Features

UHD65

4K ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION HOME CINEMA PROJECTOR

• Native 4K UHD 3840x2160 2160p, bright 2200 lumens, and RGBRGB color wheel for vivid cinematic color.
• HDR10 produces the brightest whites, deepest blacks, and life-like color due to the REC.2020 wide color gamut and DCI-P3 color gamut coverage
• Dynamic Black delivers 1,200,000:1 contrast ratio for exceptional black levels
• HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2 deliver a full 18Gbps for the best 4K UHD video bandwidth, image quality and device compatibility
• Vertical Lens Shift and 1.6x zoom provide an intuitive and flexible installation
• UltraDetail allows fine adjustments to image clarity and sharpness resulting in a clear and highly detailed image
• PureMotion technology eliminates noise, motion blur, and judder in fast motion video, producing clear and consistently smooth images
• 2 x 4W stereo speakers and optical output to AV Receiver deliver crisp and sharp audio

4K UHD Resolution

With over eight million pixels, Ultra HD 4K resolution brings four times more detail than Full HD, to deliver sharper, life-like images and richer colors. Allowing you to sit closer to the screen and enjoy a more immersive experience.

The UHD65 projector also passed the qualification from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) definition of 4K Ultra HD resolution.

Full 8.3 million pixels display

Adopted Texas Instruments DLP 4K UHD chip and XPR technology to deliver full 8.3M pixel image on the screen, more than four times the resolution of 1080p.

Perfect pixel alignment

DLP 1-chip system is perfectly aligned compared to other non-DLP 4K projectors.

Great ANSI contrast

ANSI contrast is a key measurement of contrast for real viewing situations with both black and white content in the same scene or image. The UHD65 adopted DLP technology, which well-known for great ANSI contrast.

HDR compatible

Capable of receiving and displaying HDR meta data, the UHD65 allows you to see far more detail and texture. Objects look more solid and life like and the extra detail creates a greater sense of depth. It’s like looking through a window.

SDR to HDR conversion

Give your SDR content a second lease of life with SDR to HDR conversion. This unique feature lets you enjoy near-HDR content from any standard source – providing enhanced contrast, detail and colors to all SDR content.

Amazing Color - Rec. 709 coverage & Rec. 2020 compatible

UHD 65 is Rec.2020 compatible, and exceeds 100% Rec.709 colors, to let you watch movies, TV shows and play games with stunning colors in any environment. Optoma projectors provides you with reliable performance suitable for any content and environment. Our home projectors are capable of reproducing the Rec.709 color gamut, the international HDTV standard to guarantee accurate reproduction of cinematic color exactly as the director intended. Or more saturated colors for a punchy looking image, great for gaming and animated movies.

PureContrast

Automatically optimize the brightness of the display during dark / light movie scenes to be shown in incredible detail.

PureColor

Significantly increase the image’s vividness

PureMotion

Using sophisticated frame-interpolation technology, advanced motion control processing eliminates motion blurring or image judder, even in high-speed action sequences.

UltraDetail

This technology ensures all the information contained in an image is faithfully reproduced on the screen giving a stunning crystal clear, pin-sharp picture

Dynamic Black

Dynamic Black smoothly adjusts the lamp output automatically, based on the brightness information of each frame, to create a stunning contrast ratio. Bright scenes are crisp and clear, while dark scenes remain detailed with deep blacks which gives exceptional light and shade detail.

Ultimate Design – Precision Optics

The UHD65 projector has 1.6x zoom for ease of installation, and with 1.39~2.22 throw ratio that is suitable for living room or theater room settings.

Vertical lens shift

Simplify installation with vertical lens shift, which provides a wider range of projector placement possibilities. This makes it easier to position the projector in your room and enables a wider range of screen size options.

UHD65特仕版

4K UHD旗艦家庭劇院機

• 「Hand Pick」調校設定服務

• 採用德州儀器0.66”2160P 4K DMD晶片

• 全新一代XPR技術呈現完美鮮豔的830萬畫素

• Ultra Detail 極畫素顯像技術，畫質更順暢清晰

• 配備最新的高動態範圍HDR影像處理格式

• HDMI 2支援HDCP2.2 / MHL 2.1高畫質影像

專家嚴選調校 造就淬鍊精準色彩

「Hand Pick」調校設定是Optoma針對本特仕機型所提供的「獨有服務」，並打造特仕版本的「匠心之作」。由Optoma首席調色專家，優先篩選整體性能表現最突出的機型，並使用實驗室專業儀器比對投影畫面，以一系列嚴格的測試標準、個別精心調教出「劇院模式」及「HDR模式」兩組最佳參數，讓您的特仕版投影機，以同級最高規格享有超完美色彩效果。

4K UHD大畫面-三個關鍵成像要素

830萬像素完整呈現

採用TI德州儀器DLP 4K UHD 晶片及XPR 4K成像技術，能夠在畫面上擁有完整830萬的有效像素顯示，符合美國消費技術協會（CTA）對4K解析度至少800萬以上的有效像素顯示規範。

完美的像素對齊 

UHD65特仕版所搭載的DLP的單片式數位微型反射鏡元件(DMD)，能夠運行一致性的影像投影並且完美對齊，真實呈現精準的畫面細節!

