OptomaGT3500HDR 1080p Full HD Home Laser Projector

I really love this projector. It took some adjusting of colors and brightness. I found a good scene that was bright and showed a sky in the background and adjusted until i had good color and brightness untill the whites were not washed out and i could see the clouds properly. Definitely took some tweaking. But the picture is great. In bright mode i dont hear the fan and its only about 12 feet from my couch. I cant stress this enough but use an ambient light reflecting screen. Its important. The screen is meant for only receiving light from below. So it shows the projector light but doesnt get washed out by the room lights. I have three large windows in this room and watch during the day with lights on and blinds open and can see the picture just fine. Of course it washes out a tad. But its very watchable. In the pictures added i show no lights on and my recessed lights on full. The color washes a tad but it looks great. If you take the time to adjust color, brightness, contrast and other settings to make it look right. You will not be disappointed. I am using a 100 inch screen and the projector only sits about a foot from the wall. I also use an apple tv for all my apps. I don't think the out of the box apps and connectivity is all that great. To get the best performance and apps, use a different streaming device. Fire tv or something. I also use a bose sound system. I have never used the speaker built in. If you plan on using a projector, you should use a receiver and external speakers and streaming device. Its going to give you the best sound and use of any apps you might want. The color and brightness are the best i have seen for the price sub 4k video quality of any projector i havr ever had. And i have had many. My old epson was very close, but was a ceiling mounted projector and i hate casting shadows on the screen. Adjustment to the screen is very usable. You have lots of options to get the picture correct and you can use screen shift if you need to use the projector at an angle. I do plan on upgrading to a 4k if i can find something for the right price that has this level of brightness. Dont hesitate to buy this projector. If all else fails, you have prime return. I hope this review helps you.

First, I'd like to point out that before ordering the Gt5600, I had tried out the CinemaX P1 4k UST. The CinemaX had much better picture quality (being 4k), better color and was way brighter. Though I returned the CinemaX because it has a lot of problems with input lag on the laser unit, which is pretty much not a thing on bulb projectors. Not only did the lag affect input for gaming, but also audio synchronization between the built-in speaker and external receiver/speakers on that 4k unit.The GT5600 has very low input lag, I just plug my PS4 into my receiver then to the projector and don't notice any issues. It just works and that's important. There is a little useless speaker built in which I just mute - there is no reason to build a speaker into a projector when most people buying a projector should have a proper surround sound system already.The unit is bright enough to view content in the day time, though its definitely not great in day time and hard to see dark scenes with low contrast. I'm very happy compared to my previous HD20 projector which was not even usable in the day.There are a few issues I'd like to mention as to why I docked a star. First, for all UST projectors it seems, you will need to invest in a pro screen because projecting onto a wall results in wavy/distorted image - this problem is really visible with USTs, where as the previous long throw projector had no such issues. Its not something wrong with the unit, but it should be noted as a requirement.Second, there is infrequent 'flashes' from the bulb when watching in Eco mode. I researched this and many others also experience the same thing with this unit. Sources say to run it on bright mode for a few months to fix it, which is sad because the fan is loud in bright mode. The fan is very quiet and not noticeable in eco mode.

It’s true HD 1080P , setup was easy. Everything works, plays blu-rays in great detail, even streaming services look great, has an aux jack out for sound to a surround system if your crazy audio specific about your sound, otherwise it has an onboard speaker. Overall a great investment. Even plays 3D movies with a pair of DLP link Glasses, just make sure you have a 3D Blu ray media and a blu ray player that can play 3D.did not have the white around the LCD , that some complain about, where your picture on the wall ends and there would be slivers if light escaping around from how the LCD screen was installed in front of the lamp.I’ve used it with a Mac, a PC, Apple TV, Google Chromcast, it just works. Do not expect a 4K picture from a 1080p device, cause 4K is like 4 1080p devices stacked around each other.You can use a silver screen to improve screen image, but a smooth regular white wall looks amazing too!I can have lights on in the room and it not affect the image, stays bright and crisp. But once you turn the lights off, the images get deeper and brighter.If your looking for a large screen, but don’t want a Large TV, than I would totally suggest this.