Samsung SP-A800B

Samsung SP-A800B is one of the best projectors available on the market at the moment: great looks and performance make it worth the money.

Intro:
Samsung SP-A800B is not only one of the best projectors in terms of image quality, but it is at the same time unusually attractive. It looks elegant and thus it is ideal for business meetings but it is also sexy so it’s perfect for your home theater or bedroom. Also Samsung SP-A800B’s remote control is ideally shaped, responsive and with backlit buttons you can use it in dark rooms.


Samsung SP-A800B pros:
+ 1080p resolution
+ Good black and white
+ Impeccable colors
+ Good shadow detail
+ Sharp image
+ Brightness

Samsung SP-A800B cons:
- Lack of horizontal lens shift
- Lack of electronic control over zoom
- Lack of electronic focus control


The design:
Samsung SP-A800B measures 7.8 x 17 x 18.4 inches and is made of glossy, black, high quality plastic. The projector has plenty of ports should you want to connect it to your PC or Mac. There are two HDMI and two component video inputs, an RS-232 port, 15-pin VGA-style input, as well as S-video and composite inputs. Unfortunately, there is no possibility of shifting the lens horizontally, but apart from that there are really no other design flaws.

Performance:
Samsung SP-A800B  has one of the best color accuracy, black level and contrast ratio among the projectors available on the market at the moment. Additionally, the contrast ratio, resolution and light input are all exceptionally good. The Samsung SP-A800B’s lamp is brighter than in the previous generation Samsung projectors. There is little noise in the images even in low light areas, such as shadows which look really impressive.

Ease of use:
Samsung SP-A800B is almost ready for use after you take it out of the box. I mean it is in fact ready, but to achieve the best results you might want to calibrate it. Samsung SP-A800B has seven picture modes and several color temperatures, three gamma settings. With all that it might seem that it should be enough to just choose some picture mode and watch movies. Indeed it is partially true but with that attitude you won’t get the best possible results. But after a few mintes with the manual the you should be truly amazed with the image.
Selected Samsung SP-A800B specs:
Description
Single chip 1080p DLP front projector; requires separate screen.
Display capabilities
Widescreen 1080p DLP imaging panel operates in 4:3 and 16:9 modes. Accepts 720-line and 1080-line progressive HDTV, 1080-line interlaced HDTV, 480-line progressive and 480-line interlaced signals, plus RGB computer video up to 1920 by 1200.
Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
Connections
Two component video inputs, one S-video input, one composite video input, two HDMI digital video inputs, one RGB computer video input; RS-232 serial port
Dimensions
7.8 x 17 x 18.4 inches
Price: $9,995