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Optoma EP719 by Joseph M. Baltrus, Ph.D. - Jan 31, 2008
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| XGA (1024x768), 2000 ANSI Lumens, 4.6 lbs, $1,499 (MSRP) |
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| Personal Experience |
| I have had this projector for 2 years now. I was using the s-video input (with a 25 foot Acoustic Research cable) for DVDs, playstation 2, and digital cable television. I was always happy with the picture but whites were always fuzzy - you could see static on the screen (in my case a white wall). It took some research to find out that sVGA is the same as component video. So I experimented with a long component video to VGA cable. In order for this work with cable, I had to upgrade to a HDTV box because they are the only ones with component video output (and hdmi of course). WOW...not only was the picture quality for regular cable increased - the EP719 takes the 1080i HDTV signal through this cable no problem (even recognizes it on screen as HDTV in the lower right corner). HDTV is so awesome on this projector. HUGE crystal clear HDTV quality resolution. DVDs are also much clearer too. That white fuzziness was completely eradicated. I wanted to experiment with the HDMI to DVD-D conversion as I imagine the picture will be even better. But in order run everything (cable, ps2, dvd) through my stereo receiver with one cable to the projector I had to stick to one cable type - component video being it. There is absolutely no need to buy an expensive plasma or LCD when for a fraction of the cost you can get the same high-res picture quality with a screen six times the size. |
| Problems |
| None really, get yourself a component video to VGA cable (dirt cheap on ebay). Or if you have a new receiver that has hdmi inputs, you can use all hdmi cables and then connect one hdmi cable with an hdmi-dvi-d converter and get the max out of your projector. Although, I have read that long runs of hdmi lose quality over 10 ft. whereas with component video you are ok up to 50 feet with no signal loss. |
