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From Optoma — Optoma's home theater projectors represent quality engineering and a new life style. They are designed and fine-tuned specifically for use in your home theater. The projector is formatted for wide screen HDTV and reveals deep, rich colors, defining images in vivid details for the ultimate home theater experience. Projecting large images that liberate your senses, Optoma's Home Theater projector defy the conventional constraints of projection viewing, illuminating impressive blacks and color reproduction. Balancing sleek aesthetic form with home theater function, Optoma brings it home, a new life style.

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Optoma H56 Projector Specifications
- MSRP
- $3,999
- Brightness
- 1,000 ANSI Lumens
- Resolution
- 1024x768
- Aspect Ratio
- 4:3 (XGA)
- Contrast
- 2,000:1
- Display Type
- 0.70" DLP x 1
- Color Wheel
- 6 segments
- Color Wheel
- 5x speed
- Color Processing
- 8-bit
- Video Modes
- 720p, 1080i, 525i, 575i, 576p, 480p, 480i
- Data Modes
- MAX 1280x1024
- Lamp Type
- 200W UHP bulb
- Lamp Life
- 2,000 hours
- Lamp Model
- BL-FU200A Buy Replacement Lamp
- Included Lens
- 1.2x manual zoom , manual focus
- Optional Lenses
- No
- Lens Shift
- No
- Throw Distance
- 3.7' - 32.8' Calculate Throw Distance
- Image Size
- 23.40" - 246.10"
- Throw Ratio
- 2.00:1 - 2.40:1
- Projector Placement
- For a diagonal screen, place the projector lens between 13'-4" and 15'-12" from the screen.
- Digital Zoom
- Yes
- Digital Keystone
- Vertical only
- Projector Size
- 3.30" x 10.90" x 8.90"
- Weight
- 6.4 lbs
- Audible Noise
- 32 dB
- Power
- 320 Watts 100V - 240V
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ANSI LUMENS is the most commonly accepted industry standard brightness measurement. The ANSI lumen rating measures the brightest white that a projector can produce by averaging nine light meter measurements taken across the projected image.
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