Optoma UHD50X True 4K UHD Projector for Movies & Gaming | 240Hz Refresh Rate | Lowest Input Lag on 4K Projector | Enhanced Gaming Mode 16ms Response Time | HDR10 & HLG Compatibility | 3400 lumens

This is a great 4k projector if you have a PS5 or Xbox Series X. It does 4k 60fps with HDR, and does 120fps at lower resolutions. I don’t use a PC with it but with that you can get up to 240fps. Overall it is a solid device. The reason I’m writing a review is because I had this projector for one year to the day when I noticed one dead (white) pixel near the center of the screen. Since I use it for gaming, it bothered me so much since reticles are typically white dots and it threw me off a lot. Called Optoma right away. They said they would cover it under the one year warranty but didn’t have parts to fix it. They told me to hold onto it until the parts came in. A few months later I got an email telling me to mail it in and two weeks after than it’s back and like new. Great customer service and a solid projector for gaming.

I've had this projector for almost a year. Several of the chips inside the unit have malfunctioned, resulting in 5 (at last count) white, pixillated spots basically ruining the picture. I contacted Optoma and filled out a service ticket for repair. I then received an email, that wasn't even signed by a rep, stating that due to a "global parts shortage" that they were unable to honor the warranty now but may be able to do so in the future if they receive parts to do so. I then spoke with two customer service reps who were not rude but certaintly not helpful. I recommended that since they could not repair my unit under the terms of their warranty that they send me out a new unit instead. Both agents declined. One agent even tried to tell me that since my unit was almost a year old (ie: almost out of warranty) that they would never even consider replacing it. Someone at Optoma should inform the agent that whether an item is a day old or 364 days old, a years warranty is a YEARS WARRANTY. I then asked the agents how Optoma, in good conscience, could continue selling products they know are defective when they also know that they will be unable to honor any warranty repair work. I was told that since they did not sell units directly to consumers that they would not be replacing my unit with a new one and that they could only provide the remedy of letting me know, at some unknown and arbitrary time in the future, when they might have the parts to fix it. And get this, they also recommend I CONTINUE using the projector!! Earth to Optoma: It's BUSTED you moron! All in all, its not even a good very projector. The blacks are muddled in darker movie scenes, when powering on the picture does a weird, discombobulated dance on the screen, it randomly shuts off by itself, or goes into a weird mode where it searches for a signal right in the middle of watching TV or playing a game and sometimes runs in a pulsating fashion for several minutes before shutting down. Dear Optoma: Ill wait for you to fix my projector simply because I have no other choice. Ill just dust off my 8 year old Epson workhorse I was smart enough to keep just in case this type of thing happened. It may not have low latency when it comes to gaming but it WORKS. It was also half the price of the POC from the PRC.

Holy cow! This projector is incredible! This is my second Optoma projector (upgraded from the GT1080 darbee short throw gaming projector) and man am I impressed. The main feature I was looking for was refresh rate and this unit delivered. When using a projector on a large screen, (mine is 100") images moving horizontally usually have a ghosting effect and a very noticeable stutter. Not with this guy, even at 4K, it holds 60fps easily and at 1080p, its 120fps BUTTERY SMOOTH! I could not ask for a better projector. Image quality is 10/10, color reproduction is also 10/10. Although this thing is amazing it might not be for everyone. If you are looking for a home cinema projector to only watch movies / TV ect. I might look at one of the Epson or Sony 4K projectors. The Epson will give you even better lifelike color reproduction and support for the rec. 2020 color space at the cost of a lower refresh rate and higher input lag. The Optoma is for GAMERS! If you want low input lag and high refresh, look no further. I was willing to compromise color accuracy for all those other features, which in my opinion was worth it. By no means are you gonna use this thing and say "wow I wish the colors were better." Only the most hardcore cinefiles would complain. I also have a Sony 55" 4K TV that i don't even use anymore, The Optoma just straight up looks better and having a 100" 4K image is quite cool. Other side notes... 1: get a screen, you can just use a white wall, but for a projector this nice, you will want a screen. I use an elite screens screen that was about $200 on amazon and it was worth it. 2: get a power conditioner. I have a 7000 watt 5.1 stereo system and with the projector running it does create a hum in the system. Its also a good idea to have the projector plugged into a surge protector just in case. Overall, this thing is incredible and I would pay $2000 + for a projector this nice, I couldn't believe how beautiful the image was for $1600. Optoma, nice job.

