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Optoma Technology UHZ45 3800-Lumen 4K UHD Laser DLP Home Theater Projector

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$1299

$2,499

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Amazon has Optoma Technology UHZ45 3800-Lumen 240Hz 4K UHD Laser DLP Home Theater & Gaming Projector for $1299. Shipping is Free

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Key Features:
  • Brightness of 3800 ANSI Lumens
  • 4K UHD 3840 x 2160 Resolution
  • 1.5 to 1.66:1 Throw Ratio
  • 3 x HDMI 2.0 & 1 x USB Type-A Inputs
  • Optical and 3.5mm Audio Outputs
  • 4 ms Response Time @ 1080p, 240 Hz
  • HDR & HLG Compatible
  • Dual Built-In 10W Speakers
  • 3D Support
  • Backlit Remote Control Included

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Amazon has Optoma Technology UHZ45 3800-Lumen 240Hz 4K UHD Laser DLP Home Theater & Gaming Projector for $1299. Shipping is Free

B&H Photo has Optoma Technology UHZ45 3800-Lumen 240Hz 4K UHD Laser DLP Home Theater & Gaming Projector for $1299. Shipping is Free

Best Buy has Optoma Technology UHZ45 3800-Lumen 240Hz 4K UHD Laser DLP Home Theater & Gaming Projector for $1299. Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup where stock permits.

Thanks to Deal Hunter reptarSnax for finding this deal.

Key Features:
  • Brightness of 3800 ANSI Lumens
  • 4K UHD 3840 x 2160 Resolution
  • 1.5 to 1.66:1 Throw Ratio
  • 3 x HDMI 2.0 & 1 x USB Type-A Inputs
  • Optical and 3.5mm Audio Outputs
  • 4 ms Response Time @ 1080p, 240 Hz
  • HDR & HLG Compatible
  • Dual Built-In 10W Speakers
  • 3D Support
  • Backlit Remote Control Included

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff

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Written by reptarSnax

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Got the B&H deal last time. Good brightness but HDR performance is not good. SDR is excellent. But most streaming movies are HDR but turning HDR off on my FireTV will narrow the contrast range too much. HDR can't be disabled on projector. Turning HDR off on projector only turning off processing so it looks terrible. Currently looking at turning off via HDMI EDID information. 3D movies can't be streamed, only via blu-ray player.

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about 1 year ago
69 Posts
Joined Jun 2007
about 1 year ago
mbbeaubi
about 1 year ago
69 Posts
I have this projector and I'm happy with it. Image is great, just set your expectations. Do not think you're going to be able to watch extremely dark content in your living room with no blinds and the sun shining in through the windows.

I have an ALR screen and 50% shade blinds, not blackout blinds. Using a light meter app with my blinds closed at the brightest time of day I measure around 20 FC. This is a well lit room, but not super bright. I just watched the new Flash movie in this room at this light level. The scene where super girl is outside for the first time looks awesome. The dark scenes inside the bat cave the blacks look grey and you won't be able to see some of the shadow detail.

After dark with lights out everything looks great. Sports are good to watch any time of day. This is the same price as their bulb protectors, so the laser is hands down better and a no brainer if that's what you are considering. If you want to pay $3K for the 5050UB then that's going to obviously be better at twice the price.

The other thing to be aware of is that zoom is very limited on this projector and it has no shift, so you need to place it very precisely.

