Optoma delivers 1080p ThemeScene HD82 projector to the UK

'Tis a shame Optoma's reserving its latest 1080p beamer for the overseas crowd, but we'll set aside our envy for a tick and just join in the across-the-pond-excitement. The ThemeScene HD82 sports a native 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, 1,300 nits of brightness, a 20,000:1 maximum contrast ratio and a DLP engine. Britons will also enjoy a 1.5x zoom, PureMotion / PureShift technologies, twin HDMI ports and a DVI socket to boot. Of course, enjoying that £2,999 ($4,382) price tag may not be as easy, but it's still comparatively affordable in the grand scheme of things.

[Via AboutProjectors]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2009 12:24AM]

Optima's HD series have been a reliable lower cost brand for a while.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2009 12:27AM]

Doh!, I misspelled Optoma.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 10:12AM]

nice site

[rcappo Posted Feb 6th 2009 2:03AM]

The contrast ratio number looks really good. I wonder how it tests in real life?

The brightness number isn't that important with these modern projectors. If you have a light controlled room, you won't be watching it on the brightest setting anyway. And during the day or with lights on, the darkest blacks won't be that black.

I would say that my HC4900 does a good enough job for me at 1/3 the price though I could see where there could be some improvements. A lot has to do with my room setup and light reflecting back to the screen.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2009 7:02AM]

thats great..

[fieldcar Posted Feb 6th 2009 9:22AM]

I am so serious here... Where Are The Laser based projectors? I refuse to buy another super inefficient halogen powered projector.. And LED's just dont seem bright enough yet.

[rcappo Posted Feb 6th 2009 9:59AM]

Part of the problem is that they can't produce black light with lasers. Though, there is a retroreflective black screen that would go very well with the insanely high lumens that laser projectors could get up to.

I'll wait for this with you.