Optoma HD65 Shadow Details - 3

Now for a more balanced scene (where dynamic irises, and AI, are not very effective). The left thumbnail when clicked on, shows a cropped area. This scene has extremely bright areas, and dark. Look at these overexposed images to details of the satellite on the left side.

I've added one more pair, to let you consider the Optoma HD65 vs. the venerable Sanyo PLV-Z5. The Z5 has been around longer than any other popular 720p projector so it has fewer images in common with the more recently reviewed projectors. Here is an image from Sin City - top is the Optoma, below, the Sanyo PLV-Z5 (note these are not the same frame, but several frames apart, and because the Z5 review was so long ago, captured with two different cameras):

Good, not exceptional black levels and shadow detail, but many folks will be choosing the HD65 for its brightness first, and if you need that brightness, then, you also are likely operating in an environment where there is some ambient light, and some shadow detail and black level performance will normally be lost anyway!