Optoma UHD60 4K UHD Projector

Got my UHD60 a few days ago from Amazon. Buyer from Australia here. I’m no pro reviewer, but thought I’s share my thoughts here as it’s pretty hard to get feedback on them at the moment. Cost was just under $3100 AU from Amazon, inc import duties and expedited shipping. My last projector was Epson 9100, which I am keeping for 3D playback. My set up is on a Carson mechanised 110 inch screen, casting from 3.6 meters. Feed content through Panasonic UHD 900, PS4 Pro, and Chromecast Ultra. I bought the UHD60 as I use projector not in a bat cave, but in a room which is fairly light controlled, but with some ambient light leakage. Also gaming is important, so the 60 was for me. Overall, EXTREMELY impressed with this unit. Though of course, not perfect. • Regarding set up…you MUST be able to align in absolute centre of screen, at either very close to the top, or bottom of the screen. You can only lens shift to 15 Degrees, and ONLY upwards if you are throwing from below, or only downwards if from ceiling mount. • No power cord problems, uses standard PC power cord, so just use an Aussie one. No voltage issues. • As everyone has noted, unit build is a bit crappy / plastic…but aesthetic I think is pretty good. All controls re lens are manual. • Big tip…important how you get content to it – I re did my set up to have my Pana UHD 900 close to the unit, as well as my PS4..so Ididnt need to pay out hundreds for fibre HDMI leads. • I also have the Sammy UHD 8500, and that was useless compared to the quality and control I got out of the Pana UHD 900 on the Optoma. NIGHT and DAY difference. PS4 Pro gaming works a treat, gets full HDR etc compatability in the video settings. Gaming in 4K is amazing on the Optoma. Wipeout, Horizon Dawn, Uncharted etc are just awesome, and lag is not an issue. However, video feeds from the PS4 are pretty crap, eg Netflix, Stan, Plex. If you can , get your video feeds from a dedicated player, as I have said, especially the Pana UHD 900. On that unit, Netflix 4k / HDR looks fantastic. It doesn’t have Plex, so I use Plex via Chromecast Ultra for 1080p files, which looks great, even though the HDMI 1.4 port. Plex on the PS4 Pro looked like arse. Seriously. • Optoma upscales 1080p files and Blurays like a treat. Very impressed. • I have NOT professionally calibrated. • Optoma resolution is just great, so happy with it. 4K really is razor sharp, of course, blacks could be better. But by no means a dealbreaker, depending on how fussy you are. BIG TIP – use DYNAMIC BLACK…it really works well. And be prepared to spend some time trawling the forums for getting tweaks for diff types of content re settings, it really helps. When you are experimenting, pay close attention to colour gamut, as well as Gamma presets, they make a BIG difference. • HDR generally works surprisingly well..especially with gaming, and my fave UHD discs, depending on the source material. Big tip here…if on a UHD disc source, HDR looks dodgy…strip HDR from the source player (Pana does it) and get straight 4K out put..solves a lot of problems. For example, the new Prometheus UHD look GREAT in full 4k / HDR…better than I was even hoping for. But…Alien Covenant…seems they somehow screwed the HDR on that, so I strip the HDR from it, to just 4K output, and it looks fantastic. Overall, I am extremely impressed with this Optoma. As has been well reported, if you don’t care about gaming and want better blacks, go the UHD65. But either way…for this amount of money compared to the competition, I reckon Optoma have really hit it out of the park. I’m planning on keeping it almost as a stop gap for a couple years, till someone makes a great 4K native player that also does great 3D, and does not cost over ten grand. Like I said, I’m no expert, but hope this info has helped. Cheers