Optoma HD8200 Projector - Image Quality - 4

Posted on March 29, 2006 by Art Feierman

Shadow Detail Performance

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The Optoma HD8200 is very solid in terms of shadow detail, but not one of the very best. You will find projectors that can reveal a little more dark shadow detail, but the HD8200 does a very good job. Consider the train image from Casino Royale, immediately below.

Shadow Detail Comparison

HD8200

Panasonic PT-AE3000U

BenQ W5000

The Dark Knight: Epson Home Cinema 6500UB, Optoma HD8200.

The HD8200, the Epson Home Cinema 6500UB (as you can see, the HD8200 image is a bit brighter, as would be expected, since it is about 6-7% brighter with similar lamp hours on the two projectors, but the Epson had about 250 hours on it (compared to about 20) on the HD8200, so the brightness difference is likely 10%: