Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Optoma UHD60 True 4K UHD Projector, Bright 3000 Lumens, Entertainment and Movies, Rec.2020 with DCI-P3 for Wide Color Gamut, HDMI 2.0 and HDR10, WHITE

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2017

Got my UHD60 a few days ago from Amazon. Buyer from Australia here. I’m no pro reviewer, but thought I’s share my thoughts here as it’s pretty hard to get feedback on them at the moment.
Cost was just under $3100 AU from Amazon, inc import duties and expedited shipping.
My last projector was Epson 9100, which I am keeping for 3D playback. My set up is on a Carson mechanised 110 inch screen, casting from 3.6 meters. Feed content through Panasonic UHD 900, PS4 Pro, and Chromecast Ultra.
I bought the UHD60 as I use projector not in a bat cave, but in a room which is fairly light controlled, but with some ambient light leakage. Also gaming is important, so the 60 was for me.
Overall, EXTREMELY impressed with this unit. Though of course, not perfect.
• Regarding set up…you MUST be able to align in absolute centre of screen, at either very close to the top, or bottom of the screen. You can only lens shift to 15 Degrees, and ONLY upwards if you are throwing from below, or only downwards if from ceiling mount.
• No power cord problems, uses standard PC power cord, so just use an Aussie one. No voltage issues.
• As everyone has noted, unit build is a bit crappy / plastic…but aesthetic I think is pretty good. All controls re lens are manual.
• Big tip…important how you get content to it – I re did my set up to have my Pana UHD 900 close to the unit, as well as my PS4..so Ididnt need to pay out hundreds for fibre HDMI leads.
• I also have the Sammy UHD 8500, and that was useless compared to the quality and control I got out of the Pana UHD 900 on the Optoma. NIGHT and DAY difference. PS4 Pro gaming works a treat, gets full HDR etc compatability in the video settings. Gaming in 4K is amazing on the Optoma. Wipeout, Horizon Dawn, Uncharted etc are just awesome, and lag is not an issue. However, video feeds from the PS4 are pretty crap, eg Netflix, Stan, Plex. If you can , get your video feeds from a dedicated player, as I have said, especially the Pana UHD 900. On that unit, Netflix 4k / HDR looks fantastic. It doesn’t have Plex, so I use Plex via Chromecast Ultra for 1080p files, which looks great, even though the HDMI 1.4 port. Plex on the PS4 Pro looked like arse. Seriously.
• Optoma upscales 1080p files and Blurays like a treat. Very impressed.
• I have NOT professionally calibrated.
• Optoma resolution is just great, so happy with it. 4K really is razor sharp, of course, blacks could be better. But by no means a dealbreaker, depending on how fussy you are. BIG TIP – use DYNAMIC BLACK…it really works well. And be prepared to spend some time trawling the forums for getting tweaks for diff types of content re settings, it really helps. When you are experimenting, pay close attention to colour gamut, as well as Gamma presets, they make a BIG difference.
• HDR generally works surprisingly well..especially with gaming, and my fave UHD discs, depending on the source material. Big tip here…if on a UHD disc source, HDR looks dodgy…strip HDR from the source player (Pana does it) and get straight 4K out put..solves a lot of problems. For example, the new Prometheus UHD look GREAT in full 4k / HDR…better than I was even hoping for. But…Alien Covenant…seems they somehow screwed the HDR on that, so I strip the HDR from it, to just 4K output, and it looks fantastic.
Overall, I am extremely impressed with this Optoma. As has been well reported, if you don’t care about gaming and want better blacks, go the UHD65. But either way…for this amount of money compared to the competition, I reckon Optoma have really hit it out of the park. I’m planning on keeping it almost as a stop gap for a couple years, till someone makes a great 4K native player that also does great 3D, and does not cost over ten grand. Like I said, I’m no expert, but hope this info has helped. Cheers

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SeanReynoldsCS

The picture looks great when it’s working

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2018

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The picture looks great when it’s working, the issue is that when there are bright objects the electronics digitizes the image and the result looks REALLY blotchy... like worse than dvd pixelation.
Also on white images it often will cast a purple saturation haze...

