Our Overall Score:
9.2/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Projectors category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £599.99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Optoma or alternative products in the Projectors category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector
OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector scores 9.7/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Projectors. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Projectors, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Projectors? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector scores 8.6/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Projectors category was £3499.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £180.00 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Projectors category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Projectors category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Projectors category. This was £679.10 from the 29 products we found in that category. So OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector actually comes in below average at £599.99.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £3499.00 and the least expensive, which was £180.00. In total we found that of the 29, 7 were more expensive and 21 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector.
Prices of products from Optoma
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Optoma. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Optoma, which was £325.59 of the 15 products we found. So OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector price is above average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Optoma was £49.99 with the most expensive coming in at £899.00.
Prices of products from Optoma and in the Projectors category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Optoma that sit specifically within the Projectors category.
For this we found that the average price was £478.22, making OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector at £599.99 actually above average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £899.00 with the lowest priced item being £180.00. In total there were 2 items that were more expensive and 6 that was less expensive.
Reviews of OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector
OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector scores 9.2/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector is.
Overall score
OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector scores 9.2/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Optoma so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: OPTOMA GT1080 Short Throw Gaming Projector
- Brand: Optoma
- Model Number: GT1080
- Full HD 1080pScreen size: Up to 300″Short throwIdeal for dark roomsConnectivity: HDMI / USB / MHL
- EAN: 5060059049615
- Description: Top features: – 100″ HD images for great quality in any space – Convenient connections for connecting your games console or PC – 3D projection for immersive imagery 100” HD imagesExperience incredible HD projection at home with the Optoma GT1080 Full HD Gaming Projector. Whether you’re watching a 3D Blu-ray, playing your favourite game or making an important presentation, the Optoma GT1080 delivers the best of all your media in Full 1080p HD.The short throw projector doesn’t need a huge amount of space to display pictures up to a huge 100”, and can be positioned just over a metre away from the display surface.A dedicated game mode optimises colour reproduction, to ensure that you can always see the finest detail and areas around you in the midst of the action, so you can play without compromise. You can expect bright, vivid colours thanks to the bulb, which has a 6000 hour life span for long term usage without constant maintenance.Convenient connectionsTwo HDMI ports makes connecting a PC, Blu-ray player, console, Freeview box and anything else simple. The 10 W integrated speaker means nothing else needs connecting to the projector to get you started.A Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) port allows you to connect your smartphone for easy media sharing and huge 100” games and web browsing.3D projectionThe Optoma GT1080 is capable of displaying immersive 3D images from most sources, including 3D Blu-ray players, the latest generation of games consoles and 3D broadcasting. Make the most of your films, games, presentations and more with the Optoma GT1080 Full HD Gaming Projector.Don’t forget your accessoriesGet the most out of your Gaming Projector with our range of projector screens, so that you don’t have to worry about finding a blank wall large enough for the image. The Optoma range spans up to a huge 92”, so that you can bring a cinematic feel to every game you play.
- Product ID: 3137364849
