Optoma UHD50X Cinema Gaming Projector Review- Summary

Optoma UHD50X Cinema Gaming Projector Review ​- ​Summary:​ ​The Competition, Highlights, Pros, Cons

The Optoma UHD50X is a True 4K projector (1920 x 1080) X4. This Cinema Gaming projector claimed 3,400 lumens of brightness – it slightly exceeded Optoma’s claim. It came in at a respectable 3,423 lumens in Bright mode when projecting at full wide-angle.

The projector is suitable for your living room, family room, media room, or bedroom, where there’s at least some control over ambient light. If you can fully darken your room, do, unless you’re okay with using Bright Mode. The UHD50X is a $1,599.99 DLP projector, designed for gaming and featuring a 15.7ms low-input lag and up to a 240Hz refresh rate when gaming with a high-end PC.

The Optoma UHD50X has a claimed input lag of just 15.7ms in Game mode. Unfortunately, we were unable to confirm this specification. However, when gaming, I did not notice any lag when I pressed a controller button to when the action was triggered on the screen. We will be updating this article once we can confirm the actual number. Typical acceptable lag times range from 16ms to 50ms, with 50ms or a little higher being acceptable to all but the most hardcore, high-speed gamers. If you are a serious gamer, you’ll want to turn on Enhanced Gaming before starting your gaming session to get anywhere near that 15.7ms input lag rating.

Next-Gen console gamers can take advantage of this projector’s 120Hz refresh rate at 1080P, and PC Gamers have the option of a refresh rate up to 240Hz. While I found the out-of-the-box colors on this projector oversaturated, they’re not your only choice. The UHD50X is capable of fantastic color accuracy with just a little tweaking.

The bottom line is that the Optoma UHD50X is a projector powerhouse offering you the ability to enjoy Cinema and Gaming content at high quality.

Although gaming projectors aren’t a new category, they’ve mainly been relegated to 720P and lower resolution. Recently, with advances in light source quality, low input lag, and a new generation of higher-resolution imagers, this is changing dramatically.

Competition from companies like BenQ, Epson, and even Optoma with models like the UHD30 gaming-focused projector will give the UHD50X some pressure as consumers do have choices in the growing category of gaming-focused projectors.

BenQ X1300i

While there are other smart projectors on the market, the X1300i stands out from the crowd focusing on elevating the quality of home entertainment content and blowing the doors off other projectors’ Game modes, including some of their own.

With its long-lasting, bright 4LED phosphor light source, high-contrast ratio, low-maintenance design, and dedicated Gaming and Entertainment sound and video treVolo-tuned Bongiovi Audio DPS technology, the X1300i would be an excellent choice for those of you considering buying an all-around entertainment projector.

The combination of focus on Gaming and Entertainment, including an excellent implementation of HDR and 3,000 lumens of LED-powered brightness, all packaged into an incredibly stylish form factor for a price of $1,299, makes the BenQ X1300i an excellent solution for your home entertainment needs and desires.

Optoma UHD30

The Optoma UHD30 is 100% identical to the UHD50X from a design point of view. One critical technological difference between these two projectors is that the UHD30 has a 1x zoom vs. the UHD50’s 1.3x zoom. Both projectors are excellent home cinema projectors. Both offer high refresh rates and low input lag. You will have to decide if the UHD50X is worth the $300 price difference (this is at MSRP) for a better lens that provides 1.3X zoom.