Obviously this is a huge issue. To make the issue go away you have to turn off deep black and reduce the brilliant color setting.

Easy fix right? Well if you adjust these settings so that the issues go away then your image is half as bright and not very full of color...

In the end... the brightness and color of this projector make it less useful than a 1080p projector even though there are more pixels it’s not worth it if the pixels are dim and dull.

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jean

so far i m very impressed with it and i m coming from sony hw40es which i love and i m keeping for 3d

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2017

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I got this projector last week from amazon , so far i m very impressed with it and i m coming from sony hw40es which i love and i m keeping for 3d , heres a list for pros and cons :

Pros:
-4k image on a 135inch screen is just another level of amazing , i use sony ubp x800 uhd player and picture quality is really great
-its very quiet in either mode
-HDR when set correctly in a darkened room is very satisfying , although u need to tincker with settings on the pj and the player to get good pop and color from it.
-Gaming on it using ps4 pro is very good but it really shines when gaming on pc 4k/60 4:4:4 with ultra settings ( i have 2 1080ti's so 60fps constant is no problem).

Cons :
-build quality can be better
-only vertical shift in one direcrtion make installing it a pain , i have not inatalled mine yet perfectly since im waiting for the mount to arrive which will degrade the picture but will be set up perfectly soon.
-black level is not the best , my 40es definitely is better in this reguard , but its not horrible either and i think the sharpness and overall picture makes up for it .( my room is almost fully dedicated room)
-FI shouldve been in uhd 60 too , i m not sure y is it only on the uhd65 , some people like it some dont .
-no 3d .

Overall its an amazing bang for ur buck , its the perfect projector if u like 4k uhd hdr movies and u game a lot also makes the wait for true 4k( fully featured projector for under 3k) less noticable.
Hope i was helpful and if u have any questions before u decide dont hesitate.

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ShookAmazon

Love the Optoma UHD60 more than the OLED

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2018

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I've used projection as my main source of media consumption for the past 10 years. I've logged over 600 lamp hours on the Optoma UHD60 projector and I still catch myself saying "wow, look at that beautiful image". I love the Optoma UHD60! The image quality is remarkable and very bright! I also purchased a high-end OLED TV and compared content side-by-side from the same source (two xbox one x's). While the tv looked excellent, the projector performed as well in most scenarios or event better when it came to sports. Forza 7 looks a little better on the OLED, but it, and all games, still look incredible on the projector. And the overall experience of watching movies, tv shows, sports and playing video games is better on the UHD60, IMO. Even my wife who doesn't care about image quality and the latest electronics appreciates the beauty of the image this thing creates! Even with some ambient light in the room, the projected image looks fantastic. I constantly have guests tell me they can't believe it's a projected image. Optoma did very well with this unit. With over 600 lamp hours logged, it still works brilliantly and impresses me! AND upscaled blurays looks amazing! I purchased several 4K blurays and honestly can't tell the difference between the upscaled blurays and the 4k blurays.

A few things to note:

- #1!! Make sure everything connected in your set up is 4K capable (i.e. source device, AV receiver, and cables)
- Use HDMI cables that are capable of 4K. I use the Fusion 4K cables.
- Add an HDMI repeater for runs longer than 15-18 feet unless you're using Ruipro Fiber HDMI cables (they don't need it from what I've read, but cost a lot). My HDMI run is 31.5 ft. I had to add an HDMI 4K repeater to boost the signal for the image to appear. It looks just like an HDMI connector (female on both ends) and doesn't use external power. Just connect the two 4K HDMI cables. Here is the repeater I have and prefer https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074Q99W5C/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&th=1
- It does take the projector about 10-30 seconds usually to find the signal. It may be faster with Ruipro Fiber HDMI cables, but I'm happy with my set up.
- Your 1080P only devices will need to be connected to the 1080P HDMI IN on the projector. They won't work over the 4k HDMI IN. Keep this in mind if you have several 1080P devices to connect in addition to 4K devices. You'll need two HDMI outs on your receiver. I only have one HDMI out on my receiver, but I only have one 1080P device (PS4) in my set up so I run it directly to the 1080P HDMI IN on the projector and run an optical audio cable from the PS4 to my receiver. The other devices are 4K (Xbox One X and Apple TV 4K). I have a 1.5 ft Fusion 4K HDMI cable that runs out of my receiver HDMI Out (which is also 4K/60p capable BTW) runs directly from my receiver to the projector.