I'd say, if you are in the market for a living room projector and you can place this one where it needs to be, at this price it's a very good option. If you are dropping tons of money in a dedicated home theater room then maybe probably should spend 5K and get the new Epson laser or even more $$ and get a jvc
about 1 year ago
763 Posts
Joined Jul 2010
about 1 year ago
thanatossassin
about 1 year ago
763 Posts
Quote from ccsicecoke :
No AirPlay. No deal
The easiest add on fixes it and that's your deal breaker? You're never getting a protector
about 1 year ago
2,077 Posts
Joined Aug 2010
about 1 year ago
jomeyq
about 1 year ago
2,077 Posts
Quote from urlhasbeenblocked555 :
Got the B&H deal last time. Good brightness but HDR performance is not good. SDR is excellent. But most streaming movies are HDR but turning HDR off on my FireTV will narrow the contrast range too much. HDR can't be disabled on projector. Turning HDR off on projector only turning off processing so it looks terrible. Currently looking at turning off via HDMI EDID information. 3D movies can't be streamed, only via blu-ray player.
Can you explain why 3D streaming doesn't work? When I stream 3D from Vudu or YouTube it's usually just side-by-side. Is there no option to view side-by-side content as 3D on this projector?
about 1 year ago
14 Posts
Joined May 2020
about 1 year ago
SociableWeather421
about 1 year ago
14 Posts
I have been a projector user for 14 years now. Moving from bulb to UHZ45 laser was such a premium feel and relief. I love the HDR picture quality; to get the best HDR quality you need to set the HDR brightness to 100. Once this setting change is done then HDR is truly wonderful. The relief is due to the fact you no longer have to worry about bulb for next 5 years.

This projector has 1 year warranty and 5 year on laser. If you buy this using a credit card like chase sapphire preferred then you get additional warranty for 1 more year.

Don't buy from anywhere other than Amazon else you have to pay return shipping.
about 1 year ago
11 Posts
Joined Aug 2015
about 1 year ago
dreamfly555
about 1 year ago
11 Posts
Quote from jomeyq :
Can you explain why 3D streaming doesn't work? When I stream 3D from Vudu or YouTube it's usually just side-by-side. Is there no option to view side-by-side content as 3D on this projector?
Correct. The projector has no input 3D format choices at all. It needs the player to detect the input format and then change the HDMI resolution and speed that the projector can handle and send the correct 3D signal over. I think the 3D support is at it's last breath and manufacturers are cutting 3D support to the barebone. I found a user at avsforums that can stream YouTube 3D videos on a lowly Sony BDP-S6700 Blu ray player so I bought a more recent Sony UBP-X800M2 thinking that it should be better but no, it's got less apps and couldn't even stream one 3D video from YouTube. Then I bought that S6700 and indeed I was able to steam ONE 3D video. I think this is because that video was formatted correctly. The same video fails to display 3D on the other Sony nor any of my streaming android boxes, include Firestick TV max, the latest one and mibox s, the older one. There are many supposedly 3D YouTube videos but so far none that I tried worked even with the S6700. So streaming 3D is pretty bleak. Downloaded 3D files is a little better in that you need to use ffmpeg to inject the metadata or re-encode with Frame-Packing. After that, the file can again only be played from a Blu-ray player. Kodi won't work. Blu-ray 3Ds from the blu-ray player are beautiful though. So for better 3D streaming, get an older projector.
Last edited by dreamfly555 September 6, 2023 at 11:53 AM.
about 1 year ago
443 Posts
Joined Oct 2006
about 1 year ago
d55guy
about 1 year ago
443 Posts
This is a great projector and particularly amazing for the price... with a couple of caveats.

A bit of background: I have a dedicated large home theater and have been an avid projector owner for about 25 years. I used to actually sell and service CRT projectors for home theaters and have been chasing the CRT black levels ever since. I bought this projector a month ago to finally make the jump to a 4k laser. I have been holding off till we got fiber to the house and now that I do, I can take advantage of the 4k on my 120" screen.

The first few days of using it I was honestly regretting my purchase. I kept tweaking and chasing settings, and it kept changing to something that looked terribly blown out and artificial. But after about a week or two, I got the settings locked down by playing with the inputs as well as the projector settings. In my 100% light controlled setting, the projector was actually too bright! (feels weird even typing that) Turning the power level down to 50% helped but in the end I added a ND filter which got the black levels to the inky black that I have been looking for.

After 2 weeks of watching I have been struggling to find any defects to no avail: The super fast rate makes for smooth video, the black levels with the ND is almost perfect, colors are spot on, skin tones are realistic but the colors are still vivid and pop, it's near dead silent (High altitude mode is very noisy), uses very little power and I don't have a bulb to worry about.. Now that I have it set, I couldn't be happier with it.

If you need the smart features and/or optical adjustments then the UHZ50 is the better choice. If you don't need those bells and whistles then this thing is hard to beat, but expect to spend some quality time getting it adjusted.
Last edited by d55guy September 6, 2023 at 03:33 PM.