OPTOMA HD141X Full HD Home Cinema 3D Projector, £399.99

reni10 · 27-12-2014 06:13PM

Nedved85 wrote: »

299?

Yes it is currently £349 and I got it in the lightning deal last night for £299 so will probably be the same price today again at 6pm

dricko_lim · 27-12-2014 08:16PM

Hd141x ordered

epopnomis · 27-12-2014 09:22PM

Me too through currys.ie...

dricko_lim wrote: »

Hd141x ordered

reni10 · 27-12-2014 09:24PM

The one thing I did not like about the HD141x was that there is no USB power so you can't power a TV stick or Chromecast so you would have to have another cable running from it.

I am happy enough with the H181x for £100 less...

positron · 28-12-2014 12:43AM

reni10 wrote:

The one thing I did not like about the HD141x was that there is no USB power so you can't power a TV stick or Chromecast so you would have to have another cable running from it.

Can you power a Chromecast on a 181X?

I have been thinking about how to hook up the 141X I ordered (Amazon, shipped today), and I thought since 141X has an mhl port, there might be TV sticks out there that will connect and power using mhl port. I am not sure if my understanding of mhl port and expectations are realistic, my other idea was to connect the PS3 as the game + Plex player, but apparently PS3's cinevia security thing won't play most of my movie collection.

calnand · 28-12-2014 12:51AM

Mhl provides power so the chromecast should work. I've been thinking about getting a projector for a while now and am stuck between this one and the benq w1070, it's only 610 on richersounds.

reni10 · 28-12-2014 12:53AM

Yes the H181x has USB power on it so I will be connecting my Amazon FireTV Stick to it so will not need another power cable for it.

The mini USB on the HD141x will not power any devices.

I don't think there are many TV stick devices yet that support MHL.

reni10 · 28-12-2014 12:58AM

calnand wrote: »

Mhl provides power so the chromecast should work. I've been thinking about getting a projector for a while now and am stuck between this one and the benq w1070, it's only 610 on richersounds.

The Chromecast does not support MHL so you will need another power cable for it on HD141x

positron · 28-12-2014 01:32AM

Okay, reading up more on MHL, apparently you can get a cheap MHL adapter that will still between your typical android TV stick's HDMI and projectors mhl, which allows powering the stick from mhl port thru HDMI. Although not sure if that would work with Chromecast. Roku 3 seems to have complete mjl support, and great reviews, if a not on the expensive side.

positron · 28-12-2014 01:37AM

Perhaps its the streaming stick that runs powered by mhl HDMI port. Sorry for typos etc, on phone here.

reni10 · 28-12-2014 08:00AM

positron wrote: »

Okay, reading up more on MHL, apparently you can get a cheap MHL adapter that will still between your typical android TV stick's HDMI and projectors mhl, which allows powering the stick from mhl port thru HDMI. Although not sure if that would work with Chromecast. Roku 3 seems to have complete mjl support, and great reviews, if a not on the expensive side.

Can you please provide a link to an MHL adapter that provides USB power as I can't seem to find any that do?

DoYouEvenLift · 28-12-2014 11:07PM

Can you not hook up the USB to one of the ports on your bluray player or console since you'll obviously be using one? Unless if you've them setup too far away from the projector like if it's ceiling mounted. Kind of disappointing that it doesn't have it's own ports to be fair

reni10 · 28-12-2014 11:35PM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Can you not hook up the USB to one of the ports on your bluray player or console since you'll obviously be using one? Unless if you've them setup too far away from the projector like if it's ceiling mounted. Kind of disappointing that it doesn't have it's own ports to be fair

I won't be using a console or a blue ray player I will just use the FireTV stick directly connected to 1 of the HDMI sockets and then power it from the H181x USB socket.

This way I only need 1 cable which powers the actual projector itself so no messy wires all over the room.

Then as the FireTV stick also has Bluetooth I will just wirelessly connect to a Bluetooth soundbar so no messy speaker wire either.

If I had gone for the HD141 I would need to have run another power or HDMI cable so as I will probably ceiling mount the projector so the least amount of cables the better for me...

positron · 29-12-2014 01:28AM

I haven't found any specific mhl adapters that works completely off the mhl port power. Looks like the whole mhl, miracast thing is still kinda evolving. So roku ready streamer is one of the devices that will work with and using mhl power. I am sure there might be couple of Chinese clones that does the same, but definitely not as common as the USB powered TV streaming sticks.

Anyway, my set up is going to be a PS3 and perhaps a streaming stick (roku or fire TV) and if I have to power it via USB its no big deal, I could just bring a simple extension lead with just two plugs to the projector and run everything off it. Fingers crossed.