Hope this helps anyone considering the UHD60. I'd buy it again without hesitation.

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Saturn Antennas

Great for the price

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2017

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This is the lowest price entry point for a 4K/UHD (true 2160p resolution - no electronic trickery) projectors as of this review date. Their more expensive UHD65 is said to have some better fast video motion graphics but has 1/3 lower brightness. I'm glad I went with the UHD60 as it is just bright enough for a dimly lit room with no windows, though it is still usable with all of the lights on. My unit was installed for a conference room that views spreadsheets and slide shows.

Since it is $6000 less than the competitors lowest cost units, we can expect some corners to be cut on this one and there are. So far the only performance problem I see is the fact that there is no Keystone adjustment. This means you will need to project a test pattern on your wall and measure the level (and plumb!) of the lines to adjust your projector position. It was MUCH more critical than I expected as I used a borderless screen and getting it aligned with the projector took much more time than anticipated. Please Optoma...install keystone already!

Other than that, it has a very cheesy feeling lens group and cover hood plus the mounting rivet-nuts are 6mm instead of the more common smaller sizes. This meant that I had to drill out the holes in my Chief mounting bracket. The unit is very quiet and the bulbs are not expensive. Brightness is just acceptable, colors are very good, contrast is good and the up-scaling seems to help with 1080p feeds. The smallest text is now very readable from anywhere in the room. You can sit right next to the screen and still read text and enjoy graphics; no more polka dots...try that with 1080p! Even the VGA input rendered a nice picture but in 4:3 ratio of course. I had no problems driving both HDMI inputs with two different kinds of fiber optic cables and playing 4K videos did not give me any jitter or other motion problems.

I try to standardize on 16:9 aspect ratio screens but it would be nice if they included support for 2.35:1, 16:10 and the new 21:9 widescreen, at least for the UHD65.

The audio is pretty good from a projector and was fine for the 14 person conference room. The remote control is pretty well designed and had no lack of signal strength. Over all I am quite satisfied thus far, but time will always tell.

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Shaun Roberts

Okayish.

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2018

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This was an ok/good projector. What I did not like was;
#1 the overall quality of build. The casing is very flimsy and cheap. There is a door that opens on the top to access controls, but when you try and close it you wind up misaligning the projector (if ceiling mounted). All the onboard dials etc were very cheap feeling. The remote is cheap also... reminds me of something you would get with an $80 cheapy projector.
#2). This is something not ever brought up, but the device control was junk on this. I don’t think it has CEC so you just have to work with “time out” feature that starts at 5 minutes. Wind up needing to use its remote always. I have AppleTV and Onkyo HT receiver and they power up/down just fine together, but the Optoma would not play ball. To me that was very annoying.

Now to be fair there were a lot of positives in the picture. It looked great for a $1700 projector. I had major issues with HDR and just left in SDR all the time. Could be a configuration issue on my end, but I’m not a professional, and I would assume neither are you.

I returned this model for the Epson 5040ub and let me say I LOVE this projector so much better. Everything works great (including CEC power controls). I can just turn on AppleTV and my receiver fires right up, so does the projector...same with power off. No more finding multiple remotes. The auto bright HDR looks much better to me then the Optoma and is ready at a click of a button. The build of the Epson is in another league compared to Optoma...same goes for remote. My 2 cents is to spend the extra $500 and go with the Epson...you will not be sorry.