This is a great projector if you use it for a mix of video games and movies. If you are only interested in movies, there are better choices in this price range. Pros: * Very bright picture * 4K adds a lot of detail making the front row of my theater premium seats (my old Panasonic 1080P) looked very pixelated in the front row. * Fast response time with video games, XBOX One X plays well * Bright colors Cons: *Lack of horizontal lens shift (My old Panasonic had this). Depending on your ceiling studs you may have to go in the attic and add support (I had to additional support in the attic). * Leaks a lot of light. This is not an issue for me because I using a ceiling mount. * Struggles with shades of grey in night scenes in movies. Contrast is excellent in brighter scenes. * Doesn't support 4K 120HZ HDMI technology (latest XBOX and Play Station). Does work with computers at 120 HZ and 4K and 204HZ in 1080p. If you aware of the benefits and accept the limitations of this projector you will be very happy. I am very happy with it, but the cons result 4 stars instead of 5 stars.

I've used this projector for 3 days now and it's fantastic. This is the second projector I've owned. The fan is nice and quiet even after the unit has been on for hours. It isn't very heavy so it was fairly easy to mount close to my ceiling with only a 5 inch down tube. The image is bright has heck (see picture and excuse the mess - note that there are two table lamps on at the time and it's still crazy bright). Some people have mentioned light leak and there definitely is some but it doesn't bother me. Games and movies look amazing and buttery smooth on it. The bulb is super bright so black levels aren't as dark as they could be but that's a trade off that projector owners should understand. There's also a way to lower the bulb brightness and save on bulb life but I haven't tried that yet to see what difference it makes. My only complaint (so far) is that the remote is kind of cheap looking. It's white and has a weird shape and is very light so it just feels a little cheap. I do like how it has separate power on and power off buttons. Since those are the only two I'll ever be pressing I don't really care about the remote too much. So 5 stars overall!

EDIT: Several months in and anytime I enable HDR, I get terrible artefacts. Disable and go back to SDR and they're gone. I thought this might just be an issue with the content, but after testing games, blu rays, and streaming content as well as multiple input devices and cables, it's clear that something is wrong. Even plugging directly into the projector with the newest Roku stick produces bad artefacts. Honestly, I wish I could return it. Pros: • You get a reasonably sharp 4K image • It supports 3D • Low input lag for 1080p gaming Cons: • Bad artefacts when enabling HDR. • First unit I bought was DOA, which I had to return. • Customer support never responded to my requests and neither did their Reddit community person. • Constantly switching signals (searching for input) which can take 5 or 6 seconds each time. Imagine trying to startup a game or movie on your Playstation. The projector will end up changing to a black screen and will, yet again, start searching for a signal. This will happen multiple times. Then the screen finally appears, then HDR kicks in. • Takes forever to find signals. • Takes a long time to boot. • Sometimes doesn't ever find the signal. I have to turn everything on in a precise order to get it to work and even then, it sometimes fails to find my signal. • Black level are not very good. Basically the same as my 6+ year old Viewsonic which still had its original lamp. • Loud... man, this thing is so loud and it's not a constant fan speed so during quiet scenes you just hear this constant revving up and down. • It is on their site now. G̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶l̶u̶c̶k̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶u̶p̶d̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶f̶i̶r̶m̶w̶a̶r̶e̶.̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶c̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶n̶e̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶d̶i̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶u̶m̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶t̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶f̶i̶n̶d̶ ̶"̶o̶f̶f̶i̶c̶i̶a̶l̶"̶ ̶f̶i̶r̶m̶w̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶h̶o̶s̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶d̶r̶o̶p̶b̶o̶x̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶W̶h̶y̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶l̶o̶a̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶s̶i̶t̶e̶?̶.̶ • 4K gaming mode does not exist. If you select it, the resolution is forced down to 1080p. This is a known issue and they refuse to acknowledge or fix it. Input lag measured by the community is double (~50ms) what is claimed on their website. • Colors get screwed up when turning on the projector or when the resolution switches; forcing you to turn the thing off, wait...., and then turn it back on. • There is an issue where half the screen look fine and the other half has washed out colors. For context, I'm using: • Expensive/high end RUIPRO 8K HDMI cable • Denon AVR-S960H 8K Receiver • PS4 Pro / Roku Streaming Stick+ This feels like rushed product where they spent as much time on marketing as they did on development. I'd like to have a conversation with the engineers who designed this thing to find out what went wrong. Meanwhile, Optoma does not care at all. They'll just release new products while this one fades into obscurity without any further updates or support.

Best bang for the buck. Not a “true native 4K” as some other reviewers have commented but unless you are the most obsessive compulsive video nerd you will not notice the difference. Have this installed in my basement home theater, throwing a 110” image from about 11 feet away. Looks gorgeous. Only negative thing I have to say is changing the audio volume on my Sony receiver causes the image to reset itself. Sort of annoying but just set the volume where you want it before beginning a film or a game and no issues. Upgraded from a Optoma HD141x I purchased in 2016.

