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DLP™ Technology Wins the Prestigious Emmy® Award |
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For some time now, we’ve
all known that Digital Light Processing™
Technology is the way to watch
television and digital content. With its
reliability, incredible resolution, true
colors and black levels, and its attention
to detail, not to mention its astounding
price point, DLP™ Technology has long
promised to be the way “to do
television right.”
Well, today we are in good
company. On October 24, 2003, Texas
Instruments announced that the
National Television Academy
awarded DLP™ Technology with the
Technology And Engineering
Emmy® Award for "Pioneering Development of
Mass-Produced Digital Reflective Imaging
Technology for Consumer Rear Projection
Television."
According to Texas Instruments, “The Emmy®
recognizes DLP™ technology for
revolutionizing the world of large screen
TV by enabling sets to be slimmer, lighter
and more elegant while offering
outstanding picture quality and excellent
affordability.”
Yes, this is the very same
DLP™ Technology that Optoma uses in its
projectors and its award-winning
RD-series of high definition televisions.
Optoma’s RD-series of high definition DLP™
televisions are among the slimmest in the
world and are renown for their
true-to-life picture quality, as is the
company’s line of DLP™ dedicated home
theater and front projection products.
For more information about
the Emmy® Award presentation, please click
here. For more information about
Optoma and its exclusive DLP™
Technology-based products, please visit
www.optomausa.com and
www.optomahometheater.com. |
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PC Pro magazine
awards the EzPro 731 with a five-star review and a
Best Value rating; Cites the low-cost SVGA projector
“puts more powerful devices to shame”
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In
the October 2003 online edition of PC Pro
magazine, the Optoma EzPro 731 received a
five-star rating from reviewer Allstair Dabbs and
was named as a Best Value product by the
publication. |
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Tested for portability, ease of use, image
quality, noise level, and options, the EzPro 731
received accolades for its features ranging from
its lightweight and “stylish” casing to its low
noise level to its “rock solid” image production —
even when compared to projectors costing
five-times its price. Dabbs noted that the
projector’s ability to, “emulate widescreen
effects [and] we can imagine the EP731 being
popular for home cinema as well as business
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presentations.” He added
that the projector also provided computer
gaming with, “a compelling cinematic
feel.”
Concludes Dabbs, “for general business
presentations and home entertainment, it’s
the best value projector we’ve tested (and
the lightest), with a standard of image
quality that’s considerably beyond its
modest price tag.” |
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Electronic House magazine
honors the H76 widescreen home theater projector with
its prestigious Product of the Year award at CEDIA
2003
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Just three short months after its world premiere,
the sub-$6,000 Optoma H76™ widescreen home theater
projector, which features HD-2 Digital Light
Processing™ technology from Texas Instruments,
received the prestigious Product of the Year award
from Electronic House magazine at the 2003
CEDIA Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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The EH Product of the Year award was established
to recognize companies with products that have
contributed innovative and influential products to
the home electronics and consumer electronics
industries. The selection panel, which is
comprised of editors from EH Publishing’s four
magazines, evaluated hundreds of products before
selecting the final recipients of the award.
“Our decisions are based on reviews [that] we ran
throughout the year, product demos, and talking
with the installers and users of the products,”
explained Cindy Davis, editor-in-chief of
Electronic House. “Topping our list of criteria is
technological innovation, combined with overall
value and outstanding features.”
The award announcement can be found in the
September 2003 print edition of Electronic House
magazine. |
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France’s PC Expert magazine calls the
EzPro 725, “the essential projection tool for mobile
professionals” (Translated to from French to English)
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In the September/October 2003
issue of PC Expert magazine, the
publication’s editorial team lauds the
2.5-pound Optoma EzPro 725™ for its full range
of high-demand features ranging from its
use of double data rate Digital Light
Processing technology™ to its elaborate
connectivity options, multi-standard
compatibility, and easy-to-manage functions.
And because of its incredibly compact size,
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to the projector as, “the most compact build of
the moment.”
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publication’s team further cites that the
projector is designed with technology so advanced,
it produces, “an image free of imperfections,” and
with its ability to, “adopt 16:9 images…the EzPro
725 is compatible with home cinema use.”
The team concludes that the EzPro 725 is, “compact
and light, features a good contrast ratio, and
supports screen formats of both 4:3 and 16:9. The
EzPro 725 is the essential projection tool for
mobile professionals.”
To view the review in full detail, please refer to
the September/October 2003 print edition of PC
Expert magazine. |
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LA Audio File’s Kevin Nakano Recommends
Taking a “Serious Look” at the Optoma H56
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In the July online edition of LA Audio
File, editor-in-chief Kevin Nakano puts the H56
through a rigorous field test. Setting up the
projector in the
ultimate home theater test environment,
Nakano evaluates everything |
from its ease-of-installation to its
high-definition image reproduction to its
intuitive menu navigation capabilities, and calls
the H56, “a candidate for any serious home theater
installation.”
Concludes Nakano, “The Optoma H56 is a great
performer for the money. The result is a picture that
can please most viewers for less than half the price
of most high definition projectors.”
Click
here
to read the full review. |
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TechEdge Magazine Review:
Dollar Theater -
The Optoma H56 Earns Five out of Five Stars
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In his first-ever review of an Optoma
product, TechEdge reviewer Tim Kridel credits Optoma
with “bridging the gap” between quality imaging
and affordability |
and awards the H56 home theater
projector with five out of five stars.
Notes Kridel, “Straight out of the box,
the H56 offers a user-friendly experience. The H56
is definitely worth considering if you’re shopping
for a home theater projector.” |
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Optoma H56 Earns About.com 5-Star Rating with its
“Stunning Detail and Color Accuracy”
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In
his first review of the Optoma H56 home theater
projector, About.com’s Robert Silva praises the
unit’s “excellent projected image of stunning detail
and color accuracy,” noting he was “very impressed
with the film-like |
quality, brightness, and excellent grayscale of the
projected image.”