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moni T

The only best affordable 4k projector that's around $2000

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2017

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The only best affordable 4k projector that's around $2000. I first had the optoma uhd65 and return it and I then I got this uhd60 and I am glad I Did. (THE INPUT LAG ON THE UHD65 IS TOO HIGH TOO PLAY GAMES ON IT , that's y I returned it)
My setup:

Hardware:
A. I use port 2 hdmi on the optoma to get 4k@60 hrz. (Port 1 on hdmi only supports 4k@30)
33 ft of Rubio fiber cable ( the only hdmi cable that supports 4k@60 that has worked for me) keep in mind that one end label source needs to go to a source and it won't work if you reverse it.
B. Nvidea shield pro (The best 4k media player you can buy vs roku/ Amazon stick etc.)
C. A pc with i7 processor with a nvidea 980 ti card ( i use this as my plex media server and use nvidea experience to stream to nvidea shield.
D. Elite 125 inch motorized projector screen (it had wrinkles and bumps but it went away by itself in a few days)
E. Denon X1400 AV receiver.

Software : on nvidea shield I have plex, Netflix, kodi, Amazon prime, nvidea stream,
On pc I have plex server , steam and games, nvidea experience (to stream games to nvidea shield) Windows 7 OS

Pros: every 4k movie I throw on plex works great , Netflix and 4k looks amazing, my pc (i am planning to upgrade gpu to nvidea 1080 ti ) can only do 2k games Max detail on nvidea shield , the games run smooth and amazing, kodi on nvidea shield was awesome (I'm cutting the cable cord) 1080p movies look good as well.

Cons: big size projector ( not a big deal but looks like an alien ) ; only one hdmi support 4k@60 which is hdmi port 2. Hdmi port 1 supports 4k@30 hrz ; the outside case of the projector feels a bit cheap, you need to get the right hdmi cable as mention to do 4k@60; you need to do research if you want 4k movies to work correctly (ex: my plex player did not play my 4k movies correctly it will give me an error message stating my pc is not powerful enough) the fix was to uninstall plex on my nvidea shield and reinstall plex. DO NOT UPGRADE PLEX TO THE LATEST version BECAUSE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM)

I RECOMMEND BUYING THIS PROJECTOR BECAUSE 4K CONTENT IN MY EYES IS HERE. BUY BUY BUY. AND GET THE NVIDEA SHIELD WITH THIS!!!

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Verified Customer

Absolute Garbage

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2018

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I purchased this projector in December 2017 to go in a home theater. My first impressions were underwhelming. It got worse.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: The unit is big, bigger than the images make them look and heavy. (I know the measurements are 19.6" x 13" x 6"). Getting the thing mounted was a chore. I knew going into it that this projector has a very limited vertical lens shift range and no horizontal lens shift. And since there is no keystone adjustment, I could not get rid of the roughly 3" skew (my projector lens was about 1.5" from center of the screen, 16' back). The black border of my screen captures the overage, but graphics that go across the screen are slightly tilted. Picture quality on a 1.2 gain screen was not impressive [see picture]. Not even near the contrast and color clarity of a previous "3000 lumens" projector I had. Not sure how Optima measures it's 3000, but it's lower than that for sure.

USING IT: It has some internal process where if the video input is interrupted at all (like changing the channel on DirecTV) has resync the HDMI signal, while it does it shows "searching for source" in the lower corner. This takes about 4-5 seconds. Super annoying to change the channel and have to wait on the projector for 4-5 seconds every time.

GETTING WORSE: I installed it on December 29th for inaugural use on New Year's Eve. It worked fine, but 4 weeks after that initial use at about 10 hours per week — problems really started.— It now does not shut down when told to, instead the screen goes all jumbled. Sometimes it slices up the input image, other times it looks like white noise [see picture]. Occasionally, as we are watching a show, if we change the channel or fast forward on the DirecTV DVR, the projector goes black. In all these cases, the projector is no longer responsive to any remote control commands and I have to get a ladder, climb up to unplug it from the power.

What makes it all so frustrating is that I was about 5 days too late for Amazon's return policy. Now I have to keep it and try to get it repaired/replaced by the manufacturer. Much rather have my money back!

Save yourself the headache, either wait on 4K or buy a different manufacturer.

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Jimbo700

The best thing I have ever purchased from Amazon!