I’ve had this projector for 11 months and I have had time to “get to know it” pretty well in that time. I give it a solid “C+” and my score includes features, price, functionality, and quality. Features - it’s got a “gaming mode” which is the only way to get the ultra low latency which drops your resolution to 1080. So it’s 4K gaming at high latency or low latency at 1080, not low latency at 4K. This was not clear to me at the time of purchase. - also with gaming mode, it removes any screen adjustments you make. So if you have some digital zoom or keystoning going on, forget about it. You’ll be gaming at an odd angle. - brilliant colors are also pretty useless as I have found, they tend to just put a halo around things or blow out certain colors. A prime example is if I’m watching a video of someone and the sky is in the background, it puts a while halo around the person. With brilliant color turned off, it goes away. So I keep that at as low as it goes. Let’s talk fire. If a scene has a fire in it or a red, to yellow, to white gradient, it’ll blow it out and you get this odd effect where it looks glowing. I can fix it by changing the color gamut and temperature and putting the brilliant color to 6, but then I get the halo on blues. So I can’t balance it. It works for one but is broken for another. Picture It does get a great picture at times, it does better with certain scenarios over others. It does seem a bit dark at times. I have to up the brightness is some situations and I have found that with how an appletv processes an image, a dark movie is just about unwatchable. Unless the room is pitch black, you won’t enjoy it. I bought a mid level screen and unless it’s totally dark in the room, you won’t see details in dark scenes. Functionality It is a bit loud. Granted, my projector is over head and I’m about 5 feet from it. Not a huge problem but adds to my list. Finding a source between switching from non-hdr to hdr content takes a bit. Maybe 10-15 seconds? It’s just annoying to turn an app on and then wait 15 seconds. Or if you watch a trailer, it’ll kick in to hdr mode. That’s annoying. The remote works well and the UI, while functionally fine does feel dated. I’m 2020 I bought a state of the art projector and it feels like a UI from the 90’s. There are no smart capabilities with the projector. I am ok with this, but it’s worth noting. Quality This is where I am the harshest on this projector. I got this because I was told I pad lens shift. The lens shift is a joke. It’s a single direction and the range of motion is hardly noticeable. Recently, and what brought me back to do this review is I have dead pixels. White dots on the screen that are always present. Also, if I do the full white screen test pattern, I have black pixels as well. I presume these black pixels will turn into white pixels at some point, but I am 3,000 hours into it and to have dead pixel is no good for me. I’ll be sending it back in the hopes that I get a refund and can buy something else. For what I paid, it’s just not a quality product. I would not buy this projector again and I would suggest others do the same. It hits on a small handful of things but misses on many many more.

Product was defective a month after arrival. Blurry screen and dead pixels accumulated month after month. Previous optomas I had bought locally had no issues. Sellers are Cleary getting defective wares and selling them on Amazon. The sellers will not take back the item because the repair requires shipment overseas. Avoid at all costs

I had Optoma 1080 projector and looking for a 4K projector. I always appreciate Optoma picture qiliaty and decided to land for Optoma UHD50x for 4K. The delivery was fast. I am really impressed by the pictures quality. Its clear and cresipy. The 4K contents look really amazing. However, the 240Hz is limited to computer connection only. I tested PS4 on it and games run really well except 240Hz. To enjoy the full swing, the room should be dark as i tested. high quality HDMI cable should be used. I would recommend this projector to everyone who is currently looking an upgrade from 1080 to 4k. This one of the best quality projector available in the market as of now.

J'ai acheté le projecteur Optoma UHD50X True 4K UHD en 2020 pour 2200$. Actuellement, il est vendu à 2800$. Cependant, mon expérience avec cet appareil a été décevante. Après seulement six mois d'utilisation, j'ai remarqué que plusieurs pixels (environ 3 à 5) semblaient avoir sauté. L'appareil a continué de fonctionner correctement pendant trois ans, mais ensuite, les problèmes se sont multipliés. Le premier gros problème est survenu lorsque la lampe a sauté. J'ai dû la remplacer pour 300$. Malheureusement, deux mois après ce remplacement, la matrice LCD est devenue défectueuse en raison d'un trop grand nombre de pixels brûlés. En résumé, je ne recommande pas du tout ce projecteur. Compte tenu de son prix actuel de 2800$ et de sa durée de vie limitée d'environ trois ans, il ne vaut pas l'investissement. Pour ce prix, on s'attend à une qualité et une fiabilité bien supérieures. À ce prix, une durée de vie d'environ trois ans est inacceptable. Évitez cet appareil si vous cherchez un projecteur fiable et durable.

This is my 4th home theater projector over the last 20 years - and also the cheapest I’ve ever bought and it is PHENOMENAL! It’s bright enough to enjoy with the lights on - but with the lights off, it’s almost unbelievably sharp and clear - even when projected onto a normal wall! My son plays PS5 games on this and had no issues whatsoever with latency. I can’t believe how good this product is!!!

Good