超高ANSI對比度 

ANSI對比是在同一畫面或場景中，同時觀看黑（或暗場）與白（或亮場）色彩是否接近真實表現的關鍵測量標準。ANSI對比越高，表示在同一畫面或場景中，黑色(或暗場)的階調，較不易受到其周邊白色(或亮場)畫面的影響，可以顯示出應有的黑或白。在觀看4K UHD內容時，擁有超高ANSI對比度絕對是重要的一個環節，UHD65特仕版搭載的DLP技術可呈現超高ANSI對比度。

支援HDR高動態範圍

HDR（High Dynamic Range，高動態範圍）是指在顯示成像上具備更加寬廣、飽和的色彩範圍呈現、及更富層次的黑色調、與更明亮的白色調表現，能夠突顯畫面的色彩景深、細節與層次感。UHD65特仕版投影機支援HDR10，所呈現的畫面細節大幅超越SDR，讓觀看者欣賞到更多的明亮與暗部細節、與更飽和豐富的色彩呈現，效果較SDR更接近原始拍攝的真實狀態(細節/色彩)。

Amazing Color 色輪強化技術

4K旗艦家庭劇院投影機UHD65特仕版，色輪採用sRGB鍍膜技術，擁有相容Rec.2020及超越100%Rec.709(HDTV)的絕佳色彩表現，能更精準將真實顏色完美呈現；同時擁有更優異的抗光害能力，即使在明亮的使用環境下，細節及顏色不受光害折損，畫面表現仍然生動鮮活!

獨家Pure Engine功能

PureContrast

自動偵測影片場景，並智慧運算、自動調整局部畫面的亮暗程度，營造更多場景立體感和明暗對比。

PureColor   

針對各種不同訊號，增強R.G.B及中間色調的亮度與彩度，色彩呈現更趨近真實效果。

PureMotion  

運用超高速的演算技術，針對24fps的影片以智慧差補畫面方式，提升畫面流暢度，解決影片播放頓挫感。

Ultra Detail 極畫素顯像技術

UHD65特仕版擬真超高畫質視覺效果，搭載Ultra Detail 極畫素顯像技術，在藍光影片每秒24格影像中，依據每格畫面特性與不同時間軸的前後場景進行分析，演算出全新36格1080P畫面，與原生24格影像組合成全新的60格/Sec動態影像，創造出每秒「124 Mega Pixel極畫素」。

Dynamic Black智慧動態光圈

「Dynamic Black」智慧動態光圈，精準控制燈泡光輸出功率並自動調節影像黑階場景變化，不需機械光圈輔助，真實重現影像黑階之美更將影像動態對比大幅提升到1,200,000:1驚人數值。

精密光學鏡頭設計

搭載1.6×變焦鏡頭、1.39~2.22：1的投射比，提供更彈性的投影距離安裝設定，享受魄力滿點的4K大畫面。

垂直鏡頭位移

UHD65特仕版具有+15%垂直鏡頭位移功能，可在不影響畫面完整度的前提下，移動整個畫面增加安裝靈活度，架設安裝更簡便!

一體式環場音效揚聲器

透過與光機架構分離、獨立揚聲空間設計的兩個4瓦環場音效喇叭，確保能夠在不干擾投影表現的同時，提供震撼人心、如臨現場的環場音效體驗。

ISF專家調整模式

內建由影像科學學會〈ISF〉製訂的ISF功能，可透過ISF的認證工程師調整出最適合您觀賞環境的影像；根據您室內的佈局、環境光等，調校出最佳化的影像表現。

UHD65 Specification

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Optoma UHD65 review By WHAT HI-FI

Optoma has produced a sophisticated 4K HDR projector at a competitive price

Our Verdict 

A sophisticated 4K HDR projector at a very competitive price

For Good

Impressive level of detail

Good range of colours

Handles movement nicely

Upscales HD and SD films well

Against 

Dark scenes could be more detailed

SDR to HDR conversion best avoided

Reviewed on 29th September 2017

Two technologies have become vital for getting the most out of the latest movies and TV shows – 4K resolution, and High Dynamic Range (HDR).

But while there’s an increasing number of 4K HDR Blu-rays on the market, and similar content is widely available via streaming, getting compatible projectors – without venturing in to ‘money-no-object’ territory – is a wee bit more challenging.

Optoma’s latest projector, the UHD65, is up for that challenge. Even more impressively, it manages to pull it off - and in some style.

Features

Giving the UHD65 its 4K capability is one of Texas Instruments’ DLP chips with XPR technology. This chip isn’t native 4K, but rather has a resolution of 4.15m pixels – half that of Ultra HD.

However, through a form of pixel shifting, which rapidly fires two lower-resolution images at the screen, it produces a 4K image – or at least a picture manufacturers can claim to be 4K.

