Optoma HD27HDR 1080p 4K HDR Ready Home Theater Projector for Gaming and Movies, 120Hz Support and HDMI 2.0

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I was leaning towards my next TV being UHD/4K, in the 70-90" range, but every time I looked around at the HDR/Dolby vision capable ones, OLEDs from LG, SUHD from Samsung and Sony models, I suffered severe sticker shock at the $2000-$7000+ prices! Then I got to thinking what the movie theater experience is really about, and that is presence/size! The theater is an experience because of the larger than life size with great sound and clear picture. That returned my thinking to front projection screens on 100 inches or more! While the UHD/4k/HDR flat panel TVs will give you the best contrast, blacks and detail, for the price, they will never offer the same return on investment as this Optoma HD27 on my 120" screen that I ended up going with! This isnt my first projector. I had one of the earlier 720P Panasonic 3-LCD projectors about 10 years ago (2006), which at the time, was one of the most popular home theater projectors, going for $1500-$2000 range. The contrast ratio of that coveted model was only about 5500! Now we have these 1080P DLP models with 25,000 contrast ratios at amazing low prices! Coming from that previous projector to this one, the higher 1080P resolution, colors, and contrast ratio is more than enough to keep me happy. Unless you are sitting less than 6 feet from the screen, you wont miss the detail that a 4K version offers. My previous TV purchase was in 2009 for a Samsung 1080P Plasma flat screen. At that time, plasmas offered the best image quality, color, and contrast ratios. I spent a lot of time researching then as I did now, but spent less than half what I did on that still amazing plasma screen (still in use in my gaming room). $1400 then for 50 inches, vs $599 now for 120"?! No contest. And the 400% bigger screen offers more perceived detail because of how much more field of vision is movie screen than before, with comparable looking contrast and dark scene detail. Out of the box, I set my picture mode to Reference, which looked more accurate, less warm than Cinema. I also set the Lamp mode to Eco, for longer lamp life, and better blacks. I tried the Dynamic Black mode, but thought it was too bright for my room haha! I used the Test Grids in the menu to center the image on my screen and dial in the focus. The Magenta Grid is easiest on your eyes for focusing. Weve now racked up over 60 hours with many blurays and Xbox 360 gaming sessions and are continually stunned at the quality for the price of entry! We keep commenting on how glad we are that we went for the BIG movie experience at 120 inches with this amazingly affordable and quality projector, instead of a much costlier UHD-4K tv offering at nearly 1/4 the screen area/size. Now, when I play 4-way split screen multiplayer with my kids on our gaming consoles, each of us enjoy a 60 inch screen to ourselves! A 70 inch TV would only give us each a meager 35 inches... The 8,000 hour lamp life on Eco mode is great for confidence that you can watch casual TV, movies, and gaming without increasing your operating cost by much. Even if you used this projector 3 hours per day, thats still 7+ years of bulb life! Also, not being 3-LCD chip, there are no filters to clean, so less time trying to remember to climb up to the projector, carefully remove the filter, clean it, and reinsert... The only "con" I will mention is that yes, this DLP chip has a white section, which means whites can be much brighter than colored portions. If you get picky and pay attention, it may bother you. On the other hand, it does give the perception of even higher contrast ratios... For an affordable ceiling mount, I went with this low profile mount: STR-MOUNTSB Silver Ticket Products LCD/DLP Low Profile Universal Projector Mount (3" Low Profile) I also bought a 120" screen here that Im not so thrilled about (see review there): Elite Screens Manual, 120-inch 16:9, Pull Down Projection Manual Projector Screen with Auto Lock, M120UWH2 So enough of my babbling, take a look at my pics for the real confirmation that this Optoma HD27 will make most theater enthusiasts happy!

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My family & I have been using an HD projector & a 100" screen as our TV for a number of years. This is our 3rd projector. I bought the HD27 to replace a much higher priced Epson 6100 3LCD projector that tended to eat bulbs every 6-12 months (no bulb ever reached its advertised life expectancy). The Epsons picture was sharp but was also very dim, even set to its brightest. When the auto iris finally died we were left with the decision of spending a minimum $325 to ship the unit off to have it fixed, or spending under $600 for a new Optoma. More of a concern than price however, was the fact that our old projector was mounted to the ceiling much further away from the screen than the Optoma specs allowed for a 100" image. We really didnt want to have to relocate the mount and repair the ceiling in the old location, so we were somewhat hesitant. Finally we decided that it was worth it in order to do away with the old bulb eater. Boy am I glad we chose the Optoma. In a nutshell, this projector is outstanding. At 3200 lumens, the picture is incredibly bright even with all of the lights on & the window blinds open on a sunny day! The colors are stunning & the image is very sharp as well. We were even able to mount the Optoma projector in the original location, over 13 away from the Screen. Despite what the documentation & the customer service rep stated, you can get a great 100" picture from that far away. All you have to do is enter the menu & use the zoom feature (ours is set to -3). Eventually we will mount the unit in the recommended location, however its working perfectly fine until then. The projector is also very quite & the 3d works great with active DLP link glasses. If youre skeptical about the inexpensive price tag and concerned about the quality, dont be. This is a fantastic projector at any price! Cheers!

