December 10, 2010
Intro
The Optoma PT100 is an inexpensive entry-level projector. It’s lightweight build gives it easy portability, but don’t expect much else from this $180 projector. You won’t find much in the way of features, customization options, or picture quality.
| Section | The Good | The Bad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tour & Design | Good looking design. | Seems cheaply made. | |
| Blacks & Whites | Good greyscale gamma. | Poor peak brightness | |
| Color Accuracy | N/A | Poor color performance overall. | |
| Motion | Not a lot of motion artifacting. | Moving images lose a fair amount of detail. | |
| Viewing Effects | Uniform screen. | Pixels on the edge of the screen will flare quite a bit. | |
| Calibration | Simple to calibrate! | Other than the three video modes, there aren't any other calibration settings. | |
| Connectivity & Media | N/A | Not many ports and no additional media functionality. | |
| Power, Noise & Heat | Not a lot of heat output, doesn't consume much power. | N/A | |
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