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This is a bit off topic for this blog, but I just have to post something about my new toy. As anyone whose read this blog enough will know I’m a bit of a film nut and I have a large screen and projector set up at home to get the full cinema effect.
Recently I’ve upgraded my projector, I didn’t really have any intention of doing it but I got to hear about a new full 1080p projector that had just been released, was getting rave reviews and was incredibly low priced compared to other 1080p models. The projector in question is the new Optoma Themescence HD80 and is available for under £2000. For this price I got the projector, and eight foot screen and a free replacement bulb voucher.
And boy what a projector it is, I was totally blown away with it. I managed to arrange a demo at Sevenoaks Hi-Fi in Bristol. They were demo-ing it with a PS3 and some Blu-Ray disks and it is just incredibly detailed, really bright, rich deep colours and amazingly quiet too. I’m running it with a Xbox 360 and HD-DVD Drive and the Xbox is very cool at this size and detail level.
In terms of value for money, I really think this projector is unbeatable, when you think that much of the competition at this level is up over £6000 or more there really is no beating it. If you’re interested in getting one, I really recommend seeking out a demo, you will love it.
September 7th, 2007 at 7:24 am
I’ve been wondering how something like that would work with Planet Earth, since we’ve got the Bluray discs out now… I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts after you’ve had it a little while.
-Josh
September 7th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Yeah something like Planet Earth, or The Blue Planet must be incredible at 1080p. That’s the big problem at the moment though, there are so few HD titles available.