Optoma Hd66 Home Theater Portable Projector

Like most people who’ve been cooped up at home for the last six months, finding an escape from the collapse of civilization that won’t destroy your marriage or damage your liver has become an Optomal pursuit (see what I did there?). This is where the Optoma Technology HD 146X Full HD DLP Home Theater Projector comes in. Def so high, every wrinkle, every bit of dander and speck of mud beckons you to step into an alternate world. A machine so quiet you can hear the zombies coming. And the remote control is nice because being able to turn the projector off without having to move from the blanket cocoon, so carefully constructed, is important when you want to sit in the dark and stare into the void for an indeterminate amount of time because time no longer has meaning, minutes and hours are null, and there are only episodes of ‘Girls’ and Adam Driver’s beautiful, giant, lop-sided face in so much def I can see every mole on it. Purchased as a gift, but really this was for me. Ideally would have one in every room projecting whatever things in the world I missed the most. Probably never leaving the house again, now it’s by choice. Thanks Optoma Technology HD 146X Full HD DLP Home Theater Projector, you’re the husband now.

This projector is an excellent value for home theater use. Compared to the Optoma H31 that it replaces in my setup, it is very quiet and considerably brighter. Perfect viewing in a decently light controlled environment. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a great HD projector. Works well with movies and video games. ... as I had it setup in my living room two days after ordering it!

Great projector! Perfect for home theater use.

Seamlessly works with my Optoma Projector; no calibration necessary.

I used this for my pioneer receiver, tv & home theater projector it works great.

I am using this projector to view DVDs and web video on a Dalite brand screen using a Windows 7 laptop. I did a lot of online research before buying the HD66 from B&H. Anyway, the projector is plenty bright and color is very good. It has all of the connectors I need and set-up was very easy. I use a lot of LCD and DLP projectors at work and having one that identifies the signal quickly and easily is very nice. The HD66 always picks up the signal right away. So far, I see no downside to this projector.

I bought this product when I was trying to get a HD65, I found this newer HD66 with higher lumens plus the 3D extra features, this is my first home HD movie projector, I watched movies with my kids with this projector in the family room on my white wall screen connected to HDMI 1080p upconverter DVD player & they love it, just like you were in the theather. This projector is very bright and picture quality is very detail, controlling is good and handy, can't wait for trying a 3D movie.

I tried an LCD projector before this one and even exchanged it for a second one. Even though the specs on the LCDs were the same as the HD66, I was very dissatisfied with the image, especially the darks. I even suspected both of those LCD projectors were defective. The LCD projector was in the same list price range as the HD66. I was comparing the LCD with a projector I was borrowing whose list priced for much more than my purchases and whose image was very good. The Optoma HD66 not only blew away the returned LCD projectors, but it was even better than the expensive borrowed projector. I use the projector almost exclusively for movies using my PC VGA as a source. The HD66 has a very wide dynamic range. The colors are rich but the image still retains details in the darks (the many dark scenes in Brave projected brightly enough). There seems to be no issue with motion smoothness. The controls are very easy to use. I haven't noticed any DLP rainbow effect. Even though some reviews said I would want to manually set it up, I was happiest with a couple of the presets, sRGB and Presentation (Film preset seemed too dark). My three minor complaints are that the throw is a tiny bit too long (my room is not very deep), there's not much of a zoom and the image focus is very slightly soft (noticeable only in the VLC or Quicktime controls). But I'm a very discriminating viewer, so most wouldn't notice this. I have not tried anything in 3D, so can't report on that. I have not tried the HDMi input, nor the on-board speaker. I've tried up to about 75 image so far. The image is so good that I have a new problem: I'm seeing artifacts and imperfections in the compression codecs of the videos I'm watching that were masked before by the performance limit of the other projectors I used. I hear that Optoma has been making projectors for a long time. Their expertise in this area is evident in the HD66.

This projector has made our basement into a fun home theater. We have limited space so the short-throw lens makes a big image without needing to place the projector far back from the wall. The image quality is bright and crisp. Highly recommend for a small home theater.

I bought this projector for a home theater set-up in our living room. We were initially drawn to the BenQ ht2150st, but opted for the BenQ th671st as it was lower priced and seemed mostly comparable. We've only used it once so far but are very pleased with the ease of set-up and quality of picture! The fan noise was noticeable at first, but once we started playing a movie we didn't notice it at all. A delightful addition to our home.