Optoma HD27E 1080p Home Cinema Projector with 3400 Lumens, Ideal for Indoor Or Outdoor Movies, Sports and Gaming

I have had this projector for about 3 months now and it works great! I spent a lot of time looking for a projector that balanced affordability and high performance.Pros: very clear picture (we have it at about 12-14ft), remote works well and there are a ton of setting options to get your optimal picture, works pretty well in light (we have it set up in the basement but when the door is open mid day we can still see the picture clearly despite some washout)Cons: As with most projectors it can be difficult to contrast white colors and sometimes (sporting events) whites can appear very bright. The speaker is good but we plugged a Sony sound bar in and it works perfectly.9/10 would highly recommend, this is our first projector and comparing the size, weight, etc to a TV is a no brainer if you have the choice.

Took some work with the settings but now I am very happy.- Turn off auto contrast. It causes annoying changes in contrast while viewing. Also causes fan speed to vary annoyingly in ECO mode.- ECO mode is very quiet if you observe the suggestion above.- light weight and easy to mount- Very bright, clear pictureCon: Has an illuminated strip 4 inches wide all around the projected image. Not as bright as the image portion but still annoying.

Provides excellent picture quality for the price point! (I paid $399 on Thanksgiving day sale price) The internal speaker is not the best. I have mine hooked up through a full audio receiver so I have all of my sources going into one unit to provide a single video source. I highly recommend purchasing a digital TV tuner box to go along with the unit that way you can watch any and all over the air stations on the projector. The pictures I have provided do not do it justice on how clear and perfect the picture quality really is.

Very grainy and lacking detail, also the projector gets very hot, some scenes look good some dont, tried adjusting settings no avail. Paid $400 on black friday.

The lamp stopped working.

Alot brighter than my previous 720 1500 lumen projector. Picture is seeable with lights on but obviously color will be affected. Takes about a minute to fully power on and get bright. Using it for gaming and movie projection on a daily basis. Loving it so far. 1080p crisp picture. Color is good in a dark environment. Brightness depends on the picture source. I have it on eco mode to reduce wear on lamp. I have mine mounted in the ceiling. It does not have the standard 4 holes for mounting only has 3 in a triangle shape. I had to heavily modify my last mount to accommodate but definitely suggest buying a specific mount for this projector.

Was very excited to buy this projector. The specs were exactly what I was looking for and the reviews, hopefully legitimate, were glowing. Unfortunately I cannot concur. I have had two other projectors over the years because I update every ten years or so but this was the worst. I use projectors in lieu of a TV primarily for movies and sports via HDMI with FIOS.The issues:The ceiling mount has to be placed perfectly as the zoom is so minimal that it is practically nonexistent.The projector re-synchs routinely where I would change a channel and the screen would go black with the spinning circle for several seconds until a picture returned.The tints would change,and sometimes flicker in and out, while I was watching.The remote would have to be pointed at an exact sweet spot on the projector which was difficult as the projector was ceiling mounted behind me. Also, the projector would not turn off by the remote even when holding it several inches away.I did want this projector to work as others have attested and a paper in the box requested that the projector not be returned until one calls customer support. Good luck with that. They are only available during normal business hours Monday through Fridays. Do they not realize or care that home theater users usually work during those hours and use their product only at night and on weekends? I guess not. I couldn't live with these flaws and I returned it.

I checked review after review and the HD27E was almost in every top ten at the under $600 range. But I was not willing to fork out $600. I waited for a year (using CamelCamelCamel) and found it for under $400 and I could not resist. My wife was upset I bought it a month before Xmas and spent all the money. I put it on a tray table and stretched some cords across the floor to get it running on a random wall, and she was upset about the mess. But after 2 hours of watching the Hallmark Channel, she wanted to how soon I could order a ceiling mount and get longer HDMI cables.You can go out and buy a 60" TV that cost hundreds more than this and the picture is 1/3 the size (my final install is going to be a 100" diagonal). In addition, you can pick this up and put it on a coffee table on the back deck and stretch a sheet on the side of the house and have a "drive in" style movie. Lastly, the speaker is very good. It rivals the speakers on my 50" TV and I can not hear the fan unless I have my ear next to the projector.You have nothing to loose if you can find it for under $400 (just set it up on your wife's favorite channel for the first couple of hours and she will be glad you are such a savvy shopper).Update 2 years later: Was watching Mulan on Disney+ and my wife remarked that the colors were not what she thought they should be. I picked up the remote and checked and the projector was in economy mode, which is how I watch tv. But for special events, bright mode is called for. We have been super happy with our purchase and would do it again in a heart beat. With the Covid19 changing the way we live, we plan on buying tickets to the streaming service for Trans Siberian Orchestra on December 18th and watching the concert from home on our 100 projector screen. You will not get the same experience with a 50 inch TV.