image quality, usability, design, price

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

image quality, usability, price, noise, design

84% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

If you've read the main review carefully, you'll have noticed that pretty much every time I've praised the HD20, it's been along the lines of it being better than expected for its money, rather than suggesting that it represents the last word in...

Cheap and compact ; can be positioned close to the screen ; decent detail, bright, bold colours

Not as simple to set up as others ; lacks extra quality

Size doesn't matter: this diminutive Optoma just about keeps in touch with the big boys

Remarkable value ; Excellent detail resolution ; Reasonable contrast and brightness

Some fan noise ; Evident rainbow effect ; Limited throw distance

A solid projector and amazingly priced but its not one that will wow with colour or features

It’s ugly and a little flawed, but the HD20 produces by far the best picture we’ve seen at this price point

Subtle and natural colours, great with movies, good HD sharpness, nice black levels

Occasional rainbow effect, images not the brightest in their class, motion judder, runs loudly

As a budget projector, the HD20 is not without compromises. Setup options are a little limited: There’s no optical lens shift or keystone correction and certainly no motorised zoom or focus. Most of these features can be had on competing projectors –...

I may have a few gripes with the Optoma HD20, but I really don’t intend to put you off what is essentially an outstanding product for its price. If you really want the best, then you will have to reach that much further into your pocket to pull out...

Breakthrough price for a 1080p projector. Reasonably high-quality image for 480p and above.

Falls down a bit on image quality for 480i (standard-definition) television signals.

On the HD HQV Benchmark test, a measure of how well the projector can handle input at 1080i, the HD20 scored 50 out of a possible 100, doing well on the noise reduction, jaggies (Read: edge smoothing), and one of two film resolution loss tests, but...

Price ; Great plug and play performance ; Noise reduction

Marginally adjustable ; Poor jaggie reduction ; Auto-source doesn't give enough time for HDCP ; Blinding backlight on remote ; Light leakage from front of unit ; Loud fan

The Optoma HD20 succeeds in doing something I would have thought impossible: Creating a worthy 1080p front projector for under $1,000. The HD20 suffers from some practical limitations and image quality issues not present in some of its more expensive...