Optoma reveals HD8200 and HD808 HD projectors

Until now, Optoma has pretty much been a no show at CES this year, but our mums always said that late was better than never. At any rate, the company is finally coming clean with two new high-def projectors: the HD8200 and HD808. Both beamers are powered by Pixelworks' PW9800 co-processor with DNX MotionEngine, and of course, they sport a native 1080p resolution. The HD8200 ($4,999.99) is rated at 1,300 ANSI lumens / 20,000:1 contrast ratio while the HD808 ($3,499) scales back to 1,200 lumens / 15,000:1 CR. Consumers are entirely more likely to find the latter in stores, as the former is reportedly tailored to custom channels. For more details on each, give the links below a look.

[Via PC Mag]

[Matthew C @ Jan 10th 2009 3:07AM]

since when is an optoma projector a beamer?

seriously...

[JimScar @ Jan 10th 2009 2:32PM]

Denigrating Optoma? Or defending BMW's nickname? Hopefully the latter.

Not sure who released this picture of the Optoma EX330/EW330, but it's not the HD8200 or HD808 chassis. For a picture of the "REAL" HD8200 - http://www.tomshardware.tw/938,news-938.html . Also has a picture underneath of the Optoma TX1080, a DC3 / 6-seg native 1080p projector at 3600 lumens.