Optoma RD65 65" WideScreen HDTV-Ready DLP Television

Optoma RD65 65

Optoma RD65 65" WideScreen HDTV-Ready DLP Television
Manufacturer: OPTOMA TECHNOLOGY
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
OptomaTV's bright, high-contrast screen allows an extremely wide viewing angle. Because HDTV's sharp onscreen images allow viewers to sit closer to the screen, a wide viewing angle lets everyone enjoy the show. OptomaTV's true 16:9 aspect ratio delivers widescreen viewing without distortion or letterboxing. DLP technology also means 4:3 images can be viewed without burning in the screen's edges. OptomaTV's single-chip DLP technology means the onscreen image is always perfectly aligned and will never burn in or degrade like LCD and CRT projection TVs.
Amazon.com Product Description
Optoma's RD65 big-screen, high-definition DLP projection TV, a winner of the CES 2003 Innovations Award, was developed with the latest Texas Instruments HD2 Digital Light Processing technology, which provides unparalleled clarity, color and brightness. The RD65 is the first-ever 65-inch HD2 DLP television, offering a 70 percent larger viewing area than a 50-inch screen. In addition, the set features the most advanced non-reflective screen made with DenseDetail material to increase brightness and clarity while widening viewing angles.

Unlike ordinary projection, plasma, or CRT televisions, the state-of-the-art Texas Instruments HD2 Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology delivers crystal-clear images without fading, distortion, fuzziness, or risk of image burn-in. A DLP chip contains over 900,000 micromirrors, each generating an individual onscreen pixel with fidelity that's as yet unmatched by other display technologies.

The system offers a total of 9 picture formats, including native 16:9 format at 1,280 x 720 resolution and special conversions from traditional 4:3 formatted media. The set offers high contrast (1,500:1) and brightness (400 cd/m2 typical) and a fine-pitch screen (0.15 mm versus the industry average 0.5 mm) to provide ultra-fine detail. A special screen coating virtually eliminates glare.

An onboard Silicon Image DVDO progressive-scan image processor combines the 2 interlaced fields of ordinary NTSC (VCR, DVD, and video camera) signals into a single progressively scanned signal. The result is sharp, steady, higher-resolution images with flicker-free motion.

The RD65 also features picture-in-picture (PIP) and picture-outside-picture (POP, which delivers 2 high-resolution images side-by-side, from any of the set's 13 digital or analog input sources), and front and rear connections (with a complete set of computer, video, and stereo audio inputs).

Overscan is the amount of screen image that runs underneath the outside edges of all televisions. Typically, about 3 or 7 percent of a screen images is lost to overscan. The RD65 features an amazingly low 1 percent overscan, giving you 8 to 23 percent more picture relative to most televisions.

The TV's discrete IR permits high-end home automation systems to control external devices with greater reliability and ease.