Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #12189 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: Black
- Brand: Optoma
- Model: 3D-XL
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 3.90" h x
10.40" w x
27.00" l,
2.38 pounds
Features
- Compatible with HDMI 1.4a
- Support multiple 3D inputs
- Switchable between 2D and 3D
- Dual 3D-XL projects 3D 1080p (only passive 3D glasses needed)
- Compatible with DLP projectors
- 3D Scaler Box
- Allows Any 3D Capable Front Projector To Accept The Output Of A 3D Blu-Ray Player Or 3D Ready Cable Or Satellite Box
- Compatible With Directv, Comcast 3D, Ps3 & 3D Blu-Ray Players
- Dlp(R) Technolgoy
- Hdmi Inputs
Optoma 3D-XL Converter Box for 3D Video and Gaming
Product Description
The Optoma 3D-XL enables you to immerse yourself in sporting events, video games and movies like never before. The 3D-XL unlocks the 3rd dimension and increase depth to your viewing and gaming experience so you will feel more involved in the on-screen action.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
Big Screen 3D on the Cheap
By Chris Boylan
First of all, let me say that I have one of these in my possession (review sample from Optoma) and I'm happy to say it is real and it does everything it claims to do. It accepts a new 3D-capable source such as a Blu-ray 3D player or 3D cable or satellite set-top box and converts it to a frame sequential 720p/120 Hz output that is compatible with the 3D-ready projectors currently on the market, from Optoma and other manufacturers. We matched this up with the Optoma HD66 3D DLP Projector, Optoma's BG-ZD101 DLP Link 3D Glasses and a Panasonic SC-BTT350 5.1 Channel Blu-Ray 3D home theater system. For a total system price of about $1500, we can now watch Blu-ray 3D movies in 3D on a 92-inch screen with full 5.1-channel surround. Impressive to say the least!The box is pretty simple to set up: plug your 3D source(s) into the back, select the 720p output mode on the toggle switch, connect the unit's HDMI output to the HDMI input of a compatible 3D projector and turn on the projector's 3D mode. Now put on and power up your glasses. That's it. There's no remote control, only a power button, a source selection button and an SBS (Side by Side) button to force the unit into converting a side by side 3D input signal to the 720p frame sequential output required by 3D projectors.We tested both 2D and 3D content on the box, including five different Blu-ray 3D Discs: "Avatar," "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole," "Step Up 3D," "Alice in Wonderland" and "Coraline." The 2D content looked nicely detailed with decent black levels and color saturation. The 3D content was all rendered by the projector cleanly in 3D, producing a solid 3D effect with the DLP Link glasses. Scenes such as the cryo wake-up sequence near the beginning of "Avatar" had amazing depth of field, and on the opening sequence of "Coraline," a 2 foot long wooden needle nearly poked me in the eye.About the only idiosyncrasy I noticed was that sometimes switching movies caused the projector's left eye/right eye signal to go out of sync, collapsing the 3D effect. But a quick trip to the projector's set-up menu, setting 3D Invert to "On" solved this problem. Once synchronized, the glasses stayed locked for the remainder of the viewing session.As for pricing/availability, our Optoma contacts tell us that the unit will be priced at $399.99 as originally announced, with one pair of glasses included. General availability starting next month (February, 2011).If you're looking for a big screen 3D home theater solution for movies, TV and gaming, Optoma's HD-66 and 3D-XL combo is hard to beat. A more detailed write-up of the system is available on our web site at Big Picture Big Sound (dot com).
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Amazing 3D Experience at a small cost - Can't beat it!