Alongside that, the projector can handle HDR, providing you with more subtlety in colours gradients than ‘normal’ Blu-rays.

While the other HDR formats – like Dolby Vision, or HLG 
(Hybird Log-Gamma for broadcast content – aren’t supported by this projector, it’s still a reasonables spec list.

Optoma has also added in a ‘SDR [Standard Dynamic Range] to HDR’ conversion setting it says provides enhanced contrast, detail and colours to SDR Blu-rays.

However, with this setting enabled the image looks overcooked - and any increase in detail is difficult to make out. As such, we wouldn’t recommend using it.

There are two HDMI ports on the back of the UHD65 – one is HDCP2.2-compatible, so will support 4K HDR content – and two VGA connections (for computers), an ethernet port, a USB for powering streaming sticks, and an array of other connections that can control the projector through a home network and make it simple for custom installers to, well, install. 

You also get a couple of audio ports, including a 3.5mm analogue and digital optical.

The Optoma has two 4-watt speakers, but for a rather more enjoyable sound experience we would recommend pairing it with a good sound system. Sound is half of the home cinema experience, after all.

Setting up the UHD65 is straightforward. Its backlit remote is easy to use, with dedicated buttons for user configurations and quick access to the projector’s sources.

Our one criticism is there are too many buttons, in fact. The ‘3D’ and ‘Keystone’ buttons are useless to this projector, which is a little annoying.

Build

The UHD65 is smaller than you might expect for a 4K HDR projector, measuring around 50cm wide and around 30cm deep. The throw ratio comes out at 2.22:1, and the projector has a claimed 1,200,000:1 contrast ratio with 2200 lumens coming from its bulb.

Zooming and focusing the lens is all manual, and you access the controls for these by popping open on a flap on the top of the projector.

It’s not a particularly elegant design but, once installed, it’s unlikely to bother you again.

Peformance

We dim the lights and set up the projector using a THX Optimizer disc and our  Panasonic DMP-UB900  Blu-ray player.

After making the usual adjustments regarding brightness and contrast so it looks its best in our room, we dive into the more advanced settings.

We move the sharpness up a couple of degrees to get the crispest detail out of the UHD65, and turn off the PureContrast, PureColour and UltraDetail settings.

We find the first two make the picture too intense, while UltraDetail brings unnatural sharpness and loses some of the nuance in the process.

We put PureMotion onto its lowest setting, though, to make movements a little smoother without looking unnaturally processed.

It’s also worth noting that, despite the UHD65 having a Rec.709 colour gamut, Optoma claims the HDR display mode preset actually has a wider colour range than that available on its other settings.

Consequently you’ll want to put it into that mode when watching HDR content ,while changing to its Reference mode (or a custom User setting) for SDR viewing. It’s a shame that the UHD65 doesn’t do that automatically.

Once set up, the UHD65 has an impressive handling of colour - and really comes into its own during bright scenes.

Play Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 and the colourful red and green foliage of Ego’s planet (or Ego himself) pops nicely against the pastel landscape, but still contrasts well against the bright blue-white tendrils of light that catch our heroes’ ship as they land.

The difference between Ego and Starlord’s skin-tones and the backdrop of the alien world is carefully balanced, the UHD65 managing to look natural while capturing the vibrancy of the new planet.

There’s a good range of hues to Gamora’s green skin and Drax’s purple/red muscles too. It doesn’t skimp on detail either, providing an insightful rendition of Starlord’s hair and the glimmer of cosmic lights in his eyes as Ego tries to brainwash him at the climax of the film.

During their final fight scene, lobbing huge rocks at each other or crushing other characters into the dirt, the UHD65 captures the craggy textures and the granularity of earth with precision.

As hero and villain fly around the planet’s core, the projector manages to keep up with the rapid movement with surprisingly few alarms.

There is occasionally a small amount of noise in some areas, which is a touch distracting - though hardly enough to be a dealbreaker.

Compared to some more expensive 4K HDR projectors we've seen, the UHD65 doesn’t extract quite as much detail in dimly lit scenes.

It has difficulty making out the fabric of Yondu’s jacket or the minor details in the darker areas of the shot. But we haven’t seen another projector perform this well at this price before.

Changing to a Full HD Blu-ray of Pacific Rim, we’re pleased to see the same characteristics. While there’s an expected drop in the range and richness of colours, the UHD65 still provides an enjoyable and insightful image.

If you have a collection of DVDs the UHD65 will upscale it adequately, too. There’s significantly less noise on The Truman Show from this projector than we’ve seen from similarly-priced competitors - the image is perfectly watchable.

Verdict

Considering our current favourite projector at this price point, the Sony VPL-HW65ES, is neither 4K- nor HDR-compatible, those looking for a top-notch projector should give the Optoma UHD65 serious consideration.

It may not have all the bells and whistles of a high-end 4K projector, but it is future-proof and should keep you happy for years. At this price, the Optoma looks the one to beat.