It lowers the power with darker scenes so the entire image is darker, giving what's technically a better black level, at the expense of overall light output. DynamicBlack varies the intensity of the laser to vary the brightness depending on what's in the video. The UHZ50's brightness modes are a bit confusing. For what it's worth, I've had the both in my lab for over a month and I've yet to swap out the Optoma to watch the Epson. That is, if you can get it to work in your room. I'd lean toward the Epson for most people, but if there are things about the Optoma that speak to you, I wouldn't talk you out of it. The Epson has more options for placement, but the Optoma has better detail.
The Epson has better contrast while the color on the Optoma really pops. Which would I get? That's a tough question. That's too bad since the larger case would help in myriad ways. I assume some market research somewhere found that most (many?) people want smaller projectors like the UHZ50, not larger ones like the Epson. But this same or similar light engine in a larger case would let it be even quieter, perhaps allowing for a better zoom too, and that would really put it head-to-head, or maybe even ahead, of the Epson. It's a bit of a sleeper in that regard, since its picture absolutely looks its price once you turn it on. There's nothing to visually distinguish this nearly $3,000 projector from projectors that cost less than $1,000. The most recent laser projector I reviewed didn't quite live up to the hype and my initial impressions weren't great when I saw its budget-size box. I wasn't sure what to expect with the UHZ50.
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It makes using it far more like a TV than many projectors. As something to live with every day, the Optoma's fast on/off ends up being a far bigger perk than you might imagine. Lastly, I use a projector as my main "TV" and have for the last 20 years. It's not a deal-breaker, but it was noticeable and not something seen on the Epson. We've seen this before with other DLP projectors. Imagine a cloudless sky, there might be a noisy band or several instead of a smooth transition from bright to darker color. There was banding in gradations of brightness. Speaking of HDR, that's where I noticed the only real issue with the UHZ50. With HDR content though, the Epson was capable of a wider gamut of color. Perhaps it was a trick of the laser/phosphor, or the DLP-native BrilliantColor processing (which you can turn off), but the colors on the UHZ50 had the potential for more punch. With some scenes, the Epson seemed more accurate, in others, the UHZ50. It didn't add anything, and introduced issues of its own.Ĭolor was excellent, and about a wash between the two. I'm not a big fan of dynamic brightness adjustments to begin with, and this one is especially meh.
However, this adjustment is visually noticeable, as the overall color changes as the laser ramps up and down. Which is to say, the whole image is dimmer with dark scenes. You can, technically, enable the DynamicBlack mode that varies the laser intensity to reduce black levels at the expense of light output. The contrast seems better than its numbers suggest. The UHZ50 is so bright, and its colors so vibrant, that in anything but a very dark scene, you don't really notice it. However, the Optoma is bright enough, and its colors strong enough, that this isn't nearly as obvious if you're not watching their projections side by side. The remote is small enough that it doesn't take up much space on an end table, but large enough that it's not easy to lose. If you have a more elaborate home theater, there are also 12v triggers and an RS-232 port. If you really want to use Optoma's built-in streaming, you can connect the projector to your network via Wi-Fi or an Ethernet cable. To that end, there are plenty of USB connections to power said streaming stick. This is true of all projectors, not specifically a knock against the UHZ50. Technically you can access some streaming apps within the projector - Optoma bills it as "smart" - but with a projector this expensive it's worth investing another $50 or so in a real 4K streaming stick for access to more services and a better user experience.
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