Samsung SP-A800B

Extremely accurate color including spot-on color decoding for both SD and HD, nearly perfect prim... (cnet.com)

Impressive detailing; pitch-perfect colours; exceptionally quiet runner; good price (cnet.co.uk)

alaTest Review Summary

We have collected and analysed 8 expert reviews and 2 user reviews from international sources. The alaScore™ for this product is 96/100 = Excellent. Experts rate this product 80/100 and users rate it 70/100. The average review date is 12-05-2008. We have compared these reviews to 11419 reviews from other Projectors. Last update: 01-12-2008.

10 reviews

December, 2008

80 / 100

8 Experts

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70 / 100

2 Users

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Key Features

DLP Projector - 1000 ANSI lumens - 1920 x 1080 - widescreen - High Definition

Expert Reviews (8)

US

Samsung SP-A800B

By (cnet.com)

Extremely accurate color including spot-on color decoding for both SD and HD, nearly perfect primary colors, and linear grayscale tracking; superb black level and shadow detail performance; plenty of light output; excellent lens; solid feature package wit...

No horizontal lens shift.

The Samsung SP-A800B outperforms every projector in its class hands-down, and competes favorably with the three-chip DLP units that cost three times as much.

Samsung's flagship one-chip DLP-based home theater projector, the SP-A800B, t...

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Samsung SP-A800B

By Alex Jennings (cnet.co.uk)

The Samsung SP-A800B projector has gotten the Hollywood touch. Joe Kane, the man behind the Video Essentials DVD, has tuned the colour settings and it's a masterstroke, as the A800B produces the most outstandingly authentic colour tones we've se...

Impressive detailing; pitch-perfect colours; exceptionally quiet runner; good price

Visible DLP rainbow effect; lack of depth in black levels; slightly blurred motion

It's clear that Samsung has nurtured the A800B into being with plenty of love and devotion, even going so far as to call in a renowned picture quality expert to help them 'tune' its colour performance for movies. But although the A800B cert...

Sony's SXRD technology seriously impresses us. Its VPL-VW200 projector includ...

US

UltimateAVmag.com: Samsung SP-A800B DLP Projector

By Thomas J. Norton (ultimateavmag.com)

Samsung has an unusual history with high-definition video projectors. Its most recent 720p DLP model, designed in consultation with video expert Joe Kane, was superb, even standard-setting in many important respects. But dealers were rare, and worse, the

Nearly flawless color, Outstanding resolution, Unique, and accurate, calibration procedure

Black levels are adequate, but short of the best, Video processing, both SD and HD, could be better

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User Reviews (2)

US

"Gorgeous projector!"

By david m. lewis (cnet.com)

Worth the money...if you can find it. Only a... 

Great colors; features

Cut out dynamic iris

US

"Great but too costly"

By stepyourgameup (cnet.com)

If this thing is gonna sell for $10,000 then ... 

Great picture

Cost, cost, cost

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