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Long time reader, first time reviewer. I’ve owned a couple lower-end Optoma HD projectors over the last decade and always wished for a price comparable 90" flat screen TV (Because... Light). When viewing HDR content on this projector I just dont feel the same longing. Netflix, VUDU and XBoxX games offer content to take full advantage of the HDR . The contrast and black levels are on par with the LED TVs we’ve got around the house. Amazing! For non-HDR stuff the brightness and the picture quality still make it a worthy upgrade from my HD66. My ceiling mount throw distance is 10’ and it will do 90” when wide open which is fine for me as my screen is only 92”. Can’t say that I’ve noticed, or even quite sure I’ve taken advantage of, the 16ms gaming lag claim. I’m not that gud where it’s going to help me from getting killed by 11 year olds anyway. Even after research, I was still afraid that the 25’ HDMI cables I have running through the walls would have to be replaced. Usage proved that “High Speed” 1.4 cables handle the 4K signal and HDR just fine. XBOX USERS NOTE: Switching to 4K in the Xbox settings will appear not to work and revert. No worries, it’s just that the projector doesn’t get around to showing the picture again in enough time. Just memorize where the “OK” button is on the screen and select it from memory while the Optoma waits to sync . Trust me. EDIT: If every piece of equipment in your setup chain is not HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2 compliant, you wont get 4K signal and no HDR. Pros: • Amazing HDR • Bright enough in twice the amount of ambient light as my HD66 • 4K down sampling is still a noticeable improvement in picture Cons: • Sometimes must switch in and out of HDR manually, keep remote handy • Fans a tad noisy on full blast Dynamic settings but not crazy loud • Custom user settings - would prefer that U1,2,3 buttons on top of remote could be mapped to select programmed user presets instead of just mappable to bring up one individual setting like brightness, contrast, etc. <-this is the WTF moment, 5th star killer for me /hth

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Update: 92 days (2 days past the lamp warranty) the lamp goes out and the projector shuts off. I managed to turn it back on (although the bulb seems much more dim now) and check the menu for lamp life information only to discover I have on 116 hrs of Eco lamp life. And 0 hrs of brightness. With it being set at Eco 100% of the time There is no way I managed to use 8000 lamp hours in 3 months. It only comes on once a week for a max of two hours. And some weeks it doesnt come on at all. They know how to stick it to you. I guess if I have to replace the $179-295 bulb every 3 months it will be much more costly than the most expensive projector or big screen tv in the long run. Ehhh..,not sure this was the best choice. Highly disappointed! The picture quality of course has diminished slightly because the dimness of the bulb. But hey, you get what you pay for and I guess I should have paid for a more expensive projector with a better quality bulb life. this is my first projector. Maybe someone can tell me if this is normal for this projectors bulb life Even though the specs reading 8000 hours. choosing a projector from the many choices on the market took some time. But yesterday I finally decided on this one and so far Im glad I did. Just received it today. It took less than 10 mins to setup, including connecting all devices, without reading the manual. I dont have a screen for indoors, so this is it being displayed on a dark wall. So I can only imagine how bright it would be on a screen. It really impressed all of us. I connected a laptop, roku, a speaker successfully.m

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Although the initial quality of the projector seemed good, the unit experienced lamp failure issues (not a burnt out lamp). The unit would occasionally work. Other times, the unit would fail to start up instead falling back to a lamp failure message. My unit was 35 days in age. It was treated like a newborn baby ever since it has been received. I believe this Optoma suffers from quality issues. I sent an email to the service department, I have yet to ever receive a response. I instead opted to return the device to Amazon. Amazon was great! Dont waste your time with this company. Their customer service stinks.

