The "Official" Optoma 3DXL Owner's thread

OK - just got my two 3DXL units today!!! And since I don't see an owner's thread yet, I figured now is as good a time as ANY!

I will post some pictures tonight!

This box can be used in a couple of different ways - in my case I'll be using TWO of them, to drive TWO separate 1080p projectors, using polarised filters and passive 3D glasses.

Other people will be using a single box to feed an existing 3D projector, such as DLP-Link, with other standards like 3D bluray.

Let's share all those experiences here.

OK - so the two units arrived yesterday (Thursday) in my office. Unfortunately I'm not in that office, due to an industry event, so I can't rip these puppies out of their boxes myself and get busy.

But I want to post some shots - so I asked and assistant to take both of them out of their boxes and lay then out together with all the stuff in the boxes, and get some nice shots so that I could share them with you here.

She's a sweet girl, but sometimes doesn't take direction literally enough - executionally challenged one might say.

Nonetheless, here are a few pics - they look a bit like taken from a galloping horse, but hopefully will do for now until I get the units in my grubby mitts

Reserved for more pics of the units that arrived yesterday!

According to my assistant, there were no glasses in the box.

This makes sense, as I hear that the SKU with the glasses is $100 more, and may be offered in Europe that way.

I was sure I had seen a listing on Amazon, but now I'm looking at both amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk and they have the message "click to be notified when this item is available".

So I'm feeling pretty special - it looks like Optoma was very gracious to release these two units to me for the Ultimate 3D thread, as it's a pretty exciting (at least to me! lol) implementation of the boxes, using the two JVC RS40 units.

If I *had* to speculate, I believe that they are right at the cusp of releasing en masse, but *perhaps* are waiting for one last firmware update, to enable 24p output for 3D Bluray left/right split streams. It may just be that they really want to make sure they work just right for all different user configs, so there is less confusion on release.

I was given the option of holding off on these two units, or upgrading them on-site when the update becomes available. Naturally, I chose the latter!

So fear not, I think they are about to hit the streets. There is at least one more poster here who I have spoken to that has received a 3DXL. He will be setting up and testing a DLP-Link projector with the box.

So between myself and him, you should have some good info by the time the boxes are shipping. I'm looking forward to getting these into my theater room with the RS40s!

Hang in there, I'll see if I can suss out any info this week. I think they are closer than that, tho.

Interesting.. seems to have very similar functional design to the Optoma 3DXL (ie 2 in and 1 out), but no mention of dual-projector mode or 1080p. Website only mentions 720p. And the "Estimated Street Price" of $299 could mean a similar list price to the 3DXL also.

I'll keep an eye on it, but my confidence is very high with the Optoma box, having talked this application through with them.

It's looking like this is going to be a hot little product space down the road.

The Right and Left channels on 3D Bluray are "multiplexed" into one data stream. The 3DXL boxes can "de-mux" them into separate streams for the left or right channel and send to an inidividual projector, such as in the Ultimate 3D project.

Lee was pointing out that it is not currently listed as a feature for the Viewsonic.

"ESP" in their press release refers to Estimated Street Price of $299.