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2018

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Incredible! This is my 3rd Optoma Home Theatre projector. I had the HD20, HD27 and now the UHD60. I admit that even though I had become brand-loyal to Optoma, I had doubt as to whether this could deliver a real UHD picture, 2160P with HDR for less than $2,000. Not only was I not disappointed, this projector exceeded every single one of my expectations. If you are looking for a 4K home theatre projector, this will blow you away. I know it achieves 2160P using pixel shifting, but it makes absolutely no difference. This projector displays 8,000,000 seperate pixels and looks as good as the $7,000 Sony or $6,000 JVC. The specs are listed elsewhere on Amazon so I won't go into that, I will only say that this has the best picture I have ever seen outside of a theatre (and better than many theatre's projecting 4K) for any projector priced less than $10,000. The only weakness I can think of is its size, which is larger than the Optoma 1080P projector models, but it still mounted from the exact bracket I had hanging my Optoma HD26 (the QualGear PRB-717 offered on Amazon for $23.99). And the current price of just $1799 is a steal. This may very well be my best purchase i have ever made from Amazon, and i have made hundreds and hundreds of purchases, large and small.
If you own this projector, please submit your settings to this section. I always find someone with perfect settings for my tastes, and it saves me a lot of trial and error. But for now, HDR more is exceptional. I will only add that the movies I base this review on are: Jumanji (1995, the original with Robin Williams, on a 4K UHD DVD), Bridge on the River Kwi (1957, remastered and presented in stunning 4K UDH and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, 4KUHD). I started buying my DVDs in 4K a year ago so I have a few titles to watch before I have to resort to buying new ones, but regardless they will look gorgeous on the Optoma UHD60 projector.
Added 11-3-18--> In spite of my earlier enthusiasm about the UHD60, from the very stat I never thought it had the picture others have written about, and professional reviewers have claimed. I've tinkered with the settings many, many times and the picture still didn't add up. Finally, last night I swapped the XBOX One S for my Sony UBP-X700 UHD Blu Ray player and problem solved. It now renders the most incredible picture I have ever seen and it magnifies 10X my earlier claim that the UHD 60 has a picture that rivals or exceeds those in theatres. I don't know if my Xbox One S has output issues, but the difference is night and day. If you are using an Xbox One S and the picture looks a little washed out, try swapping it with a good quality UHD Blu Ray Player and you will be blown away! The attached picture does it no justice but it does give you an idea of the color excellence supplied by HDR on this projector. Cheers!

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Daev Roehr

Good picture, great value

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2020

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I have a 120″ pull down screen about 12 feet away from my recliner. This works out to be about a 40 degree viewing angle, a bit better than the 36 degrees THX standards call for.

After much shopping, I updated my trusty but aging 13 yr old 2K Panasonic AE2000 projector with the Optoma UHD60.

The good
The new projector is a significant improvement in resolution, overall brightness, black level, color fidelity and brilliance. Yay! The dark level detail is much better, without the usual purple cast. Rainbows are not readily apparent (to me, anyways) and much better than the last gen DLP I had prior to the Panasonic.
- 4K media looks fantastic. Black Panther, 2001, and the last two Avengers are the only discs I had on hand, they looked great
– The Blu-rays of “Howl’s Moving Castle” is vivid and practically leaps off the screen, and “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” has subtle and rich details in the many dark scenes.
- Curiously, std def DVD's looked a lot crisper and sharper,probably due to the improved contrast ratio.
– Even my ancient LaserDisc collection looks pretty good after some playing around with de-noising and sharpness options.

And now, the downsides…
- Significant Pixelization Issue
There was a significant amount of very annoying pixelization in bright pastel scenes (like skies) until I cranked down the “Brilliance” control to 2. The resulting dull and washed out picture then required considerable black and white level adjustment to look good again.
I used a grey scale test pattern and some source viewing to re-calibrate, a full instrument recal is in the works now.

- Focus and brightness uneven
The focus at the edges is a little fuzzy and brightness linearity across the screen in merely OK, with falloff at the the corners. Clearly visible with test patterns, but not noticeable during viewing. Probably a design trade-off caused by some cost cutting in the optics.

Overall, this projector delivers an impressive 4k real world picture for those of us on a budget. And older media looks great on it too.

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