By A. Reza
Purchased the 3D-XL just last week and set it up yesterday. What breeze to set up and use. It came with Optoma's ZD201 active shutter DLP glasses.This product rocks! .. Saw Resident Evil After life in 3D on it and you could see the depth of the 3 dimensions and all the arrows/bullets coming at you! .. I'm using the Optoma HD66 Projector to project a 124 inch screen. But to view 3D films, you have to sit a bit closer - close enough so that the screen is what is visible through your glasses and not a lot more .. this will give you insight in the 3rd dimension and can really feel things coming at you when they are meant to! ..I also checked a video on Youtube for the side-by-side 3D - it works the same way after you press the SBS button and use the glasses.There is no loss of resolution for those who worry about 720p not being enough .. the 3D depth adds so much realism to the screen that you never see any loss of resolution, if at all, you'd see more than any 2D film! .. There is considerable loss of brightness when you put the glasses on - so it needs to be really dark around in the room and the projector needs to be on its brightest mode (not the lamp bright mode, but the view bright/presentation mode) .. although wearing the glasses will make the surroundings darker so relatively you'll be viewing the image okay!The glasses sync up well .. even at a distance of 4-5m .. but lose sync when you look around or move your eyes off the screen (because the DLP signal bouncing off the screen is not synced with the glass's receiver) but is acquired back in split second when you look back at the screen. You would need to use Sync Invert function on your projector to get the 3D-left/right eye sync right every now n then - between between movies, not if you've done it for 1 session .. the best way to know if its incorrect is to wear glasses upside down and see if the 3D looks better - if it does you need to invert, and that will stay that way for the whole movie .. but if you break and put on another one, there's a 50/50 chance the sync will be out .. not a biggie!There is no cross talk/ghosting and you can get your picture to be 16:9 format on your projector to fully immerse in the 3D experience! .. Last but not the least, i used the 2D-3D convert function on my Bluray player to convert a normal Avatar 2D movie and it works a charm - adding depth to the movie like a 3D film .. only things dont come out of the screen as its only virtual 3D! .. awesome ! (note the 2D-3D conversion function is in my Samsung Bluray player, not the 3DXL box)I've ordered a few more unbranded active shutter 3D dlp-link glasses so that me/wife n friends can see together .. $150 for 3 of them .. which is not too bad .. and will give me a better experience than passive ones!Now to get a few more 3D movies and enjoy the big screen experience at home! ..Don't waste time spending hours on research, get the box .. its worth it!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.Missing glasses
By Dan
I received the product March 3, 2011, priced at $499. The box indicated it should have included the new "201" model glasses; there were none. The seal on the box looked original. The packaging looked European. I contacted Optoma and gave information and found that the "201" model glasses had been canceled. Optoma promised a pair of "101" glasses, for which I await. Happily, I had already taken receipt of a pair of glasses and a 3D movie. The picture is awe-inspiring. With the Optoma HD66, we light up a white wall approximately 14 feet across and 8 feet high. If you get about 8 feet away from the screen, you get inside, subject now only to the view of the glasses.Seeing that the switch to enable two 3D-XLs feeding left and right to two 1080p projectors (supposedly also to enable passive glasses) was permanently taped over, I inquired of Optoma. Paraphrasing, 'What I received is incapable of that feature, but a future firmware upgrade is possible.'It looks like I paid more than "suggested retail," but I was rabid to have this thing by the time it became available to me.It is now May 5, Cinco De Mayo, and I still have not received the glasses promised me by Optoma's technical help.I've so far bought five sets of glasses, but I sure could use a sixth.Meanwhile, I acquired a "Fujifilm W3 3D FinePix" camera. This camera will output HDMI 1.4 (3D) to feed the "3D-XL" converter and give you the 3D projection. The video and pictures, while dimmer than a BluRay movie, are stunning in a low light environment (dusk and later). Get "Class 10" HDHC storage cards if you are gonna shoot 3D video, otherwise you could outrun your camera buffering and cut your video short. Class 10 is a write speed of 10 MB per second. The read speed is roughly 20 MB per second. I say that because some cards do not state their "Class" but instead claim very high speed, "100X", and in fine print note that that is a read speed and that write is slower.Now I am looking for a box (with a remote) that can read the HDHC cards and output HDMI 1.4 3D. I'm getting tired of using the camera controls to select and run my pics and videos.
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