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Optoma Gt720 Gaming Projector: Wall-Sized Fun
April 18th, 2010
Optoma is back with more budget-friendly projectors, and this time it’s focusing on gamers with its Game Time series. The GT720 is the most expensive model in the series, and its meant for PS3 and Xbox 360 owners. The GT720 has a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 and a ginormous 300-inch maximum screen size. Measuring approximately 13″ x 4″ x 9″, the GT720 even comes with its own backpack, so you can have HD gaming wherever you want. Sure, your Kuro has crisp colors and awesome blacks, but you can’t carry it with you, can you now?
The GT720′s input/output connections are: HDMI, VGA-In, S-Video, Composite Video, Stereo RCA Audio-In, Stereo Audio-Out and RS-232. It’s compatible with UXGA, SXGA+, WXGA, SXGA,VGA, SVGA, and VESA and video signals up to 1080p. You can also enjoy stereoscopic 3D on it, so it’s like having your personal IMAX (assuming you have the glasses.) But it only has a couple of 5-watt speakers, so you’ll have to hook it up to an home theater system or good speakers to match the awesome visuals.
No word when the Game Time series will be released, but we do know that the GT720 is priced at $800 (USD). Check out Optoma’s website for more info.
[via TV Snob]
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I honestly can’t understand producing an HD projector these days that isn’t a true HD resolution like 720p or 1080p. Having something like 1600×1200 means that you’re either scaling the image up or down and degrading the image quality. At least with 1920×1080 you’re scaling up to a similar aspect ratio and all 1080p sources will be pixel for pixel. And the 1200 vertical, considering this is for gaming, I’m assuming that there’ll still be “lit” black bars at the top and bottom? Would it really be that much more expensive to go for the extra 320 pixels horizontal?
Sorry for the rant, but I just don’t get it.
No problem, keep ‘em coming. It’s always nice to have folks like you who look over the specs, so other people who come here can learn more about the gadgets we feature here.
You must not know much about projectors. The GT720 can do 720p, and in 3D. At 16:10, yes, they’ll be bars at the top and bottom, but very small and unnoticeable if you’re playing at night.
http://www.projectorcentral.com/Optoma-GameTime_GT720.htm