I'm trying to figure out if the Optoma HD20 will work in my theater room. Replacing an old Plus projector that the room was designed for. The room specs are.............
screen width 120 inches
dist. to screen from projector 20 feet
celing mount with projector at top of screen height
Best I can tell 20 distance is too far for a 120 inch image? Does the zoom not work in that range? Also, doesn't the projector's keystone allow a mounting height even with the top of hte screen?
Thanks for your comments.
I hooked my Optoma hd20 up and it wouldnt read my ps3 until I reset my resolution to 480p. It picks up my cable box in 1080i and my ps3 BR play amazing but the games and home screens look horrible there obviously in 480 still and when I change settings on my ps3 to 1080P or anything more than 480 it goes blank and comes back to 480 my projector wont read it unless its on that setting...Please help me figure it out!!! Im so dissappointed I was so excited to play ps3 in high def and its not working
First of all, I would like to thank all of you for the help I have already received by monitoring this site over the last several years. I bought a house 4 years ago with a full basement that is conducive to a home theater and have been dreaming of a projector setup ever since. I have come to appreciate the projector reviews found on this site, and Projector Central has become my first stop for information.
I finally decided that I could afford to jump in to the home theater experience and purchased an Optoma HD20 with a 120" fixed screen this week. I got the projector today and hooked it up to my old Compaq laptop via a vga cable to test it on my bedroom wall since my screen hasn't yet arrived. When using my laptop's dvd player, I am seeing an audio lag. I assume this problem is in my laptop and would be fixed if I were running thru an A/V receiver, but can't find any information when trying to search help topics. I seem to recall a thread several years ago that discussed this topic, but was unable to find it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Jeremy
I ordered a Optima HD20 projector and screen combo from projectionguys.com after reading some very positive reviews about this company. I placed my order online on November 31st. My credit card was charged for the entire amount of the order the following day.
Day after day I kept checking the online status of my shipment only to see it hadn’t shipped yet. I called over and over again and was always told it would be sent out in a few days. Well, 15 days later, my shipment has still not gone out and my credit card is still charged. On my last call, I asked if the projector shipment could be expedited given how long this has taken, and I was told a manager was not available to authorize that but someone would get back to me later in the day. Guess what. No one called or emailed me.
To top it off, this projector is available down the street at the local electronics store and on virtually every website I can find. I was never told the projector was backordered when I placed my order, and days later when I was told it was backordered, they continued to advertise it on their website and did not state that it was backordered.
I know this company has some excellent reviews out there; however, I would stay away from any company that knowingly does not list on their website that a product is backordered by weeks and that charges the full amount of a shipment before they even have the products let alone have shipped them out. I’ll let you all know what happens. I have been told the shipment will go out “at the end of the week” again. If it doesn’t, I’ll probably just decline the payment on my card and get the product from one of the other many sites that advertise it for the same price and file a complaint with their state’s consumer protection division.
My question is about ceiling mounting a Optoma HD20 or a Vivitek H1080FD on a 7' 10" ceiling. I want to project on a 110" screen. The screen has to hung 18" below ceiling (because of slopping sides of roof). Is this possible without distorting the picture?
Optoma HD20 in my theater room?
