![]() ![]() This can make the white parts of images seem significantly brighter but can also cause them to blow out, especially in HDR. At higher settings, the color brightness can get as low as 49% of white. You can check the throw range using the ProjectorCentral Optoma UHD50X Projection Calculator to see if it fits within your theater setup.ĭLP Brilliant Color is on board and defaults to a setting of 10 (on a scale of 1 to 10) on all display modes except Reference, which defaults to 1. The throw ratio ranges from 1.21-1.59:1 and the projector has the capability to project an image size up to 300 inches. Further digital zoom, image shift, and keystone adjustments can be found in the menu but as always these should be avoided when possible as they can degrade the image. The UHD50X has a 1.3x manual zoom, manual vertical lens shift, and manual focus. The ability to choose between Bright and ECO lamp mode is disabled when Dynamic Black is turned on. This mode adds some dimensionality to darker images and is recommended for movie watching, but there can be audible changes to the fan noise when the image switches between bright and dark scenes that can be distracting. With Dynamic Black on the contrast ratio is up to 500,000:1. The light source is a 240W traditional lamp that results in a published light output of 3,400 ANSI lumens and up to 15,000 hours of life in Dynamic Black mode, 10,000 hours in ECO mode, and 4,000 in Bright mode. Instead it uses the familiar 0.47-inch TI DLP470TE DMD chip with DLP's XPR technology, which recent UHD-resolution projectors in the sub-$2,000 price range use, with an 8-segment RGBWRGBW color wheel. There was some speculation online that the UHD50X would include the new Texas Instruments DLP471TE DMD chip, but that isn't the case as it looks like that chip is still in development. The Optoma also doesn't have any anti-tearing technology (AMD's FreeSync is the only one supported on the Xbox One), so there is the chance of screen tearing artifacts since the refresh rate of the UHD50X can't be locked to the frame rate of whatever the console is outputting. But the two HDMI ports on the UHD50X are 2.0 and 1.4, so 4K/120 will never be in the cards on this projector. (Right now the only way to do a high refresh rate at 4K is with two DisplayPort cables used at the same time for enough throughput.)Įxpectation is that the next-gen Microsoft and Sony consoles will come with HDMI 2.1 and support high refresh rates in 4K (probably 120Hz). So even if you have a computer powerful enough to run a game at the projector's full 4K resolution and high refresh rate-which takes a lot of power and, with current hardware costs, money-the projector will be limited to 60Hz. This limitation is imposed by the HDMI 2.0 spec and not unique to the UHD50X. ![]() In our 1080p/60 test, we measured 24.7ms so it's reasonable to assume the 120Hz and 240Hz numbers Optoma publishes are accurate.Īs stated, the image resolution for either 120Hz or 240Hz is limited to 1080p. Nonetheless, each increase in the refresh rate comes with a reduction in input lag. And right now, that's restricted only to the Xbox One. The 240Hz playback will only be accessible from a computer and at 1080p resolution, but that's not surprising considered that the maximum refresh rate supported by any console is 120Hz-also limited to 1080p. But before you start up your Xbox or PlayStation there's a bit to know first. FeaturesĮasily the most anticipated feature of the Optoma UHD50X is its high refresh rate that can be enabled by turning on Enhanced Gaming Mode. Are these benefits realized with the UHD50X? And is it just a gaming projector or will it serve well as a home theater projector as well? Let's take a look and find out. Now the Optoma UHD50X has taken it a step further as the "world's first 240Hz cinema gaming projector." The benefits of a high refresh rate display are two fold for gamers: a possible reduction of input lag and better motion smoothing. But in the past few years, there's been an influx of low-input-lag projectors aimed at those of us who game that are becoming viable alternatives to TVs. ![]() Projectors were generally burdened with painfully slow input lag that caused playing a game to be exceedingly frustrating. ![]() Input lag is suitably low for all but the pickiest of gamers and it performs well as a multipurpose home theater projector in ambient light and dark room environments.įor decades, anyone who considered themselves a gamer was limited to a panel display-in the form of either a television or a computer monitor. There’s a lot of wariness from gamers about using projectors for playing games due to input lag, but with the Optoma UHD50X they can assuage those fears. ![]()
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