Beadyeye · 29-12-2014 07:10PM

Is the 5 year warranty exclusive to Richersounds? Or would Pc World down south offer the same warranty?

Thanks

Spazdarn · 30-12-2014 11:23AM

Do the lamps cost a lot?

positron · 30-12-2014 11:40AM

After a bit of googling, this is the replacement lamp for this projector:

http://shop.optomausa.com/lamp_data.php?p_no=943

$179 on Optoma USA. I am surprised this is not on Amazon / eBay etc, not sure why.

PS: Actually it IS on amazon. Part No "SP.8VH01GC01", £117.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp · 30-12-2014 11:41AM

out of stock on currys.ie

epopnomis · 30-12-2014 01:26PM

I ordered this on currys over the weekend and no dispatch date received yet... Is there a currys representative on boards does anyone know???

dricko_lim · 30-12-2014 08:47PM

epopnomis wrote: »

I ordered this on currys over the weekend and no dispatch date received yet... Is there a currys representative on boards does anyone know???

I ordered mine last Saturday and it arrived in store for collection today

epopnomis · 30-12-2014 08:56PM

I ordered on saturday... I had rang them before hand and they told me that you could only get delivered to address and not shop... I knew it'd be a disaster ordering from Currys. Proven correct... plus I had to pay for delivery... did you order directly through the shop???

dricko_lim wrote: »

I ordered mine last Saturday and it arrived in store for collection today

dricko_lim · 30-12-2014 09:03PM

epopnomis wrote: »

I ordered on saturday... I had rang them before hand and they told me that you could only get delivered to address and not shop... I knew it'd be a disaster ordering from Currys. Proven correct... plus I had to pay for delivery... did you order directly through the shop???

Yeah I did. I had a one for all voucher from work for Xmas so I said I couldn't order online when I was in pc world. The guy asked did I want it delivered but I said I'd collect it which he said no bother. He called me earlier to say it was there. No issues at all, and no delivery charge

epopnomis · 30-12-2014 09:11PM

Ah well fairplay.. was hoping to have it for new years... will ring em tomorrow and give em hell...

dricko_lim wrote: »

Yeah I did. I had a one for all voucher from work for Xmas so I said I couldn't order online when I was in pc world. The guy asked did I want it delivered but I said I'd collect it which he said no bother. He called me earlier to say it was there. No issues at all, and no delivery charge

ecomac · 30-12-2014 09:15PM

This is the best offer for Optoma so far: http://www.richersounds.ie/p-200760-hd141x.aspx

Delivery is £6.99. 5 year warranty (excluding of course the bulb).

dricko_lim · 30-12-2014 09:15PM

epopnomis wrote: »

Ah well fairplay.. was hoping to have it for new years... will ring em tomorrow and give em hell...

Haha do! The wife is re-doing the sitting room so it'll be a few weeks before I have it set up the way I want! Never thought she'd actually agree when I said I think we should get a projector

positron · 30-12-2014 10:22PM

ecomac wrote:

This is the best offer for Optoma so far:

Wow, 5 year warranty free. Hmm still waiting for Amazon delivery, I could send it back and go with RicherSounds....

ecomac · 30-12-2014 11:18PM

positron wrote: »

Wow, 5 year warranty free. Hmm still waiting for Amazon delivery, I could send it back and go with RicherSounds....

That would be wise. It's actually even cheaper than Amazon, where after Irish VAT it works out at £410 with only one year warranty. Be aware that the offer ends tomorrow though.

positron · 31-12-2014 11:56AM

Okay, ordered with RicherSounds! Thanks for the tip off - 5 years warranty is substantial peace of mind!

Contacted Amazon to cancel the order (it was on route with An Post, Out to Delivery), and Amazon said they have asked An Post to not to deliver, and in case it case it gets delivered, just refuse delivery. And when it's gets back to Amazon, they will full refund. Exceptionally good service. Shame their offer isn't as good as RicherSounds!

reni10 · 31-12-2014 12:58PM

Just got delivery of my H181x from Amazon so looking forward to trying it out in a while.

First impressions is it looks great and is so much lighter then I thought it would be!

epopnomis · 31-12-2014 02:41PM

So just received a mail from currys saying that item wasn't in stock... I ordered this on Saturday... shocking customer service... I had rang them on Monday and they had informed me that the item was in stock... knowledge of stock levels seem non existent.

dricko_lim wrote: »

Haha do! The wife is re-doing the sitting room so it'll be a few weeks before I have it set up the way I want! Never thought she'd actually agree when I said I think we should get a projector

OPTOMA HD141X Full HD Home Cinema 3D Projector, £399.99

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