Optoma HD8600 - Page 8

Originally Posted by guitarman

That info might be in my review thread. I think for HDMI I just used the film choice and whatever the stock gamut choice was. D9 was weird it will probably end up being a cult film like Army of Darkness.

Originally Posted by Alpha10

Cheers Tom, I will go back and have a re-read. I think it is time I bit the bullet and bought a simple calibration tool. I would say though at the moment I am disinclined as the performance of the HD86 pretty much OTB is still amazing me everytime I put a film on

Originally Posted by bezlar

Thats where I'm at. I have set a calibration but it looks so good out of the box I'm leaning towards canceling it. We watched std def version of crown affair last night and it looked as good as some of my blueray's. This projector is amazing.

Originally Posted by Alpha10

Do you let the projector do the scaling? I haven't tried that yet. My Onkyo 905 amp does the scaling at the moment and just sends everything 1080p, just been so happy with the picture I haven't bothered playing around, maybe I should give the HD86 a chance?

Cheers

Originally Posted by scottyb

Ok I need to fess up. I bought one of these but didn't want to post because of the negative comments about Optoma.
this is by far the best projector we've had in our theater.
We had the 8200 and could see the iris at times, not so on the 8600.
We run an AT screen and watched numerous movies and couldn't be happier.
I have been spending less time here at AVS(sorry) because we are so happy with our projector, I feel I don't have as much to read about.
Any questions you can PM me or post here, but this is some of the best $$ I've spent on a projector and I've had upgradeitis for quite a number of years.

Scott

Originally Posted by scottyb

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I have been spending less time here at AVS(sorry) because we are so happy with our projector, I feel I don't have as much to read about.

Any questions you can PM me or post here, but this is some of the best $$ I've spent on a projector and I've had upgradeitis for quite a number of years.

Scott

Originally Posted by LilGator

Can someone in this thread explain to me the advantages this has over the BenQ W6000? I've tried to get specifics in that thread, and am not getting any.

With the W6K being significantly cheaper, what is the draw to the HD8600?

From what I'm reading both are high ANSI/sharpness (though both 0.65" DMD), but have low native contrast and use an aggressive DI, while still not producing blacks that compete with LCD/LCoS.

What am I missing here? The only real downside to the W6K is black level and contrast in dark scenes. From what I understand, the HD8600 has the same weak spot, correct?

Originally Posted by rjyap

I believe higher ANSI contrast for HD86 which contribute to more pop to the pq.

Originally Posted by guitarman

Thanks Scott, this is wierd these new projectors are a new top level of DLP PJ's. I've tried to explain the new level of video quality, it's basically ten fold in image quality really in your face quality. Like I said like seeing your first Sony Trinitron. Everything looks so great you can see it's such a big jump over what we've had.
How's this I watch most all my movies in Dynamic black II and see no problem, just superb video.

Glad your in the group, enjoy the best forget the rest.

Originally Posted by LilGator

Pop the W6K has plenty of, I'm not worried about that- the ANSI difference between the two should be negligible, and both better than LCD/LCoS.

It's the dark scenes, native on/off that I'm curious about. Does the HD8600 do this better?

Originally Posted by bukiwhitey

Will this projector be bright enough for a 12ft by 5 ft Stewart Studiotek 130 screen in a light controlled room?

After calibration.

Originally Posted by bgosselin

Maybe you are a little be too enthusiastic here.

It's a great machine but I still think the planar gave a better image. I wish it as a better dynamic onff. I don't think it's that much better than my Sharp XV-Z20000 when the iris is at cinema 1. And the Sharp was made in 2006. It was known for it's good ANSI. The black of the Optoma are better with the iris at cinema 2 but then you see it move at times.

I think it's overall better than my JVC RS20. The JVC has better onff but motion is very bad compare to the Optoma. The Optoma has more pop even with a gamma of 2.4 on the JVC.

I would like to see the Sony VPL-VW85 it's seem like a well balance projector.

Originally Posted by rjyap

Wait until I fully calibrate my W6000 and I'll give you an objective view. My initial assessment is W6000 had less pop than HD82 (which I view both projector in my ht room) and HD86 is known to have better pop than HD82. Again, HD82 is calibrated and W6000 I only adjusted brightness and contrast only. The rest of the settings I use gamma 2.2, warm temperature, DI on, BC off. rs10 is flat compare to DLP projector I view (in another word, lack of excitement in the picture).

Originally Posted by rjyap

Did you try to switch to other input then back to HDMI1?

Originally Posted by shaggy244

I would be MOST appreciative if you all could lend me some advice. We are currently remodeling the media room to switch from using a 65" Pioneer Elite pro-730hdi to an as yet undecided projector. The ceilings are 9' and will be using a Chief SL-150 projector lift which will be mounted flush into the ceiling. The ceiling is white and the walls are beige. Room dimensions are ~ 16'4"X21'. Screen will be placed one of the 16 sides. Light control will be perfect. Content will be almost exclusively blu-ray with the occasional comcast HD movie rental. I am considering a DLP projector (Optoma 8600, sim2 D80e, marantz 15s2. I also cannot decide on the best screen size, although I realize it will probably have a Hc grey screen and be between 96 and 106". Projector/screen recommendation would be greatly appreciated. I also realize that regardless of which combo I decide upon, placement will be tricky, as most of the DLP projectors are not very horizontally forgiving.
The contractors have completed repositioning the speakers and remodeling the component rack. They are REALLY pressing me for a decision ASAP. Again, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
One last question, would $6000 for a Sim2 D80E with less than 100hrs of use be a good deal?. Also, it seems that while the Sim2 and Marantz models might be better quality units, the models are almost two years older than the Optoma. I found the Optoma online for $4485.