xbox the Projector crashes every time then can’t find a source without going to 1440x540p but even then just goes to static and freezes then tries to refresh. If you go to the other HDMI port it works fine but not as high quality because it is maxed at hdmi 1.4. ALSO the projector will no longer supply 4K/HDR. It says the display is communicating to the Xbox and doesn’t have 4K capability or HDR capability. Will change my review after I get this fixed. ALSO IT DIDNT COME WITH A CARRYING CASE AS ADVERTISED. I wish I stuck with my BenQ.

Set this up in my garage. The photo I included is 150 inch projection with the projector sitting about five or six feet away. The projector screen was $150 i think. The black bars at top and bottom were added by the movie. Given what I paid for it I think the image quality is very good. Have been using it very regularly. It will not do well with too much ambient light. So if it was 3 or 4:00 p.m. with the light coming through my garage door windows at just the wrong time, I wouldn't be able to really enjoy the golf event though I would be able to see it. Obviously the projector speakers are not great so I connected a Bose soundtouch speaker. Small but sounds good. However, i wish it had more audio out options (only has 3.5mm stereo jack for output)

I had high hopes for this projector after all the reviews but ended up having to send it back due to poor colors leading the picture looking washed out. The Good: Low input lag for gaming Short throw is nice Has good brightness The Bad: -Colors are poor, washed out. Even after using calibration disk and doing lengthy calibration, I could not get the colors to look good. This was the deal breaker for me. It has a lot of calibration options but did not help me achieve good color saturation. - It looked worse playing Xbox One X games. The colors were so washed out that I would never want to play a video game on this projector. - no zoom on the lens. You have to position this projector perfectly to get the right size on the screen. - Only 2 of the 3 posts on the projector are adjustable, the front and back right post. this means if you need to tilt the image to the right, you cannot do it as the back left post is not adjustable. Poor design. In the end I sent it back and got the Benq HT2150ST which is the same price. What a difference! The colors on this projector are vibrant, with proper saturation out of the box. I am intending to still calibrate it but it looks great out of the box. Low input lag for video games and they look great. It has a zoom on the lens to help with getting the picture to easier fit the screen, came with a bag, better post adjustment also for positioning the projection. The throw is not as short as the GT1080HDR but still is a short throw. The shorter throw on the GT1080HDR is nice. I know some say the GT1080HDR can look great with a lot of calibration but to be honest, one should not need to be professionally trained to get the picture to look decent on the projector. It should look good out of the box and be to be improved with calibration. Not look poor out of the box and need a complex calibration to make it suitable. Hope this helps.