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

positron · 16-01-2015 01:31PM

I have watched about 3-4 movies so far with the projector on a coffee table with me sitting right behind it, and no the fan noise hasn't been an issue at all. Fan kicks into a higher / louder mode for a few seconds when you switch off the projector. It's audible at normal speed as well, but I personally didn't find it too noisy, sitting just a meter or two away from the projector. And I was using projector's built-in speakers at the lowest setting.

To compare it to something else, I would say it's only about half as loud as a HP N54L Microserver that I have running in the room, and slightly louder than a laptop fan.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp · 16-01-2015 01:33PM

I have one of these in front of me and reckon it's about as noisy as the UPC Horizon box when running normally.

epopnomis · 16-01-2015 02:01PM

Yep mines quiet as a mouse, only in silent sections of a film do I notice a slight hum.... Defo invest in a good soundbar though. It makes all the difference.

Zardoz · 16-01-2015 02:47PM

epopnomis wrote: »

Yep mines quiet as a mouse, only in silent sections of a film do I notice a slight hum.... Defo invest in a good soundbar though. It makes all the difference.

Is there any slight burning smell off the bulb ?

reni10 · 16-01-2015 03:23PM

It sounds like my H181X is faulty then as I can hear it in the next room 15 feet away with the door open even with a movie on my soundbar at moderate volume!

If sounds like the Fan is running constantly and much louder then any PC fan that I have ever heard.
This is on Eco mode where it is supposed to be 28db and the HD141x is 26db so the difference should be negligible I would have thought.

I have contacted Optoma today so we will see what they come back with but could anyone do a quick video of their Optoma with the sound turned off and in a quiet room so I can see what it should sound like?

positron · 16-01-2015 04:05PM

Faulty or not, that sounds too loud.

db scale is logarithmic, and approximately doubles every 6 db if I remember correctly, but whatever the scale and rating, if it's too loud it's too loud.

BArra · 16-01-2015 06:03PM

Make sure it's in eco mode, there are other settings that cause fan to run at full speed

reni10 · 16-01-2015 06:22PM

BArra wrote: »

Make sure it's in eco mode, there are other settings that cause fan to run at full speed

It is in Eco mode, if I put it into some of the other modes it actually just much louder again!

positron · 18-01-2015 03:15PM

To those who have mounted this projector on the ceiling - I just got delivery of a this VonHaus universal mount and the four arms are ajustable (length, direction etc). Now question I ave is, Optoma has three mounting points close-ish together towards the middle of the projector. Ddo I have to use these three mounting points provided, or can I hang the projector by the height adjustable leg screws? Would the "legs" take the weight when upside down?

thenightrider · 19-01-2015 05:28PM

positron wrote: »

To those who have mounted this projector on the ceiling - I just got delivery of a this VonHaus universal mount and the four arms are ajustable (length, direction etc). Now question I ave is, Optoma has three mounting points close-ish together towards the middle of the projector. Ddo I have to use these three mounting points provided, or can I hang the projector by the height adjustable leg screws? Would the "legs" take the weight when upside down?

As i could not mount the projector to the mounting bracket holes i used the holes for the height adjustment and used the leg screws to keep it in place and it is working fine.

padair · 20-01-2015 02:12PM

Can be got for e519 from amazon italy.

http://www.curiua.com/dp/B00M2YDBXK

positron · 20-01-2015 11:20PM

thenightrider wrote: »

As i could not mount the projector to the mounting bracket holes i used the holes for the height adjustment and used the leg screws to keep it in place and it is working fine.

I was going to do the same, but then I figured out the rear height adjustment leg screws are thinner than the mount screw holes (which need m4 screws), so I couldn't get them to grip properly.

Luckily I spotted this 200 screws box in Dealz for the princely sum of €1.49 and it had pleny of m4 screws in different lengths. Now I need to find three washeres and then I am all set for mounting it on the ceiling (10m hdmi cable, 10m power cable, D15 DLP link 3D glasses are all ready to go).

rob316 · 10-03-2015 11:03AM

padair wrote: »

Can be got for e519 from amazon italy.

http://www.curiua.com/dp/B00M2YDBXK

Ive been watching it, its down to €500 now, 2 price drops in 4 days. Tempted to pull the trigger but it may go down even further yet. Would love if I could snag it for closer to €450 considering its €670 nearly on the .co.uk site.

positron · 10-03-2015 12:19PM

Couple of photos of how this projector looks projecting to a normal cream-ish colour wall.

The projection is about 2.8 meters wide. Or for easy comparison, the telly that's barely visible at the bottom is 47".

Decent projector. See if RicherSounds has a deal going because they sometimes offer 5 year warranty as well.

commited · 10-03-2015 12:26PM

Ordered on Sunday at €508 + €12 delivery, hoping to receive it by Friday.

take everything · 10-03-2015 01:10PM

Lads, what's the best deal on this at the moment.

padair · 10-03-2015 01:13PM

http://it.camelcamelcamel.com/Optoma-HD141X-DMD-DLP-Videoproiettore/product/B00M2YDBXK

rob316 · 10-03-2015 01:22PM

take everything wrote: »

Lads, what's the best deal on this at the moment.

amazon.it you are looking at about €510 delivered.

Komplett have it for €570

Richersounds/amazon uk - with the exchange rate about €660

Gunna jump on the amazon.it I cant see it coming down any further.

take everything · 10-03-2015 01:30PM

Feck it.
I just purchased it from Amazon Italy. About 500 euro.
Waiting for a motorised screen as well.
Can't wait.

davidom2513 · 31-03-2015 12:37PM

Any chance of this coming back around the €529 mark in Currys or anywhere else I wonder?

Its €650 in in currys now, quite a jump

epopnomis · 25-11-2015 04:40PM

Back to 379£ on amazon, trust me that's a sweet deal for this little beauty... Best investment I've ever made...

boardzz · 25-11-2015 05:07PM

Still cheaper on Amazon Italy

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

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