Silva adds, “The Optoma H56 is definitely the best
all-around, under $5,000 video projector I have seen,”
and, “I cannot say enough about the excellent
performance of the Optoma H56.”
Click
here for the complete About.com article, and
here for more information on Optoma Home
Theater projectors. |
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What Video Home Entertainment Rates The Optoma H56 as
a “Best Buy”
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In the June issue of
What Video Home Entertainment magazine, reviewer
Marco Bilello gives the Optoma H56 home theater
projector high accolades for its “phenomenal”
color reproduction, its “astonishing” 2000:1
contrast ratio, its ease-of-use, and attractive price point. |
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Bilello also praises the latest advances of the
H56 ranging from its six-segment, four-speed color
wheel to its well-designed, intuitive onscreen
menus.
Concludes Bilello, “This is one of the best DLP
projectors money can buy.”
Click here
for the full review. |
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Optoma H56 Takes Home Theater to "a Whole New Level"
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ProjectorCentral.com is the authority on the
Web for business and home theater projectors. When
ProjectorCentral’s Evan Powell reviewed Optoma Home
Theater’s H56, he was so impressed he put it
right into the site’s
Highly
Recommended Home Theater Projectors list.
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Powell writes, “It’s a great
product and delivers superb video quality for the
money. Contrast, black level, and shadow detail are
all outstanding. Color accuracy and saturation are
first rate. And image sharpness and detail is as
good as it gets in native XGA format.” Powell also
praises the H56’s long throw distance, three-year
warranty, and “magnificent HDTV images that rival
those of the higher resolution competitors.”
Click here for the H56’s
full review, and visit
ProjectorCentral.com for a full range of
projector news and evaluations. |
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Gadget
Grrl Falls for the Optoma H56
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Considered
to be the Martha Stewart of gadgets, Gadget Grrl
presents new technology to her television audience
in a fun and entertaining way.
When she picked her favorite Valentine’s Day gadgets
for a recent series of morning show appearances, the
Optoma H56
home
theater projector was at the top of her list.
“What could be more romantic
than a movie theater for two!” she exclaimed.
“This projector’s image is so sharp you can play
connect-the-dots with Leonardo DiCaprio’s freckles!” |
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EzPro
737 Wins "What Laptop UK" Magazine's
Gold Award
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The
Optoma EzPro
737 continues its winning streak with What
Laptop UK magazine’s “Gold Award.” The
editors noted that they “were more than impressed” with
the
737’s “1500 ANSI lumens
rating, supported by an impressive 800:1 contrast
ratio,” adding “it’s
powerful enough for even the brightest of rooms.” |
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editors found the 737 delivers “bright and
vibrant images,” and “overall, we found
the usability of the 737 to be excellent, making
this machine a good choice for work or leisure
locations.” The editors conclude, “Power,
performance, and the price is right. Could you
ask for anything more?”
Full
story. |
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Optoma H56 Home Theater Projector Is a
Big Hit at a Big Super Bowl Party
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Pete Putman knows HDTV. As President of ROAM Consulting—an electronic display consulting firm—and senior contributing editor
for Primedia Business Media, Pete is recognized
nationwide as an expert on HDTV and video display
technology. |
Like many HDTV fans, Pete threw a Super Bowl party
to show off the technology’s amazing image
quality. But Pete's no
couch potato: He collected eight HDTVs, CRT monitors, LCD
monitors, plasma screens, and home theater projectors and
hosted 54 guests in his home for the ultimate HDTV Super Bowl
party.
What’s the verdict on the Optoma H56 home
theater projector? "Delightful," writes Pete,
adding "The tiny Optoma projector was a big
hit with the crowd" and "it put some great
images up on the screen." For the complete
story, see Pete’s article "More
HDTV Than You Can Shake a Remote At." |
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OptomaTV
RD50 Reaches Finals in the
2003 Mark of Excellence Award Competition
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The
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has announced
that the OptomaTV RD50 is a finalist in its Mark
of Excellence Award competition. The Mark of Excellence
Awards recognize products and companies at the
forefront of innovation in the home automation
industry. At just 14.7 inches deep, the RD50 is
the world’s slimmest projection HDTV. |
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OptomaTV HDTVs Win the
CES Innovations 2003 Award
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December 15, 2002 – Optoma Technology is
pleased to announce that its new RD50 and RD65
bigscreen HDTVs have won the distinguished
2003 Innovations Award from the International
Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The RD-series
high-definition televisions were recognized
for their outstanding design and innovative
application of Texas Instruments DLP™ technology
to deliver brilliant high-definition onscreen
images.
The 2003 Innovations Awards are endorsed by the
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers' (IEEE) Consumer Electronics Society. |
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Optoma EzPro 735 and EzPro 737 Rank as “Best Bets”
on ProjectorCentral.com
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More
and more projector users are discovering that DLP™
business projectors deliver such outstanding images
that they can be used for home theater—even with an
HDTV source. When
ProjectorCentral.com compared leading
HDTV-compatible portable projectors, not one but two
Optoma projectors were ranked as “Best Bets” which are
“ideally suited to make the transition from business
travel to home entertainment.”
The EzPro 737 won a 4.7 out of 5 star rating, with one
user raving “I was VERY impressed…it gives a really
beautiful, vibrant picture.” The EzPro 735 rated 4.8
out of 5 stars and users noted “it’s 200% better than
every LCD projector” and “I would very highly
recommend this projector to anyone wanting the best of
both worlds for presentations and home theater.” |
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