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We are new to the whole DLP Home Theater Projector, so we didnt really know what to expect when we got this. We read many reviews and watched many demos on Youtube, but we knew that those videos usually do not give an accurate representation of the image quality of this projector. We set up our DIY home theater in our basement. We bought the Yamaha NS-SP1800BL 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker Set and the Yamaha RX-V379BL 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with Bluetooth with this projector and boy, we are loving the theater experience, and we spent only a little over $1,000. We mounted this projector on the ceiling, about 14 feet away, and we got about 120 inches of screen size. It is so lightweight that you will not worry about it falling off the ceiling. You have to try to attach it to the stud, of course. The first time we turned it on, we noticed that the screen was very blurry. I thought there was a setting that I was forgetting, but silly me, making the screen sharp is just as easy as adjusting the dial on the lens itself. Its like on a DSLR camera where you adjust the focus when you twist the lens. Boom! The picture was very clear! We attached the sound receiver to one of the HDMI ports, then attached all of our peripherals (roku, xbox, blueray, etc...) onto the receiver. Some people are complaining about the fan noise, but you will only hear it before any movie comes on. Once the movie starts playing, you wont hear it at all. Weve only owned it for four months, so I will update this review in a few more months, perhaps with a video.

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Phenomenal projector! Very bright and does well in ambient light. Picture is crystal clear. Colors are rich and deep. Fan is pretty quiet, not noticeable at all. Getting about 93inch throw from 10.5 feet away...one more foot and I would be able to fill the full 100 inch screen I have. The only con is that there is no horizontal keystone adjustment for projecting at angles, but vertical keystone is great! No blurring around the edges. 1080p streaming looks like 4K! HDR is awesome with my ps4! And input lag is lightning fast, with no noticeable lag when gaming. Even in eco mode, the brightness is more than enough...even WITH ambient light. Can’t go wrong for less than $650, this is a steal! 02/02/2019 Just tried God of War in HDR and the picture is crystal clear! Detail is amazing! BUY THIS PROJECTOR!!!!

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Optoma HD27. Amazing picture. We decided against a screen and just viewed on the wall, there was a little glare with bright white images from the bulb, mostly due to having a satin wall paint. Other than brief images of glare from the lamp, the image and picture was amazing! However, as far as long term quality of product, that is still to be determined. After about 10 hrs of use, we have a lamp error. Basically, it stopped producing an image. I downloaded the manual and did what troubleshooting I could before I called tech support. They were very helpful and provided some additional troubleshooting steps but eventually had to mail it back for a replacement projector. It has been a week since they received my projector and I am still waiting for them to ship the replacement.

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Ive had this unit less than 90 days and already having issues with very loud intermittent fan noise. Even before this issue started, the fan noise was noticeable enough to be distracting even with the projector mounted about 7 feet away. Hopefully its just this unit, but would not recommend otherwise.

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I picked an HD27HDR to replace an older HD26 that I had been using. The one that I received does not have any issues with color wheel noise, but it also only has a single HDR setting unlike what Optima said they were going to do. Not sure how to get a new firmware update as it is not listed on the Optoma website. Brightness is better than the HD26, but that might have something to do with the number of hours I have on the lamp. That said, the HD27HDR is an improvement over the HD26 (which is very similar to the HD14x) in all ways. In 1080p SDR mode, the colors are deeper, the contrast is better, and I don’t get the pumping that I was seeing with the HD26. There is still a bit of banding evident, but much less than before. Also, rainbow effect is much less - I used to notice it once in a while on the HD26, but have not picked it up once on the new projector. I found the ‘gray’ screen setting useful to help with making the picture optimized for my 100” ALR screen. I have significant ambient light in my living room with off access open windows pretty much all day. Night time viewing allows the color/contrast to really shine, and I am tempted to black out everything just to get that performance all the time. I have had minimal chance to do much viewing in HDR. I have played a few games through my PS4 pro on it. Lag is unnoticeable, and HDR mode makes the colors/contrast even better in AC Odyssey. Even For Honor looks great in 4K SDR mode (doesn’t support HDR) as compared to 1080p. The projector automatically switches to HDR mode when detected. In my case, that is when a game starts up. There is about a 10 second delay as it resyncs, but other than that, it works perfectly. I did notice that I had some sync issues with a couple of my 4K certified 35’ HDMI cables, but switched to a different brand (40’) and it works just fine. The ‘bad’ cables work just fine in 1080p mode, but for some reason, won’t sync (BSOD) when switching to 4k (with or without HDR). I have visited various stores in the area, and, in my opinion, you have to triple the price before you start getting a projector with better performance. I highly recommend this projector unless you are willing to spend 3x the price.

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