New Optoma HD33 HD3300 1080p 3D Projector Review - Page 8

Does the digital shift have any effect on the image like keystone adjustments?

Should this thread name add the HD3300 in it?

AVS, has pricing been settled yet for the HD3300?

A review of the HD33 is up at projector central.

http://www.projectorcentral.com/opto...tor_review.htm

Good solid review and high marks. He also confirmed Guitarman's statement of a 6X color wheel when measured at 60Hz....making it the cheapest 1080p projector to ever have such a speed I believe.

"Color wheel. With a 3x-speed, 6-segment RGBRGB color wheel, the HD33 waves a fond farewell to the rainbow effect. Here's where it gets tricky: the HD33 has a refresh rate of 120Hz and the color wheel goes through three full cycles per frame, for a 3x refresh rate. If this projector were running at 60Hz, the same wheel speed would be referred to as 6x. If you see both numbers around the Internet, this is why. This wheel configuration should eliminate color separation artifacts for all but the most hypersensitive viewers. In fact, this paragraph was almost omitted from the review because, after not seeing any rainbows over several days of testing, I forgot that they were even a concern."

Sounds like the contrast is better than the HD20. Same black level but brighter, so that means higher contrast ratio. With an ND2 filter, should look good if using a smaller screen/high gain for 2d. For 3d probably want all the lumens you can get.

It says: "The HD33 comes with the emitter and one pair of glasses, and additional pairs cost less than $100."

Is that true ? you get a free pair of glasses for $1500 projector ?

Hope this is true cause I am all over it as soon as it becomes available. Seems like an awesome value.

atabea

What's pai?

Just joking. Probably a misprint. It's already a great deal without the glasses. Of course who doesn't want more!

Didn't know about this. So just $100 to get 2 pairs. That makes it easier to go with RF rather than get a IR or DLP Link.

I think each additional pair is $99.

Guitarman,

In your screen shots, I noticed a small white speck on the left side of the image, near the bottom. This speck is in all of your shots...what is that? Take a look at the pic of the boy pointing and you can see the spec clearly in the left brown tent.

I am considering placing a pre-order with AVS tomorrow for a HD3300, but I can afford the HD8300...I guess Im just having a hard time justifying the increased price difference. I am thinking for my first projector, the HD3300 will make me very happy...and I can always upgrade later. Would be an easier decision if there was a review/screen shots of the HD8300 some where. Then I could see what I would be missing...lol.

Guitarman glad to hear the cable works for you . Im getting the same setup.
I currently own a HD65 is the throwing distance and projector screen to height
same as the HD65. I want to make sure that it will work before I order the HD3300

Thanks

Hmmm - so $200 for RF glasses vs $100 for DLP Link.

I am also torn between the two. As much as I was pleasantly surprised by the high quality experience I had with Optoma DLP-link, there is one caveats worth mentioning....once in a while when the movie starts the left and right images were swapped and I had to go deep into the HD66 projector's menu to swap it back....although this is not a showstopper, its a minor annoyance especially with the HD66 remote which is badly designed with crammed buttons and not backlit. It seems this may be a non-issue with HD33 as I see a R/L button on the remote screen shot which is much easier to access.

Guitarman could you please confirm this from the manual ?

also i am just too curious to try out the RF glasses for the praise people heap on them !

Just to let you guys know, we will be selling the HD3300. The 3300 comes with a 3 yr. warranty with Optoma's Express service and 2 yr. on the lamp. The 33 only comes with 1 yr. limited parts and labor, 90 days on the lamp. There are a few other differences like black case for the 3300, but the warranty is the main difference.

Can you confirm that the vertical shift moves picture up and down please

those glasses should be at least $100 each, they are bit cauldron glasses also marketed as the Monster Vision 3D glasses. I have tried several DLP link glasses but prefer the RF glasses so for me it's worth the extra $$.

The RF glasses are the upper right hand corner. Notice the tint is considerably different than the NVidia 3D vision, Xpand 103 or brand new Sony TDG-PJ1.

As much as I like these glasses, I think they are the most fragile. I broke my first pair just by folding the arms (lens cracked) so I dare not give these to visitors or kids who will handle them like the theater glasses. The Xpand 103's are built like a tank by comparison.

R/L is to change the 3D mode - not for sync-invert.


BTW, the manual is on the Optoma site and also linked somewhere in this thread.

I'm assuming there's a standard to follow for RF 3D Glasses. Is there something to look for if we're shopping for non Optoma RF glasses? Like will NVidia's glasses work?

thanks for this very useful photo. Could you name which is which ?

Thanks for clarifying guitarman....so what happens to the unit you reviewed ? do you get to keep it ?

Darn ! I looked up the manual and its very weird that they mapped every possible option onto the remote (some are very useless) but the 3D Sync Invert which is buried under menus. Time to reconsider RF glasses...too bad they get a bit too expensive if the no of family members increase !